Bun venit la Junior Inventors (Tinerii inventatori)!

Junior Inventors este un Proiect scolar Socrates Comenius 1, finantat de Comisia Europeana.

“Junior inventors” are ca principal obiectiv descoperirea jocurilor si jucariilor pe care le inventeaza copiii dezavantajati material din Europa pentru a se distra, si colectarea lor intr-o carte ce va fi publicata in limba engleza si limbile tarilor partenere in proiect.Obiectivul proiectului este de a pune in valoare creativitatea si inventivitatea copiilor.
Munca de cercetare si de colectare a jocurilor va fi realizata de echipe de profesori si elevi din scolile implicate in proiect, iar grupurile-tinta pentru aceasta cercetare vor fi compuse din copii in varsta de 6/7 – 14/15 ani. Jocurile copiilor vor fi studiate o vreme pentru a descoperi ce tipuri de jocuri joaca afara copiii cu prietenii lor si materialele pe care le folosesc in aceste activitati. E interesant de observat daca se joaca folosind jucarii gata facute sau isi fac singuri jucariile.

Produsele finale ale proiectului vor fi: o culegere de jocuri colectionate pe parcursul proiectului, culegere care va fi publicata in limba engleza si limbile tarilor partenere in proiect; un CD continand inregistrarile video ale jocurilor, si, in cazul echipei romane, un curs optional extracurricular numit “The English Club” (“Clubul englez”); un blog si un website.

Obiectivele specifice ale proiectului sunt:
- Punerea in valoare a jocurilor si jucariilor pe care le inventeaza copiii dezavantajati economic pentru a se distra in timpul liber si colectarea lor intr-o culegere publicata in limba engleza si limbile tarilor partenere in proiect.
- Implicarea copiilor in munca de cercetare in echipe
- Motivarea elevilor in invatarea limbilor straine pentru a putea comunica mai usor cu colegii lor din strainatate.
- Motivarea elevilor si profesorilor in a folosi tehnologiile moderne de comunicatie si informare - Imbunatatirea schimburilor culturale dintre elevi si profesori folosind activitatea preferata a copiilor: jocul.
- Gasirea modalitatilor de a ajuta elevii dezavantajati sa stie ca sunt si in alte tari copii care nu-si pot permite jocuri si jucarii scumpe, si ca acestia sunt pregatiti sa-si impartaseasca jocurile cu alti copii.

Impactul asteptat:
- Elevii vor invata cum sa-si valorifice potentialul creativ
- Elevii vor fi motivati sa-si imbunatateasca deprinderile de comunicare in limba straina pentru a putea colabora cu partenerii din proiect
- Munca la proiect va dezvolta la elevi deprinderile de a citi, scrie si vorbi in engleza
- Atat elevii cat si profesorii isi vor imbunatati deprinderile de folosire a tehnologiilor de informare si comunicare.
- Elevii vor invata cum sa lucreze in echipa si cum sa negocieze si sa coopereze in echipa.
- Profesorii vor fi motivati sa integreze activitatile de proiect in programa si sa-si foloseasca creativitatea pentru a-si imbogati metodele de predare si sa impartaseasca initiativele inovative cu alti colegi. Ei vor beneficia si de informatiile si schimburile de experienta realizate cu profesorii din alte tari europene.
- Schimburile inter-culturale dintre elevii si profesorii din tarile partenere in proiect vor ajuta in combaterea rasismului si xenofobiei si vor promova toleranta fata de alti oameni.
- Pe termen lung, comunitatea locala va beneficia din acest proiect prin o mai buna intelegere a nevoii copiilor de comunicare cu adultii.
- Proiectul va permite profesorilor si comunitatii educationale sa obtina informatii care sa le permita sa-i consilieze si indrume pe elevi in functie de interesele si talentele lor.
- Proiectul ii va ajuta pe oamenii interesati sa inteleaga ca si copiii pot fi creativi atunci cand vor - Prin deschiderea mintilor copiilor de azi, putem asigura dezvoltarea cetatenilor cu vederi mai largi de maine.

Diseminarea proiectului se va realiza prin diferite metode:
- Prin prezentari si expozitii publice cu imagini si obiectele create de copiii de la scolile partenere ale proiectului
- Prin prezentarea proiectului la intalnirile regionale ale profesorilor
- In mass-media locala
- Cu alte ocazii, cum ar fi “Ziua primaverii in Europa”, “Ziua Europei”, “Ziua europeana a limbilor straine”, etc.
- Pe blog-ul si website-ul proiectului.

Scolile partenere in proiectul “Junior Inventors” sunt:

Coordonator european al proiectului:


SCOALA CU CLASELE I - VIII NR. 5 BAIA MARE , ROMANIA



Parteneri:

75. YIL KIRKÖY PANSİYONLU İLKÖĞRETİM OKULU, KIRKÖY, TURCIA




LICEUM OGOLNOKSZTALCACE UMIEJETNOSCI TWORCZYCH (HIGH SCHOOL OF CREATIVE SKILLS) LODZ, POLONIA


Prima intalnire de proiect se va desfasura la inceputul lunii noiembrie la Baia Mare, gazda fiind Scoala cu clasele I-VIII nr.5 din Baia Mare.

Welcome to Junior Inventors!

Junior Inventors is a Socrates Comenius 1 School project, financed by the European Comission.

“Junior inventors” has as its main objective the discovery of the games and toys that European children, economically disadvantaged, invent to have fun and to collect them in a book to be published in English and the languages of the partner countries.
The project’s aim is to put into value the children’s creativity and inventiveness.
The research work and the collection of games will be carried out by teams of teachers and students from the European countries involved in the project, and the target groups for the research will be made of groups of children aged 6/7 - 14/15. The children’s games will be observed for some time to find out what kind of games they play in the street with their friends, the materials they use in their games. It is interesting to see if they play with ready-made materials or self-made materials.

The end products of the project will be: a book containing the games collected during the project, to be published in English and in the partner countries’ languages, a CD containing the video recording of the games, and in the case of the Romanian team, an optional class “The English Club” to be integrated in the extracurricular activity; a blog and a website.

The concrete aims of this project are:
To put into value the games and toys that economically disadvantaged children invent to have fun, and collect these games in a book to be published in English and the languages of the European partner countries.

To involve children in the research team work.
To motivate children to learn foreign languages in order to communicate with their peers from abroad. To motivate pupils and teachers to use modern information and communication technologies
To enhance cultural exchanges among pupils and teachers using children’s most favourite leisure activities: games.
To find ways of enabling the disadvantaged children to find out that other children who cannot afford expensive toys and games will share their games with them

Expected impact:
Ø The pupils will learn how to value their creative potential
Ø The pupils will be motivated to improve their foreign languages abilities in order to communicate with their peer partners
Ø The work on the project will develop pupils’ abilities to read, speak and write in English.
Ø Both teachers and pupils will be motivated to improve their skills in using information and communication technologies
Ø The pupils will learn how to work in a team and how to negotiate and co-operate within a team
Ø The teachers will be motivated to integrate the project activities in the curriculum and to use their creativity to enrich their teaching methods and share their innovative initiatives with other colleagues. They will also benefit from the information and experience exchanges with teachers from the other European project partners.
Ø The inter-cultural exchanges among the pupils and teachers will help combat racism/xenophobia and promote tolerance towards other people
Ø In the long term, the local community will benefit from the project by better understanding children’s needs for communication with adults.
Ø It will provide the teachers and educational communities information to help them counsel and guide the pupils according to their interests and skills.
Ø The project will help people realize that children can be creative enough when they want to.
Ø By opening the minds of the present students, we can ensure the development of tomorrow’s open-minded citizens.

The dissemination will be made by various means:
- By public presentations and exhibitions with students’ work and pictures of all the partner schools
- In local and regional teachers’ meetings
- In the local mass media
- In such occasions as the “Spring Day in Europe”, “Europe’s Day”, “the European Day of Foreign Languages”, etc
- On the project blog and website.

The schools involved in the project are:

PROJECT COORDINATOR:

SCOALA CU CLASELE I - VIII NR. 5 BAIA MARE , ROMANIA

PARTNERS:

75. YIL KIRKÖY PANSİYONLU İLKÖĞRETİM OKULU, KIRKÖY, TURKEY

LICEUM OGOLNOKSZTALCACE UMIEJETNOSCI TWORCZYCH (HIGH SCHOOL OF CREATIVE SKILLS) LODZ, POLAND

The first Project meeting is going to be held in early November in Baia Mare, Romania.