Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2014 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The teachers had an opportunity to teach the same
things, but in a different way with ICT tools, by
cooperation with European colleagues in an online
multicultural environment, for a European group of
pupils.
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ICT tools were used in creative ways. For Math
Challenge, they had the opportunity to chat with
MathBot answering Maths-related questions. Also
they used many YouTube video tutorials to learn
how to make geometric model of a star (the
polygon or the starry polyhedron). For the Science
Challenge, kids created a collaborative Mixbook
photo book for all pupils taking part in the task of
observing animals in their natural or artificial
environments through the live web cams. Using
Mural.ly, each team created a common mural about
sports. Taking care to respect the copyright laws,
each kid in a team wrote texts, made photos or
videos about her/his favorite sport.
These are the finalists in the designs of the project
constellation:
“All About Us”
by Carmen Yolanda Egea Bernet
eTwinning offered an easy way to start our
Comenius project. The teachers became familiar
with the dynamics of European tasks within our
practical and flexible program. In addition, the
eTwinning experience allowed us to learn more and
work with partners and topics in our Comenius
work.
By helping students identify the exact nature of
their talents, this project created opportunities for
them to express and use their talents. Other
benefits for students: they exhibited excellent ontask behavior, they worked collaboratively in
European virtual teams, they created a wide range
of final products, such as video, debate, drawings,
origami, virtual books and so on.
The communication tools offered by eTwinning have
played an important role in all of the development
stages of our Comenius association. Throughout the
project, it was the perfect way to carry out different
activities. Lastly, once our association has been
completed, eTwinning could carry on as a way to
extend the project and as a means of
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