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 The AEC Award seeks to encourage the development of innovative, effective and sustainable online intercultural learning platforms by secondary and high school teachers and educators to connect students from Asia and Europe.
The AEC Award winners were judged based on the level of participation and involvement of students and the contribution that the project can make towards advancing intercultural understanding among secondary and high school students of Asia and Europe.
Effective application of ICT tools in promoting collaborative learning and quality of the overall presentation of the project (design and structure) were also considered.
In 2007/2008, twenty (20) AEC Projects (new and continuing) were developed. Out of these AEC Projects, three (3) AEC Projects were conferred the AEC Award, each comprising of a cash prize of Euro 2,000. The cash prize can be used either to further develop the winning projects, or to initiate new ICT collaborative projects. |
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| The three AEC Award Winners are: |
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Mastering Media Goes Digital
The Mastering Media Goes Digital project focuses on how young people today use different technology in their daily lives—to learn, to communicate and to spend their free time. The students will look for relevant research and statistics from their countries about young people (if available) and compare this to their realities. Groups will, for example, deal with the use of mobile phones, computers, or Internet security issues. The final group tasks will be discussed and decided on by the participating teachers and, once the project starts, modified with the participation of the students. In addition, an online social network will be created for students to socialize in.
Project Co-ordinator: Ms Sinikka Laakio-Whybrow (Finland) |
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Toys of Our Youth [T.O.Y.S]
Toys of Our Youth showcases students' perspectives on toys and their experiences, and allows them to research on toys, its origins and significance in terms of social, economic and psychological characteristics. The origin of toys is prehistoric. Dolls representing infants, animals, and soldiers, as well as representations of tools used by adults were readily found at archaeological sites. Toys and play are important to the process of learning about the world and growing up. The young uses toys and play to discover and explore relationships while adults use toys to form and strengthen social bonds, reinforce lessons from their own youth, and exercise their minds and bodies. Toys are more than simple amusement, and the way they are used profoundly influences most aspects of life. Through this project, participants will deepen their understanding of toys of past generations and their geographical origins. The students would look into the social and economic facets of toys and exchange information with other participants. The evolution of toys from prehistoric times to the present day would lead participants to develop a toy which they believe would be the toy of the future.
Project Co-ordinator: Mrs Yuen Chai Lin (Singapore) |
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Young Diplomats - International Ambassadors
The International Ambassadors project allows the participating school to choose one other country across continents to become Ambassadors for that country in their own local community. The students will study traditions and prepare multimedia presentations (in Powerpoint and Flash formats) of national celebrations (to be published online) and/or quizzes about the country (to create an online bank of educational resources). Additionally, the schools will contact the embassy of the chosen country for an interview and prepare a presentation/exhibition to promote that country in their local community. They will also prepare a celebration and/or take part in one national holiday or event in the chosen country and send a multimedia report for online publishing.
Project Co-ordinator: Ms Halina Bednarz (Poland) |
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| These AEC Project Groups contending for the AEC Award were judged based on the award rubric. |
EXCELLENCE AWARD CERTIFICATE
The Excellence Award Certificates were conferred to the other three (3) AEC Award Finalists: |
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Brick&Mortar@VirtualHomestay
Brick & Mortar@VirtualHomestay is a project that focuses on architectural structures of the host country. The host (3-4 students from one school) will plan a three-day itinerary which includes visits to local places with unique architectural attractions. This project allows the participants to: (a) share knowledge from different background, cultures and geographical regions; (b) develop understanding and appreciation for local and foreign historical origins of their architectural structures; (c) engage the pupils in authentic learning and creative thinking; (d) initiate pupils to take ownership of their learning; (e) develop socially responsible participants; (f) acquire collaborative skills through working in a team to achieve common goals; and (g) help forge lasting friendship and understanding amongst the students.
Project Co-ordinator: Ms Yong Caiyu (Singapore) |
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Literary Corner
Literary Corner is a project that requires students to write poems, short stories or even dialogues or plays based on given themes. This project allows students to express themselves in short stories, poems, plays etc. given certain themes throughout the project timeline. With guidance from their teachers and from the works of other student participants, it hopes to develop their writing skills. The students will be expected to critique the work of other students, even if it is only to say that they enjoyed reading the piece of writing as it caught their interest. At the same time, they will learn more about the different cultures of the participants from their writing. They will have an opportunity to question the ‘writer’ about his/her subject matter. In this way, communication will be encouraged. Ultimately, the aim is to have an online publication which can be printed out or read online by students in other schools.
Project Co-ordinator: Ms Leonora Anne Peers (Malaysia) |
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Tailor Inc.
Tailor Inc. allows students to know more about the traditional costume of different participating countries. Through the exchange of information, students will get the opportunity to know and understand the traditional costume worn by different countries and cultures. The end-product aims at synthesising the new knowledge they have obtained to develop a new product. The objectives are to: (a) allow participants to share knowledge and experiences from different backgrounds, cultures and geographical regions; (b) engage the pupil participants in authentic learning and creative thinking; (c) encourage pupils to take ownership of their learning in their areas of synthesising the information to produce brand new knowledge; (d) acquire collaborative skills through working in a team to achieve common goals; (e) help forge lasting friendship and understanding among participants; and (f) help the students to know more about other countries' culture and heritage through their traditional costume.
Project Co-ordinator: Ms Chua Cheng Bee (Singapore) |
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