GENIALLY ACTIVITY ABOUT CULTURE AND CHRISTMAS IN TWO COUNTRIES: IRELAND AND SOUTH AFRICA.

LEVEL: 3rd PRIMARY EDUCATION (STUDENTS BETWEEN 8 AND 9 YEARS OLD).

 

To carry out this activity we have made six teams, each of them is made up of three students. The topic of the activity is Ireland and South Africa. To carry it out we have used books, magazines and information searched on the Internet (YouTube, Pixabay, Google Images and so on), as well as the Genially tool (its modality on video presentations).

The groups have been formed by students with different skills to cooperate with each other. The project has been carried out over two weeks (in order to find information about the two countries the sessions of the current English unit have been used). There has also been collaboration from the families, due to the fact there are not enough computers in the school and these cannot be shared because of the covid-19.

On the other hand, different digital resources and books have been used (as previously written). In order to help the students I have used visual aids, vocabulary and sentences through a Google tool called Jamboard. Aspects about cooperative techniques learned in a course on this topic have also been taken into consideration and whose teacher has a channel on Instagram, as well as a website: https://www.aprenderycooperar.com/

Here there are two links on these projects:

GENIALLY ON IRELAND:

GENIALLY ON SOUTH AFRICA:

Here you can see some pictures about this project:

 

MY PERSONAL REFLECTION ON THE PROJECT CARRIED OUT WITH THE GENIALLY TOOL.

To conclude, I believe that this project can be used to improve all the language skills of the students, especially those related to the speaking skill, presentation skill and active listening skill. However, they have also learned other aspects such as searching the internet and getting started with Genially. I find it a very interesting tool in this regard, although my students (who are between three and nine years old have difficulties using it). In fact, the project has been carried out with the oldest students (children in the third level of Primary Education) and I have had to help them a lot in this regard, especially because there are not enough technological resources (from my personal opinion). Taking into account all these aspects, I feel that the objectives of the proposed activity have been achieved, but these would improve if some aspects such as time and resources are better programmed in the next project, as well as relating the topic to the contents of the unit students are currently learning.