Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2014 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------And believe me they shared my enthusiasm.
Students whose knowledge of ICT was mostly
limited to Facebook operation learnt so many things
about web2.0 tools that, to be honest, they taught
me much as well. Their enthusiasm continued as
they started communicating and exchanging
messages with their European partners.
eTwinning also offered us the opportunity to realize
the idea of unity in diversity. We learnt to respect
our partners and accept our differences.
Last but not least I have been trying to transfer all
the newly taught ideas to my everyday teaching
and help my students become 21st century
learners, creative, critical thinkers, and hopefully
lifelong learners.
eTwinning helps me expand my horizons in all
respects. It helps me realize the value of personal
and professional development and makes me feel
happy.
Now I am eager to share this unique experience
with my colleagues at school, and so far six more
teachers have entered the eTwinning family.
eTwinning Is the Light into My Teaching
Experience
by Emine Cag
eTwinning has changed my teaching life. I have
been a teacher of English at a high school since
1998. In 2009,I read something about eTwinning
on an official website of Burdur National Education
Directorate. I wondered what it was, then started
with www.etwinning.net and had my own eTwinning
desktop and started making new friends from
different parts of Europe.
At that time, to be honest, I did not have any ability
to use the computer or any ICT tools. Everybody
was talking about ICT but I did not have any idea
what it could be. I learnt a lot about ICT and the
eTwinning projects with the help of my friends from
Romania, Portugal, and France. I started a new
eTwinning project with my friend from France and
then everything changed in my classes. My
students were very happy as they had friends from
abroad and had the chance to communicate in
English and used ICT tools in their lessons. The
simplicity vanished and the innovation came into
my classes with eTwinning projects.
So I would like to THANK eTwinning for all that it
offers to its members.
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I had experience in the eTwinning Learning Lab and
I gained a lot for my personal and professional
development. I had the opportunity to take part in
the eTwinning annual conference in Budapest in
2010 and it was excellent for me because I met my
eTwinning friends there. I have been an eTwinning
ambassador since 2010. I have been organising
seminars and workshops about the magic of
eTwinning in a teacher’s and in the pupils’ life. At
the end of every school year, my school
headteacher gives presents and the eTwinning
quality labels to my students and seeing the
happiness and the mark of success on the faces of
my students is priceless.
Of course, not everything goes on perfectly while
implementing eTwinning projects at school. There
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