CoSN K12 school networking Conference

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• CoSN K-12 school networking Conference
• Washington - March 1, 2002
• Children, technology and socialization
• EDUCAVIE The Virtual Novels
• France Telecom Education
• Monique Perdrillat, project coordinator

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about France Telecom

• Headquartered in Paris, France Telecom is one of
  the world's leading telephone carriers, with
  activities in over 75 countries.
• And in education, a brand new website
• EDUCAVIE
• www.educavie.francetelecom.com

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• Virtual Novels means
• At the start, nobody knows each other
• Simulating life and acting
• International Read Write learning process
• Using the Internet
• Fun for everyone
• So far
• 6000 students from elementary to college
• 30 different participating countries in several
  languages.
• 10 virtual novels online.

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• How it works
• 3 steps
• -  Imagine characters
• -  Imagine a real or virtual location
• - Imagine stories whats going on between
  people
• Then write texts and send pictures onto the
  website
• www.educavie.francetelecom.com

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THE FAMILIES Each class is playing members of a
complete family or represents an institution in
the village of Grimaud in Provence.The students
pretend they are somebody else.
THE LOCATION Grimaud is a traditional French
village. There is the school, the church, the
city hall, the bar where people drink pastis.
There are the market, the restaurants, the post
office Lets describe !
THE STORIES There are many things happening in
this village between people. Funny events or
elections or some gossips Josette Picard is
working at the bar and she is the coordinator.
http//www.educavie.francetelecom.com
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• Organization
• A scenario for each novel
• A general project coordinator
• A language teacher on line for each virtual novel
  
• Teachers and students in real classrooms
• A specific website

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Pretending Living in Provence

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Pretending to be someone else

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Creation and Drawing

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CHILE students from Osorno , C. Gay High school
Francisco Gonzalez Capitaine Je m'appelle
Francisco Gonzalez. Je suis chilien et je suis le
capitaine. J'ai 31 ans et je suis célibataire.
J'aime beaucoup la gymnastique, je participe
aussi à la ligue de basket du sud.Mon plat
préféré la lasagne.Mon programme favori
pokémon.Je ne me sépare jamais de mon briquet,
je ne fume pas mais je trouve qu'il est
nécessaire parce qu'il sert à allumer un feu ou
tout simplement à éclairer ma chambre s'il n'y a
pas d'électricité, quand je vais à la campagne ou
quand je me promène la nuit sur le bateau.
http//www.educavie.francetelecom.com
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Larbre à ours

A Perfecta, il y a des arbres qui produisent des
bonbons à la gomme en forme de petits ours. Mais
il est interdit de les cueillir sans payer parce
que ce sont les magasins qui veulent les
vendre.En automne, les bonbons tombent des
arbres et les rues sont multicolores et
collantes. C'est pourquoi les enfants ne peuvent
pas aller à l'école quelques jours en
automne.Les vendeurs de Perfecta les exportent à
l'étranger. Ce qui explique la richesse de la
ville.
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Imagine a new life
Le Comaint
Le Mulibelle
Le Bouquetaigle
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• New communities online
• Working with emails, forum and websites
• New relationships in the classroom
• New relationships between foreign students
• New relationships between teachers

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• From virtual life to reality
• The effects of simulation on participants
• They are somebody else
• They want to discover the real location
• They enjoy meeting people in reality

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1st project, 1997 Discovering the reality

Paris, 109 RUE LAMARCK German students visiting
the real building in Paris, rue Lamarck where
they were pretending living.
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• Benefits for children
•          Opening minds and friendly attitude
•         Getting a sense of different cultures
•         Having fun in creative projects
•         Studying a language (writing and
  reading)
•         Using new technologies
• Making friends, setting up exchange
  programs

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• Benefits for teachers
•          Getting student motivated
• Teaching a language in a fun way
•       Integrating cultural and history lessons
  plans
•         Arts practice (drawing, theater)
•         Using new technologies
• Making new friends with foreign teachers

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Real Party The end first
meeting

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• Virtual Novels 2002
• http//www.educavie.francetelecom.com
• Information moniqueft_at_aol.com
• English A rally on Road 66
• French Life in the Middle Age
• French Saving the worlds legends
• French Omega 15
• German Life in a Berlins building
• Spanish A trip to South America
• Arabic Sinbad is back in 2002

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• Virtual Novels 2002
• http//www.educavie.francetelecom.com
• New website Educavie
• 7 virtual novels ( French, English, German,
  Spanish, Arabic)
• Register moniqueft_at_aol.com
• www.educavie.francetelecom.c
  om

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Previous Online Virtual Novels
1. Un immeuble à Paris in
French 2. Grimaud a real village in French
3. Perfecta a virtual village in French 4.
Terranova une nouvelle planète in French 5. La
CIAC un roman policier in French 6. Tour du
monde à la voile in French 7. Denver, Colorado
in English 8.
Travel into the heart of the UK in English 9.
Le village de Schnakenbüttel in German
10.La casa de Vecinos in
Spanish
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Thank you for your attention, et merci
beaucoup Moniqueft_at_aol.com