Implementation of ‘Time Travel Agency’ (SOI-PT-97)

This learning scenario was implemented with a class from a vocational course through the subject of Animation in Tourism. So, although the language of the learning scenario was English, it seemed that could be interesting for those students. That is because they are Portuguese native speakers but with a strong component in the study of English, and they also study and explore the cultural area of travelling and tourism.

A project-based learning approach

The class was composed of 27 students of the 10th grade, aged from 15 to 18, and, although the course is a vocational one, they have diverse interests. The time for the implementation and the scope of the scenario needed to be oriented on a project-based learning strategy. That is needed to engage the students in considering their profile. Both the subject and the theme were appropriate for those students.

The activity had a duration of 2 periods of 50 minutes, so around 100 minutes of implementation.

During the implementation, there were presented some examples of travel brochures and also examples of platforms to publish the brochures like Sway and Emaze.

How the learning scenario was implemented

After the presentation of the theme and the resources of Europeana Collections, the students had time to explore the Europeana portal and to search for resources.

Then the groups were formed, depending on which cities/places they chose to explore. This way, the work between them was easier to develop.

They had some difficulties finding the places they would like to visit. So the teacher felt the need to help them and limited the number of places.

In the last lesson, they worked all together exploring the platform to publish the work and organize the information and create the travel brochures.

The work was shown in the class and they had the opportunity to exchange opinions.

Conclusion and Reflexion

Europeana is an interesting place to discover and explore cultural/travel projects. The students were curious about this resource but found some difficulties exploring it. However, after they started to explore content about some famous cities in Europe and connect them with some photos and monuments, new ideas started to come out and the development of the work became more fluent and creative.

However, it was far from the ambitions of the project. In future development, it could be interesting to make a connection to more teachers from the course and make it more ambitious and in the real way of a project-based learning strategy.

The learning scenario is challenging and interesting, but I feel the aims of the lesson were not completely fulfilled. The group was distracted and not much collaborative.

I believe the learning scenario could be more rewarding if the lesson would allow collaboration with other teachers from other topics. The LS should also include more time to explore the resources.

However, I believe this is an important conclusion that will allow me to implement future project-based learning strategies and to explore more learning scenarios with those students.

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Time Travel Agency, created by Katalin Lőrincz

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CC BY-SA 3.0: the featured image used to illustrate this article has been found on Europeana Collections and has been provided by Deventer Musea.

11 Responses to "Implementation of ‘Time Travel Agency’ (SOI-PT-97)"

Maria Antónia Brandão says:

February 1, 2020 at 9:24 pm

Hi ,
sometimes students need some support to find their path, our work is help and guide them as you did. Well done!
Greetings
Maria

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Alexandra Duarte says:

February 1, 2020 at 9:57 pm

Dear Elisabete,

I was reading your SoI and wondering how you managed to implement such an interesting LS with a group like yours. Love your honesty, though, concerning the original LS and the lessons’ goals. We’re teachers and never too old to learn; this participation is also a teaching / learning opportunity for all teachers involved and students have surely learnt! Thanks for sharing this.
Best wishes,
Alexandra

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stephaniemaggipulis says:

February 3, 2020 at 11:52 am

Hi

I enjoyed reading how you adapted this LS to your class. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Regards,
Stephanie

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elisabetepires says:

February 4, 2020 at 12:37 am

Thanks for your comments.
I keep trying to be a better teacher and to do my best…we dont stop learning in fact we improve with our experiences and communication.

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ivanabusuttil says:

February 6, 2020 at 2:15 pm

I really like the way you implemented this learning scenario. Thank you for sharing your experience which although challenging it was interesting indeed. well done!

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Cristina Lima says:

February 8, 2020 at 2:17 pm

Dear Elisabete,

I appreciate a lot your SOI. The LS can be applied in interdisciplinary work. It could be an excellent eTwinning project.
I really love to be introduce to new platforms like Sway or Emaze.
Thank you and congrats!!

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katalinlorincz says:

February 10, 2020 at 3:19 pm

Dear Elisabete,

I like your implementation, it really looks a nice work! Thank you!

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brendanbuttigieg says:

February 10, 2020 at 5:51 pm

An inspiring Learning Scenario! I like the topic: Animation in Tourism. It is also good that apart from learning English the students were also exposed to the cultural area of travelling and tourism. Well done! 🙂

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ayrtoncurmi says:

March 3, 2020 at 9:00 pm

I believe in Project-based learning. This approach is directly linked with other two vital aspects in teaching and learning, cross-curricular teaching and collaboration. This approach helps our students to develop other important skills such as evaluating, observing, constructing knowledge, testing, evidence-handling, inquiring and investigating. As educators, we need to believe in our students’ potential. We need to provide opportunities where our students can actually think deeper by using open-ended questions. We should use our students’ curiosity as a process of inquiry. Thank you for sharing this interesting SOI.

Well Done 🙂

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marcinjablonski says:

March 5, 2020 at 11:26 am

HI Great Great!!!
I think I will also implement this LS 🙂

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Ksenija Skoric says:

March 1, 2022 at 2:04 pm

Dear Elisabete,
I teach tourism-related subjects at a vocational school just like you. I was interested in researching how other colleagues work on such mini-projects, especially learning scenarios that involve travel.
I like the way you implemented this challenging scenario. Working in groups enables closer cooperation and greater creativity. Also, you speak very honestly about the difficulties that the students had during the work, it always exists as a possibility. And we are the ones who learn through new ways of working, sometimes we will succeed from the first, and sometimes not. Students are different, there are many factors on which the success of what we do depends. It happens that I myself am not completely satisfied, and the students are delighted with what we have done. Sometimes it’s the other way around.
In any case, congratulations on choosing this scenario for implementation, it is very demanding and requires a lot of work of the teacher who implements it and the students who need to collaborate. A lot of ICT is used, and not all students are equally successful in the many tools at their disposal. As you say, cooperation with other teachers is needed.
Europeana is an extremely interesting platform that offers many possibilities, but it takes a lot of time to research. Personally, I think it is good to plan time to introduce students to the platform before the implementation of the scenario – searching, filtering results and attributing the materials used. In this way, students will be able to immediately dedicate themselves to implementation and specific activities.
I put a link to your story of implementation in one my SOI, that is yet to be published, because I think it should be further highlighted.
I wish you good luck in your future activities.
Ksenija

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