Scenario "Do you know the place where you live"

• 2 Classes of AE Vidigueira: 2nd F, 3rd B and 3rd F;

• 39 pupils;

• 4 teachers.

What we did(Teachers meetings)

- An article about the Future Classroom Scenarios was published on the school’s website (http://www.aevid.pt/index.php?limitstart=12);

- A Powerpoint presentation about the workshop was presented to colleagues of the department of the 1st cycle (Primary School). We shared ideas and reflected about the Toolkit and the Future Classroom Maturity Modelling;

- A meeting was held with the headmaster to explain the work of the session held in Brussels and the steps to follow. There was a lot of receptivity and support;

- a meeting with all the teachers of the three schools involved in the Portuguese Project "Promotion of change in learning: school communities Gulbenkian XXI " (Vidigueira, Vendas Novas and Ponte de Sor) and the teachers of the University of Évora, to report the Brussels experience.

What we did (Teachers meetings)

- In Vidigueira working meetings were held with a team of teachers: two classroom teachers and two support teachers). We reflected about the FCL ToolKit and the scenario created in Brussels "Do you know the place where you live". We defined strategies and activities.

What we did(Teachers and pupils research outside the

classroom in the local community)

• Identification of points of interest in the town of Vidigueira, with the support of teachers and family;

• Study tours with research work: interviews, photos and videos.

What we did(Teachers and pupils research outside the

classroom in the local community)

Study tours

Monuments

Municipal Museum

What we did(Teachers and pupils research outside the

classroom in the local community)Study tours

Archaeological site: Roman

Villa S. Cucufate

Quinta do Carmo.

What we did(Teatchers and pupils research outside the

classroom in the local community)Study tours

Agricultural Association (olive oil)

Industrial Winery

Local Association

Traditional Winery

What we did(Teachers and pupils research outside the

classroom in the local community)

Study tours

Artisan Bakery

Industrial Bakery

• The pupils worked in the classroom, in groups of 3 or 4, using different tools: books, magazines, tablets, internet, ... to learn more about the points of interest. They have also identified their location using Google Maps.

• They shared information

through and .

•They created powerpoint and movie maker presentations.

What we did(Teachers and pupils worked in classroom)

What we did(Special Classes)

• Class about local birds endangered;

• Monitoring of small birds nests.

• Class about safe internet

What we did(Special Classes)

• On a mouse of the region: leirão.

• Pupils of the 3rd F experienced an application to study this mouse, created by the students of Education and Multimedia Communication course at the Polytechnic Institute of Beja.

Next Steps

• Construction of a blog to publish written work .

Next Steps• Recording videos with traditional songs and drama about a local legend : Legend of Our Lady of the Relics .

• Creating audio-guides with geolocation : using echoes (audio files: narration performed by students with the information collected about the places ) and a walk through the chosen sites.Tools: Audacity program and Woices.