Cinquains

Project Title

: Natural wonder around us

  

Aim	: Students take photos of different natural wonders in the local area (unusual trees, plants, rivers, springs, landscape, mountains etc.). Students write cinquains (Didactic cinquains - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinquain) for each picture.

Country

: Russia

Coordinator

: Kate

School

: Comprehensive school, Bolshaya Sosnova, Prem Krai, Russia

No. of Students

: 26 Students from classes VIII (A,B,C&D), IX and VII

Duration

:  September 14 – November 14

Benefits :   

It provides students :

• An opportunity to learn, compare & contrast about the Natural Wonders of  India with other countries through cinquains.
• A platform to enhance their writing skills in the form of cinquains and improves their vocabulary.

Enthusiasm :

 a) Teacher’s Observation:

• Students are showing interest in the preparation of  cinquains on the Natural Wonders which they are identifying at their own.
• They are also enjoying in giving their expert suggestions to make it more interactive
• They are also eager to know the wonders of other countries.

 b) Student’s Feedback: It will be reported at the end of session in student’s report through feedback of each student on the project after the completion of Project report and Presentation.

Participants of  the  project  are:

  

S.No.	Student's Name	Class	Subtopics
1	Saumya Seth	8A	5 Unusual Trees
2	Vishesh	8A	5 Strange Plants
3	Parth Gulati	8A	Mountains of India
4	Shubham Drolia	8A	River Ganga
5	Sanchit	8A
6	Samyak Jain	8A
7	Bhavya	8B
8	Navya	8B
9	Dhruv Gupta	8B
10	Anoushka	8B
11	Sanchit Rawat	8A	5 Strange Animals
12	Guneev	8C	5 Medicinal Plants
13	Kaushal	8C	River Yamuna
14	Sanchit Arora	8D	5 Damms of North India
15	Sanskar	8D	5 Damms of South India
16	Sanyam	8D	5 Hot and cold Springs in India
17	Gautam	8D
18	Sambhav	8D	5 Landscapes of India

                                                             

 1. Students take photos of different natural wonders in the local area (unusual trees, plants, rivers, springs, landscape, mountains etc.)

2.  Students write cinquains (Didactic cinquains - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinquain) for each picture.

3.Then we send to each other only photos of natural wonders and sts write cinquains to the photos they get.

4. After that we exchange our poems and read and discuss them

5.We can publish a small book with our collaborative photos and poems.

Cinquains from India
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6Pex_3K5_ghb3BKMlhyNjdLajQ&authuser=0

Cinquains from Russia
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6Pex_3K5_ghaWVlSi1hTUpSeWs&authuser=0

Video Conferencing Sessions 2014-15

Name of the Activity/Event       : Video Conferencing Session by Zoom Technology

Topic / Subject                            : “Food for Thought Prices and the famous Local, National &  

                                                        International Restaurants”

Participating Countries              :(Initiated by Mr. Cunningham, Director, World Class Schools)   

(7 Countries & 7 Schools)          : India, Taiwan, Armenia, Ukraine, Brazil, USA, Peru

Resource Person                        : Ms. Nidhi & Ms. Medha

Profile of the Resource Person  : Computer Teacher

Organized by                               : Rukmini Devi Public School

Venue                                          : Senior Learning Lab

Date & Duration                         : 31.03.15 (5.30 pm to 7.00 pm)

Participants / Attended by          : 06 Students (Akul, Dhruv, Shreya & Akshat of VIII A and

                                                     Shreya & Liza of Class VII C)                                                  

                                                                                   

OBJECTIVES:

ü  An innovative approach for the discussion on the current global issues.

ü  To encourage students for the discussion on the current topic “Food for Thought Prices and the famous Local, National & International Restaurants” with seven Countries and seven Schools.

ü  To develop realization among students that world is a global village and one can also have face to face discussion without visiting the partner country.

DESCRIPTION:

Planning projects or future events with those in distant locations has been successfully done using videoconferences. It is a synchronous tool which allows people at two or more locations to see and hear each other at the same time. Keeping the same in mind, a Video Conferencing session by Zoom Technology was conducted on the topic “Food for Thought Prices and the famous Local, National & International Restaurants” of Class VIII under the guidance of Mr. Cunningham (Director of World Class Schools, USA). Countries participated were India, Taiwan, Armenia, Ukraine, Brazil, USA & Peru

These technologies such as videoconferencing bring new ways for teachers to work with students and encourage the development of strategies more consistent with the emerging technology. Although the use of videoconferencing is fairly new to the classroom, it is an interactive communication medium which let students and teachers have a visual connection to those they are working with the other side of the globe. Within the forthcoming years, it will be in the hands of even more educators as the Internet is becoming more available in the school setting.     

 “Food for Thought” is one of the ongoing Video Conferencing Project which was pre scheduled for Food for Thought Prices and the famous Local, National & International Restaurants” (12:00 GMT to 14:30 GMT). Students (Akul, Dhruv, Shreya Agnihotri & Akshat of Class VIII A and Shreya & Liza of Class VII C) had already prepared a presentation on “Food for Thought Prices and the famous Local, National & International Restaurants” and the same was presented via screen sharing through Zoom Technology. The schedule of presentation was sent by Mr. Cunningham a week before and a link https://esc13.zoom.us/j/242489432 for joining the meeting on Zoom. The countries had been allocated the time slot for the presentation. (Annexure 1)

The session had started at 12:00 GMT (5:30 pm in India). Seven countries and 7 schools had joined the meeting and each country with their time slot was sharing the screen with their presentation, the best part was that none other country could interfere in between the ongoing presentation as it was controlled by host Mr. Cunningham. One by one each country was presenting their Country’s Prices and we were provided the time slot 12:00 GMT (5:30 pm).

Our students had tried to cover the various dimensions starting with brief introduction of school and its affiliation. They further continued with the elaborate discussion on “Food for Thought Prices and the famous Local, National & International Restaurants”. The menu of few restaurants were also explained (PPT & Speech attached as Annexure 2)

Other Countries had also shown excellent slides of their “Food for Thought Prices and the famous Local, National & International Restaurants”. The whole session was recorded by Mr. Cunningham which could be viewed by connecting the link given below: http://youtu.be/BS7YFSAN9Ww. Mr. Cunningham highly appreciated the efforts of students during the session.

Our next session is scheduled in the month of April 2015. The topic and the day is yet to be decided.

It worked as a wonderful experience for the students to have a qualitative discussion without visiting their counterparts.

Overall, it enabled students to be acquainted with some of the price list of the food items of other countries.                                                                                                        

Various Presentations can be viewed by using the links as URL. 1. Topic / Subject                          : “Food for Thought (Breakfast Food)” Participating Countries            :(Initiated by Mr. Cunningham, Director, World Class Schools)  (10 Countries & 12 Schools)    : India, France, Jordan, Moscow, Poland, Taiwan, Bangladesh,                                                       Bosnia, Canada, Mexico(2) & Del Valle                                                   Link  https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6Pex_3K5_ghaHUzTGxSenhrSHc&authuser=0 (Breakfast ppt Tuesday, September 23, 2014) 2. Topic / Subject                         : “Food for Thought (Lunch Food)” Participating Countries           :(Initiated by Mr. Cunningham, Director, World Class Schools) (13 Countries & 18 Schools)   : India, Iran, Czech Republic(2), Tennessee, Turkey, Taiwan(3)                                           Bangladesh, Bosnia, Ukraine, Russia, Canada, Mexico(3)  Del Valle                   Link https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6Pex_3K5_ghZjBQQzU4N1Uxdkk&authuser=0 http://www.educationbeyondborders.org/profiles/blogs/food-for-thought-lunch-around-the-world(Recorded Video Conference meeting by the host team USA)  (Lunch Food October 20, 2014) 3. Topic / Subject                         : “Food for Thought (Festive Dinner Food)” Participating Countries           :(Initiated by Mr. Cunningham, Director, World Class Schools)   (13 Countries & 13 Schools)         : India, Iran, Bulgaria, Tennessee, Turkey, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Link https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6Pex_3K5_ghRE01ZHlhdThBMWM&authuser=0 http://www.educationbeyondborders.org/profiles/blogs/food-for-thought-dinner-around-the-world ((Recorded Video Conference meeting by the host team USA) (Dinner Food November 17, 2014) 4. Topic / Subject                           : “Food for Thought (Indian ‘Desserts’) Participating Countries             :(Initiated by Mr. Cunningham, Director, World Class Schools)    (7 Countries & 8 Schools)         :India, Ukraine, Taiwan, Russia, Poland, Brazil & Tennessee Link https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6Pex_3K5_ghRnlKc3VHUmFqTE0&authuser=0  http://youtu.be/C5u8Low-IPU (Recorded Video Conference meeting by the host team USA) (Desserts Tuesday 27, 2014) 5. Topic / Subject                           : “Food for Thought (Popular drinks as per the age groups/Festivals)” Participating Countries             :(Initiated by Mr. Cunningham, Director, World Class Schools)   (10 Countries & 11 Schools)           :India, Iran, Bulgaria, Tennessee, Taiwan, Ukraine, Russia,  Ukraine (Kiev) & Jordan                                                                                                                         Link    https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6Pex_3K5_ghbU1hSkwyTVJ5TFE&authuser=0  http://www.educationbeyondborders.org/profiles/blogs/food-for-thought-december-2014-christmas-and-new-years(Recorded Video Conference meeting by the host team USA)   (Drinks December 15, 2014)) 6. Topic / Subject                          : Food for Thought (“Quick Food”) Participating Countries            :( Initiated by Mr. Cunningham, Director, World Class Schools)    (7 Countries & 7 Schools)       : India, Jordan, Taiwan, Russia, Poland, Brazil & Turkey Link https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6Pex_3K5_ghWmtlNVBGS2VIazg&authuser=0  http://youtu.be/E9Gkze93cgY(Recorded Video Conference meeting by the host team USA)  (Quick Food February 16, 2015) 7. Topic / Subject                          : “Food for Thought Prices and the famous Local, National &                                                         International Restaurants” Participating Countries            :(Initiated by Mr. Cunningham, Director, World Class Schools)    (7 Countries & 7 Schools)        : India, Taiwan, Armenia, Ukraine, Brazil, USA, Peru Link https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6Pex_3K5_ghY3FpTWpaaVZ0aUU&authuser=0  http://youtu.be/BS7YFSAN9Ww (Recorded Video Conference meeting by the host team USA) (Restaurants Tuesday March 31, 2015) 8. Topic / Subject                           : “Ebola Crisis” Participating Countries             :(Initiated by Mr. Cunningham, Director, World Class Schools)  (13 Countries & 25 Schools)     :(Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, Ghana, India, Iran, Lebanon,                                                     Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Taiwan, and USA) Link https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6Pex_3K5_ghN1dhYzFyRmpsU00&authuser=0 http://www.educationbeyondborders.org/profiles/blogs/ebola-conference-25-schools-from-around-the-world-oct-28-2014 (Recorded Video Conference meeting by the host team USA)  (Ebola Conference Tuesday October 28, 2014) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6Pex_3K5_ghcFYtUHFUYmdkT0U&authuser=0 Food For Thought (Meats) April 24, 2015 Images of VC sessions