The Bridge Project Supporting Online Collaboration Between Australian And Indonesian Schools
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Australia-Indonesia BRIDGE Project
(Building Relationships through Intercultural Dialogue and Growing Engagement)
Project Partners
Project Supporters
Project Goals
• to increase Indonesian teachers’ and students’ knowledge and understanding of contemporary Australia
Project Goals
• to increase Australian teachers’ and students’ knowledge and understanding of Indonesia, particularly the role of religion in contemporary Indonesian society
Project Goals
• to support foreign language acquisition in Indonesian and Australian schools
• to support ten BEP (Basic Education Program) schools to acquire Internet technologies and undertake basic training related to their usage
Project Goals
Outcomes
For participating Australian teachers and schools:• increased knowledge and understanding about Indonesia
in Australian school• increased support and interest in Indonesian language
programs in Australian schools • strengthened intercultural understanding between
Indonesia and Australia• improved professional capacity to support
implementation of Internet-based collaborative learning • increased uptake of the National Statement for Engaging
Young Australians with Asia in Australian Schools
For participating Indonesian teachers and schools:• increased understanding of contemporary Australian
culture, society and history• improved professional capacity• strengthened intercultural understanding between
Indonesia and Australia• opportunities for Indonesian schools to establish
local learning clusters that support project goals
For all participants:• support for ongoing school linkages between
Indonesia and Australia to expand the benefits of the project beyond the individuals who participate to include other teachers, their students and school communities in both countries.
Project Model
The BRIDGE Project occurs in four phases:• Phase 1 – Preparing for the BRIDGE Project with basic
IT training, pre-departure support and mentoring• Phase 2 – Professional Learning Program for
Indonesian teachers in Australia and joint training with their Australian partners
• Phase 3 - School Engagement aimed to build Australian and Indonesian sister-school partnerships
• Phase 4 - Small Grants to Australian Schools to support ongoing engagement
Phase 1 – Preparing for the BRIDGE Project
Phase 1 – Preparing for the BRIDGE Project
Phase 2 – Professional Learning Program
For Australians• Three to four day program in Melbourne with
Indonesian partners• two-week school and homestay program
Phase 2 – Professional Learning Program
For Indonesians• three-week program in Australia for
Indonesian teachers • five-day professional learning program• two-week school and homestay program • two-day debriefing program in Sydney
Phase 3 - School Engagement
• Getting Started• A Life Well Lived • Animal Mania • My Place, Your Place • The Not So Lonely Planet Guide • People Patterns • Making a Difference • Let’s Celebrate!
• Building BRIDGEs Anthology
Collaborative Activities
Wikis provide a collaborative spacewhereby contributors can participate together in the building of informationin one website. Individuals work together and often work on the same content.
Phase 4 - Small Grants to Australian Schools
The Australia-Indonesia Institute will offer small grants (up to $5,000) to Australian schools to: – support the implementation of school
partnerships – foster ongoing links between Indonesian and
Australian school communities– available 8 months after the professional learning
program in Australia
School’s role
An Australian school participating in the BRIDGE Project agrees to:– be committed to working with an Indonesian partner for at least one
year following the visit to Australia through online collaborative activities
– support two teachers’ full participation in the BRIDGE Project, including:• Attending 3-4 day professional learning program in Melbourne• Developing and implementing online collaborative activities and curriculum in
classrooms• Promoting the BRIDGE Project to colleagues to further engagement with their
Indonesian partner school
– have access to suitable hardware, software and regular access to the Internet
– have an interest in furthering or including ICT in the school curriculum.
Teachers’ role• have an interest in Indonesia • attend a 3-4day professional learning program in
Melbourne• host an Indonesian partner for two-weeks• undertake at least three online collaborative activities
(including a ‘Getting Started’ activity) over the following 12 months
• contribute to the ‘BRIDGE Anthology’• be open to learning new teaching methodologies and
using new practices in the classroom• promote the BRIDGE Project to colleagues to further
engagement with the Indonesian partner school
Some examples of current partnerships
http://partnershipfifteen.bridge.wikispaces.net/
http://partnershiptwentyeight.bridge.wikispaces.net/
http://partnershipone.bridge.wikispaces.net/
• Applications for Round Two of the BRIDGE Project will be released in September 2009
• For further information visit www.bridge.edu.au or email [email protected]