Please find the summary by Aleksandra Skowron, PMI Gdansk Branch volunteer,
ESC 2012 Project Manager.
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| Aleksandra & Kamil taking on projects - ESC 2012 |
This year it was decided to involve all the kids into a project which would
be implemented by the kids during the camp. English Winter Camp 2012 project
was named “Venice Carnival” and the aim was to organize a carnival ball. First
the kids had a lesson during which the idea of the project was explained and
the kids got familiarized with some key elements of the project such as scope and
stakeholders, work breakdown structure and roles within project organization.
The way to talk about project was customized to be appropriate for the kids at
the age range from 9 to 15 years old.
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| EWC 2012 project teams working on WBS |
When kids knew how the work will be organized they divided themselves into
teams, Project Managers were chosen and the work kicked off. They had made a
list of tasks to be completed, placed them into time frames and had assigned
persons responsible for every activity. Teamwork is crucial in every project,
so we had planned some activities to help them to prepare for the ball.
The beautiful Venice Carnival masks were created, the venue was decorated
and the final presentations on the project work done by every team were
prepared.
Every team had to introduce themselves and talk about how they were
collaborating on a project. The jury had chosen the best team who had fulfilled
all the requirements and has shown an excellent teamwork during the project.
After the contest there was time for fun and celebration - a disco. Our first
experience with teaching project management on the camp was great, the kids
have a lot of potential and great ideas.
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| Best Project of the Camp EWC 2012 winners |
We
decided to continue with “the project of the camp” during the summer edition.
This time the theme was “A travel through Europe”. The aim was to gain
knowledge about some European countries and to present the country during the
closing ceremony of the camp. As in the winter edition, we have started with a
class delivered by Kamil Gmerczynski and Aleksandara Skowron, PMI Gdansk Branch
volunteers, division into teams and making WBS’s.
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| One of the team creating WBS - ESC 2012 |
We planned this at the
beginning, so the kids had time to prepare during the whole camp. We had
invited volunteers from abroad to show them the culture of their countries.
Every team had decided to present the country in a bit different way. Italian
team had learned a few worlds in Italian, Spanish team was dancing flamenco,
English team entered the venue of the ceremony in the court procession with a
king and knights and boys from Greece team had concentrated on the popular
dishes of Greece. Everybody was dressed up according to the flag of the country
they represented. In previous days they had also made cardboard models of
famous buildings of each country. It was great to see how keen they were on gaining the knowledge about the world.
They have learned a lot and
collaborated during the whole camp. And like with those cardboard model, at the
beginning it was not so clear how to put all the puzzle together to build those
great building but with an effort and time dedicated the kids had come up with
something really valuable.
Spanish team has won, as they had put a lot of
effort into the project, they had even invited a real Spanish man to join them
on a presentation!
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| Spain - the winning team - ESC 2012 |
Definitely we will continue with “the project of the camp”
initiative as the kids learn a lot and have lots of fun while they collaborate
on their projects. A big thank you to all volunteers! Well done!
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