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Cartoon Project about Bullying at School in English for 7th graders ( age 13)

This project aims to help 7th graders understand the seriousness of bullying, its possible outcomes, and solutions. Students will learn English vocabulary, collaborative planning, storyboard creation, photography using tablets, and utilize Onedrive for collaboration and reflection.

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Cartoon Project about Bullying at School in English for 7th graders ( age 13)

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  1. Cartoon Project aboutBullying at School in English for 7th graders (age 13) Janne Männikkö Metsokangas Comprehensive School Finland http://www.ouka.fi/oulu/metsokankaan-koulu Part of FinnishiTEC and Ki-Va –schoolprojects

  2. The objectives of this learning activity • to get students to discuss bullying and get them understand the seriousness of it and the possible outcomes of bullying and the possible solutions in these situations (part of KiVa-school project in Finland (Ki-Va = Against Bullying)). • learn English vocabulary concerning the subject (English lessons). • learn to plan collaboratively. • learn to draw a storyboard (Art lessons). • use tablets for photographing (ICT). • use Onedriveas a platform and collaborative tool (ICT). • import and export photos (Onedrive/Word). • learn to reflect upon their work by using WeLearn –program and Onedrive.

  3. Project description • Lessons 1 – 2 • The projects goals were presented to the students. • The students were given written instructions and an assessment form which were used throughout the project (they were also uploaded to Onedriveand shared to students so that they could be revised). • The students started by discussing bullying and creating a story about bullying based on their possible own experiences collaboratively in group discussions. • Reflection to Onedriveafter each lesson by shooting it with a tablet and uploading it to Onedriveso that in could be revised if needed. • What was done? • Possible problems • Possible solutions • What next? • Possible problems (if any) and solutions

  4. Lesson 3 - 4 • The students made a drawn storyboard of their story about bullying during arts lesson.

  5. Lesson 5 • The students selected the "actors" for the cartoon. This because the cartoon was created by photographing the frames using a special program called Cartoon Camera (makes cartoonlike pictures of photos). At this point students were given the tablets and the photographing starts.

  6. Lesson 6 • The photos were then exported to Onedrivefrom which they were again imported to Wordon a desktop computer for editing.

  7. Lessons 7 - 8 • At thispointthethepictureswerearranged in a cartoonlikeorder and captionedusing Microsoft Word.

  8. Lessons 9 - 10 • Thepresentation. Afterthecartoonwasfinishedtheywerepresented to theclassusing a projector and discussedfromboththepoint of view of bullying and as a project. • Afterdiscussionstheprojectswereevaluatedbytheteacher and thepeerstudentsusing a beforehandgivenassesmentform.

  9. Theproject’soutcomes • Duringthisprojectthestudentsdiscussed bullying in a constructiveway. Theyponderedupondifferentkinds of situations and tried to findsolutions for them. Thestudentslearned a greatdealabouthowseriousbullyingcanbe and why it shouldnotbetolerated. • Thestudentswereclearlymoreable to placethemselves into thebulliedperson’sroleaftertheproject.

  10. Theproperuse of Onedriveas a platform and as a collaborativetoolwaslearnedduringthisproject. • Studentslearned to usetablets and import and exportfiles. • Theuse of reflectiontoolswaslearned.

  11. Throughouttheprojectthestudentslearnedhow to collaborate in order to gettherequiredproduct (cartoon) finished. Thestudentshadtheirowngroups in Onedrivethroughwhichtheycouldcommunicate outside school and dotheircartoonwhennot at school. • Because of thenature of theprojectthestudentswereallowed to movearoundtheschoolpremises and outside to takethepictures for thecartoons. Thistaughtthemresposibility of theirownactions.

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