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Hello! Welcome to iCollaborate, the project portal of Pioneer Secondary School, Singapore.
"Pioneer Secondary School's Twinning Programme with Kaarina Senior High School, Finland is featured in the AEC-eNews E-newsletter - April 2010. Visit http://www.aec.asef.org/enews/index.html to find out more!"
iCollaborate is host to many multi-country projects. The current projects are:
Pioneer has also been involved in other award winning projects:
- Eco Tourists' Passports (AEC Award 2010)
- Backpackers' Passports (AEC Award 2009)
- EnvironmentallyFriendly @VirtualHomestay (AEC Excellence Award 2009)
- Toys of Our Youths (T.O.Y.S) (AEC Award 2008
- Brick and Motar @VirtualHomestay (AEC Excellence Award 2008)
- When Nature Calls (AEC Award 2007)
- FoodTaboos @ VirtualHomestay (AEC Award 2007)
- Eco-Cultural Tourism (AEC Excellence Award 2006)
- Foodfest@Virtual_Homestay (AEC Excellence Award 2006)
- Cultural Kaleidoscope (AEC AWARD 2005)
- Utopia@VHome (AEC AWARD 2005)
- iContrast@Virtual Homestay (AEC AWARD 2004)
- Virtual Homestay (AEC AWARD 2003)
- 1st Asia-Europe Meeting Point (AEC Award 2002)
Past AEC Projects:
- Culture Ambassador (2003/2004) - An Asia-Europe Classroom Project involving 5 schools in 5 countries.
- Social Entrepreneurs (2004/2005) : A project between Pioneer and Gymnasium Marne, Germany and nominated for AEC AWARD 2005.
Please note the the Guest Book is not a chat room for posting messages. It is for posting your comments and feelings about the project your are engaged in.
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Backpackers' Passports |
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Backpacking was historically used to denote a form of budget, independent international travel, is now a lifestyle that has grown considerably. The project aims to allow participants to foster deeper understanding and greater appreciation for cultural diversity between participants of different countries and building friendships. This will help to enhance the level of awareness in participants of their own country as a tourist destination and the importance of the tourism industry.
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Project manager: Yuen Chai Lin (Singapore) |
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Eco Tourists' Passports |
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Ecotourism is the travel to destinations where flora, fauna, and cultural heritage are the primary attractions. In these fragile, pristine, unspoiled natural resources and usually protected areas, ecotourism strives to be low impact and small scale on the environment. Eco–tourists, ecologically and socially conscious individuals, enrich themselves by understanding the environment around them; it focuses on fostering respect for different cultures, personal growth and learning new ways to live on the planet. It gives them insights into our impacts as human beings and also a greater appreciation of our own natural habitats. An integral part of ecotourism focuses on the promotion of recycling, energy efficiency and water conservation. |
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Project manager: Yuen Chai Lin (Singapore) |
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EnvironmentalFriendly@VirtualHomestay |
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EnvironmentalFriendly@VH is a project that explores the different environmental friendly practices in schools and homes of different countries. Through this platform of sharing and learning, students will learn how and what can be done to improve on the environmental friendliness of their own home and school. |
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Project manager: Koh Cai Yu (Singapore) |
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Flora and Fauna Conservation |
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The “Flora and Fauna Conservation” project aims to give Asian and European students the importance of biodiversity and the effects of human activities on the ecosystem. Students will get to know more on the flora and fauna species that cannot be found in their own country, especially on those that have gone into extinction. This project provides the opportunity for students to work with each other across continents to understand more on the conservation actions that have been carried out and to come up with an effective product to raisse awareness in flora and fauna conservation. Furthermore, it would enhance their ICT skills and communication skills as they work online together.
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Let's Celebrate! |
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This project allows students to know more about the different cultural practices during celebration of events and festivals. Joyous occasions such as birthdays and weddings are celebrated differently in various countries. Through the exchange of information and a compare and contrast analysis, students will have the opportunity to know and understand the similarities and differences on how joyous occasions are celebrated in different countries. Students are encouraged to gather and upload actual recounts and videos showcasing an actual celebration taking place. |
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Project manager: Cai Simin (Singapore) |
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Neighbourhood "Guru" Adventure |
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Neighbourhood refers to an area of a town or city. Each neighbourhoood has its own community and has its own past and distinctions. People living in the neighbourhood have their own style of living, have their own stories to tell, something they have enjoyed to stay there. There will be also unique places in the neighbourbood that cannot be found elsewhere. A careful designed trail will help to show visitors the path to places of a neighbourhood.
Participants will have to design a trail around the neighbourhood. They will become ambassadors for this neighbourhood and they will use the trail they have designed to host people who are new to this neighbourhood.
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Project manager: Chua Bee Kuan (Singapore) |
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Travel Journalists' Passport |
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A travel journalist is one who collects and disseminates information about palces, events, people, trends and issues. In this project, students will take up the role of a travel journalist to explore their way of life, cultural heritage and traditions as well as places of interests. Students will research deeper into 3 main areas: culture, festivals and events and places of interests.
Students will need to complete a task which is to design a 3-day itinerary for a travel journalist reporting on specific interest in the form of audio/booklet/trailer/articles.
Through this project, students will be able to foster international friendships and gain knowledge about their culture and heritage. |
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Project manager: TEO CHAI HOON ANNIE |
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