HI TEC - A COMENIUS PROGRAM

The Hi-tec project is an EU-financed Comenius project in which different schools from Europe are participating. The achievable goals are to make connections between other countries schoolsystems by letting teachers and students get to know eachother.

Participating schools:

Eskolanmäki Comprehensive School, Kouvola, Finland
Altwood School, Maidenhead, England
Morten Börup Skolen, Skanderborg, Denmark
Liljeborgsskolan, Trelleborg, Sweden


Aims of the project:

· developing a European point of view
· increasing the knowledge of languages spoken in the EU
· increasing understanding through contacts
· increasing co-operation
· encouraging teacher exchange
· developing teaching skills
· increasing contacts of pupils in the EU


Concrete the participating countries are going to work with projects like:

1. Visitors from Sweden and Finland send impressions of their visit to Skanderborg to be printed in the school magazine at Morten Börup Skolen.
2. Questionnaire for firms on ecology, to be answered and returned to Finland, who sums up the result in an article, which will be E-mailed or faxed to all countries.
3. Sweden puts together a book of recipes from all countries involved in the Comenius project:
- 5 recipes for youngsters
- 5 traditional recipes
- 1 or 2 favourite recipes from the head teacher.
4. G.B. sends out a comparative study of prices of certain goods, for all participating countries to work out and return. G.B. sums up the results.
5. Further discussions whether we can perform a video conference on the inter-net. How do we arrange it?
6. Reports on working experience. 5-10 reports from each participating school sent to all countries. Materials meant to be displayed at the schools.
7. Finland has made a report on lichen as an indicator of pollution, which is being translated. To be passed around to all countries when finished.
8. Denmark and GB make a research on pupils experiences from spare time work outside of school. Results to be sent to all countries as topic for discussions.
9. Finland has made a report on its way to independence, and events
in the year 1917. A summary is being translated and is to be passed around when finished.
10. Observing the four seasons with a camera; a digital camera if possible. Pictures of a birch tree and a watercourse are to be taken at noon on the 1/5, 1/8, 1/11 in 1997 and 1/2 in 1998. Also note the temperature the days the pictures are being taken. Eight pictures from each country is to be sent to Finland, who will put them on the inter-net.
11. Finland and Sweden make a report on paper consumption. A summary to be sent to all countries and put on the inter-net.
12. Finland and Sweden test the water and make reports. (Finland a river and Sweden the sea).
Summary to be sent to all countries and put on the inter-net.
13. Our students will continue exchanging letters, and in the future maybe also E-mail.
14. Discussions about making a report on what kind of books our pupils read. No detailed plans ready yet.
15. Our pupils are to make a real newspaper together, which will come out with two issues; one towards the end of 1997 and one in the spring of 1998. Finland is to provide the printing, and will fax further instructions.
16. Pupils who are interested in drawing may send pictures of their impressions of nature to Sweden, to be put out on the inter-net, as a part of an art exchange program with the USA.
17. Next meeting will be in Maidenhead, GB, September 24 - 26 1997.
18. The Comenius project will be finalised in Kouvola, Finland, Mars 18 - 20 1998.