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Aces dance

Video with Croatian students performing aces dance   :)

Survey results from Serbia-parents

Survey results from Serbia-students

A Survey on Media Violence (parents)

A Survey on Media Violence

(parents)

1.How much time your children spend on computer(playing and surf on Net)?

a) 30-60 min.

b) 1 h-3h

c) more than 3 h

2. What type of television show do you watch the most?

a) Situation Comedy (a comedy series in which the same characters star in each episode)
b) Cartoons
c) Soap
d)Music shows
e)Talk Shows
f)Drama

g) Action

3. How much violence do you think there is on television?

a) Little Amount
b) Medium Amount
c) Large Amount

4. Do you think that violence on television will make children act violently after watching it?
(Violent = causing harm to anything living or non-living)

a)Yes
b) No

5. Do you think that violence on television is a problem?

a)Yes
b) No

6. Do you think that playing violent games or listening to violent music increases aggression of the children?

1. YES
2. NO

  7.Do you think that school violence is influenced by the media?

а. YES

b. NO

  8.In your opinion, which of the following has more violence?

a.   Movies

b.    TV

c.    Music

d.    Video games

  9.Do you  restrict how much TV  watch your children?

a.    sometimes

b.    never

c.    always

  10.Do you  know which websites  are visiting  your children  while  they  are on the Internet?

a.    sometimes

b.    never

c.    always

  11.  Any other comments on television violence? What do you think the solution is?

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A Survey on Media Violence (for students)

A Survey on Media Violence

(for students)

1. How much time do you spend on Facebook during the day?

1. 30 minutes
2. 1-2 hours
3. more than 3 hours

2. Dou you know all people listed as your friends on Facebook?

1. YES
2. NO

3. Do your parents know which websites you are visiting while you are on the Internet?

1. YES
2. NO

4. Which of these websites do you use the most?

1. Youtube
2. Facebook
3. Twiter
4. Games

5. What kinds of television shows or movies do you watch the most?

1. talk shows
2. action films
3. documentary films
4. soap operas
5. cartoons

6. Do you think there is too much violence in the media?

1. YES
2. NO

7. Do your parents restrict how much TV do you watch?

1. YES
2. NO

8. What do you think about violence on TV?

9. Do you think that school violence is influenced by the media?

1. YES
2. NO

10. In your opinion, which of the following has more violence?

1. Movies
2. TV
3. Music
4. Video games

11. Do you think that playing violent games or listening to violent music increases your aggression?

1. YES
2. NO

12. How many acts of violence in the media are you subject to every day?

1. 0
2. 1-5
3. 6-10
4. 11-15
5. more than 15

Useful links

Some useful links with educational online games:

Flags of the world

 

http://www.learn4good.com/games/educational-learning-activities/worldgeography.htm

Quiz

http://eslgamesworld.com/members/games/ClassroomGames/Quizshow/Beginner%20Review%202%20Animals%20Colours%20Fruits%20Numbers/index.html

Billionaire

http://eslgamesworld.com/members/games/ClassroomGames/Billionaire/Food%20Partitives%20Billionaire/index.html

Memory

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/vocabulary/memoryaudio/body%20parts%20i%20can/index.html

Garfield comparison of adjectives

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2070

Irregular verbs-Past Simple

http://www.englishmedialab.com/GrammarGames/perfectpast/New/past%20simple%20practice%20game.html

http://www.englishmedialab.com/GrammarGames/perfectpast/irregular%20past%20spelling.html

Our guests

Today, we had the opportunity to host a journalist and a radio host. Our guests were Mrs Ružica Topličanec, a journalist from local newspaper ''Međimurje'' and Mrs Mirjana Švenda a radio host from local radio ''Studio M''.
We answered some questions about ACES project, our visit to Macedonia and we had a chance to sing a Macedonian cheering song that we've learned during our stay there. 
Our interview will be published in newspaper ''Međimurje'' next week. And if you would like to hear how our first radio interview turned out, tune in your radio on 98,8 MHz tomorrow at 7 p.m.. Another way is to click on the link below

http://live.novi-net.hr/studiom/streaming_wma.html 

A photo with Mrs Topličanec

Adrian is sharing his experience about our trip

Antonio is explaining about his task in the project

A photo with Mrs Švenda

Macedonia

             Macedonia

We went to Macedonia on 17 October 2012 at midnight. We arrived to Kičevo at 3:30 p.m. There we met the students and teachers from Macedonia and Serbia. After that we went to the students homes to unpack and rest a little. At 7 p.m. we had to be in front of the Macedonian school. The students put on a little show for us. After the show we went to Bisera and had a party. Around midnight we all went home to get rest for the next day. On Friday we had a little workshop in the morning.It was about the news and how reporters can manipulate the truth. At 1 p.m. Macedonians took us to the Ohrid Lake. We had a lot of fun there. While we were there, we had to walk for a long time, just to see an old church, but it paid off. The view from up there was very beautiful. Everybody took a lot of photos of the Ohrid Lake and the church. On the way back to Kičevo we sang in the bus. After we got home, we went to a playgruond and when they turned off the light, we went to the school ground and played volleyball. Vanja got a few kicks that night but not on purpose. Everyone went home around 1 a.m., got some sleep, so that we could have more fun the next day. On the third day we went to Skopje! The capital city of Macedonia. The main square in Skopje looks amazing. There are statues, fountains and the biggest statue of all has fountains all around it, but even more important thing is that we went to a shopping mall. We had a lot of free time so we were walking around, going to stores and buying things that we like. we came home, got a little rest and went to the Hotel Kičevo where we had dinner and celebrated Jelena's birthday. We went home to get rest for Sunday because it was our last day together. On Sunday morning we had a workshop on how to write news and how to be responsible while using the net. Everyone cried, we hugged eachother, but mostly we all cried. We all had fun, got to meet great people and make new friends. 

                            WE ALL HOPE THEY WILL VISIT US TOO!♥ 

By: Daria, Saša & Helena (Croatia)

  

Macedonia - video

 ...click to the link to watch a short video about our visit to Macedonia...

http://os-belica.skole.hr/upload/os-belica/newsattach/238/Aces-Makedonija.wmv

Our traditional dance

'Macedonian evening "and big thanks for our host pupils and their parents

WELCOME FOR ACES PARTNERS

ACES IN KICEVO

Together in Kicevo

THE MEDIA ABOUT OUR PROJECT

Učenici kod komšija učili o medijima

27.10.2012   JUGMEDIA   1 KOMENTAR

PIROT – U okviru projekta “Zajedno biramo, kreiramo i pravimo našu budućnost“ grupa učenika i nastavnika osnovne škole “Sveta Sava“  boravila je u Makedoniji, u poseti OŠ “Kuzman Josifovski-Pitu“ u Kičevu.

Tokom posete organizovane su radionice u medijima, održano predavanje o fotografiji i snimanju, kao i o zaštiti informacija na internetu.

Pirotski učenici posetili su Nacionalnu radionicu za izradu hartije u Ohridu. Organizovana je i poseta makedonskoj radio televiziji u Skoplju.

Nastavak saradnje planiran je za februar iduće godine, kada će gosti iz Kičeva boraviti kod učenika OŠ “Sveti Sava“.

U ovaj projekat, koji se realizuje pod pokroviteljstvom Evropske akademije osnovnih i srednjih škola uključena je i osnovna škola “Belica“ iz Čakovca u Hrvatskoj.

(Kraj)

Together in Kicevo

This year, my school participated in an international project. 14 students from our school went to Macedonia. Our project’s name is „Togehter we choose and create our future“. Besides our school from Pirot, Serbia and school from Kicevo, Macedonia, children from Croatia, participated as well.

Departure was in front of our school on 18th of October. We travelled by bus. After 7 hours of travelling we arrived at Kicevo. Each of us found his friend from Kicevo, where we were supposed to sleep. My friend’s name was Filip Naumovski. He is great. He has an older brother named Andrej. Filip goes to primary school „Kuzman Josifovski Pitu“, and he is an excellent student.

Hosts from Macedonia prepared a ceremony of their school to welcome us and Croats. There were a lot of dancing, singing, socializing.... After the welcome, we tried some traditional Macedonian food, and we also ate a special prepared food on barbeque.  After the dinner I went to Filip’s home, and we played some computer games. Later we went to the party. There was a lot of music and juices, but me and my friends from Pirot did not play. Filip and me were bored, so we went home at around half past ten.

The next day we had a workshop called „Icebreaker“. After that we had another workshop on how to use cameras and fotocameras.  We had a job to create a cover page about fashion. That was funny, because in our team were only boys, and we named our cover page „ULTRA FASHION“. Then we had a break. After the break we had another workshop, about interview journalist. We had a job to describe the characteristics of Arnold Scwarzeneger. One of jounalist called Vlatko, told us something about editing and playback. After these workshops we had a break for lunch. Then went on a trip to Ohrid. I have never been  to Ohrid. First, we went to National workshop for making paper. We saw a Guttenberg printing machine there. Then we visited the city center. We saw a lot of interesting mosaics and a lots of beautiful constructions. We saw Platisnik, Samoil’s fortress, and St. Kaneo’s church. We back to host’s home about 9 p.m.  The next day we went on an excursion to the capital city of Macedonia, Skopje. We first visited the Macedonian Radio Television. We saw a lot of space and cameras and we also met some journalists and reporters. They were all friendly and described us how the TV station works. After  visiting the Macedonian Radio Television, we got the lunch packet. After the lunch break, we went to visit Skopje. Skopje is a very beautifull city, full of monuments, tall buildings, shopping centers... The mot beautifull  monument and fountain to me is statue of Alexander the Great (Macedonian)

After touring the city, we went to a big shopping centre. First we visited Mc Donalds. After that our teacher invited us to watch 7D movies. That was fantastic. We watched a film about snakes , mouses and mosquitos. After 7D movies we went to a game room. Aleksa and me played billiar vs Filip and Alksa’s friend Kristijan. We defeated them. About 16 o’clock we went to Filip’s home in Kicevo. We rested a bit and we played a few games on the computer.  We had a special dinner in hotel Kicevo. The next day, Sunday, was the last day of socializing. We had one workshop about „Creating meduim message“.  Hosts from Macedonia, gave us a red T-shirt, labeled „Kicevo Macedonia“ and a yellow folder with notepad and pen. About 9 a.m. we went home in Pirot. All were sad and crying, but I didn’t know why, because we will see in February in Pirot. The waiter took a lot of picture of us together with big letters „A C E S“.

That was an amazing experience. I hope that children from Macedonia and Croatia will visit Pirot, and I hope we'll have great time again. 

Luka Velkov, Serbia

Dreaming Together in Macedonia

                                                          Dreaming together in Macedonia

When we came to Macedonia, it was about 19.00 o’clock. I went with my new friend Kristian Milesky, to his home where I slept. After that, we went to his school, ,, Kuzman Josifoski-Pitu”. There was a presentation about ACES, Macedonia and about their culture. Children from that school were dancing their tradicional dance. One boy sang a song of Toshe Proeski. After that, we had a dinner. We ate Macedonian food. It was great.After the dinner we had a party at Bisera’s home. That was a party for all the children from this project. When I came to Martin’s home, I was exhausted.The  next day we had a lot of workshops.The  first one was called the ,,Icebreaker”. That workshop had a point to meet new friends. The next one was about pictures in mediums. We had to describe one picture. After that we had a class with professional cameraman. He was talking about working the camera and we learned how to use our camera’s property. In the next workshop we had to make a cover page of magazine. My team’s theme was about fashion, and we named our magazine, ,, Ultra fashion”. After that, we had a pause for lunch. At 14.00 we left Kicevo and went to Ohrid. First we went to see how did people make paper a long time ago. It was awesome. We saw the first printing machine. It was Gutenberg’s. the next place was church St. Climent and Plaosnik. In that church we heard something about her history. We went to the lake, and we made a lot of pictures. We had a free time for shopping. We went to bus, got in and traveled back to Kicevo. We arrived at 21.00. I hanged out with Kristian and his sister. We had a dinner in a restaurant. After that, we had a nice walk trough the centre of  Kicevo. We came home at 23.00. Next day, we had and excursion to Skopje. We visited MRTV-Macedonian Television. We saw the studios for sport, news… We met a man who works in television.We saw technology in the master control room. We left the television station and we had some free time, so we decided to take a walk trough the center of the city. Skopje is very beautiful. Their sculptures, monuments, fountains and museums were breathtaking. Then we went to shopping center. I watched a movie in 7D cinema. It was awesome. We came back to Kicevo, and had a dinner at the hotel. On our last day we had a class with a famous journalist. It was about using Internet and Facebook, and it was about communications in mediums too. After the class, we left Kicevo, and we went to Krushevo. We were sightseeing Toshe Proeski’s memorial house and his grave. We had a lunch in Krushevo. Our next station was archeological sight Stobi. After a lesson about Stobi, we got in the bus and continued our journey to Pirot. The last day was the toughest. That’s when all of us had to say goodbye. But before that we had an interview whit a famous journalist Alexa. My time in Macedonia was very fun. I wish that we could have more time in Macedonia. ACES is a great organization, that helps build relationships and friendships with children from other countries. We all thank to ACES for provide support for all.

Thanks ACES!!!    

 Momcilo Kostic and Aleksa Stancev, Serbia

My days in Laško

It's day 24th of September 2012, my English teacher and me went to Laško in Slovenia like representatives of our school Primary school Belica. The first day was hard because I was very nervous. When we came there, they showed us our rooms. When I entered I thought that my roomates are very quite but the truth was opposite. Already second day we became great friends. I'll introduce my roomates to you. Momchilo Kostić from Serbia, and Stefan from Macedonia. During the second day we had a workshop where we had to collect stamps in Laško and in the nature around the Hotel. We had a lot of fun. On the third day we visited city of Celje. First we visited one big castle. The castle was magnificent. Thursay was the hardest day because we were supposed to make a movie. Gregory showed us how to make it. He's from Chicago, and he is very funny and a great man. He helped us a lot. During the workshop we could learn how to make a comic or a real movie. In the evening we had a party. I had a lot of fun and met new people. Friday was the worst day because I had to leave all these good people that I met there, and I hope we'll meet again. These five days were the best days in my life and I miss them a lot!

Vanja Zahirović,Croatia

aces Kick-off Meeting

From 24 - 28 September, school representatives participated the Kick-off Meeting in Laško in Slovenia and finally met their project partners.  :)

''Together we choose, create and make our future''

Our children are growing up in a “media age” in which mass communications are both widely available and highly influential. This is at once a benefit and a problem.
This is the main reason why three primary schools from Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia decided to work together on a project organized by ACES. 
During this project we would like to point out that the media could educate and entertain, inform and inspire. 
Through several workshops we will deal with advantages and disadvantages of advertising, security and privacy on the Internet, producing an educational game and making a short documentary film about tradition and customs of our countries. 

SCHOOLS:
- ''Primary school Kuzman Josifoski Pitu'' Kičevo, Macedonia
- ''Primary school Belica'' Belica, Croatia
- ''Primary school Sveti Sava'' Pirot, Serbia

About aces

Aces was founded in 2006 by ERSTE Foundation in cooperation with Interkulturelles Zentrum (Vienna, Austria). In 2009, VČELÍ DOM (Bratislava, Slovak Republic) joined in the partnership. The aces school network seeks to enhance the active participation of young people and teachers in exchange processes and international cooperation.   The partner countries Currently 15 partner countries from Central and South Eastern Europe are involved in the network: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic and Slovenia.