Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2014 Newsletter
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eTwinning: My Personal Experience
by Agnieszka Dobrowolska
With eTwinning I have had some good experiences,
and not so good ones too. Of course on the first
place are positive feelings, memories and people I
have known and with whom I worked. But I would
also like to mention the difficulties and the
obstacles that I had to go through.
It is for such incredible moments that eTwinning
projects are so motivating!
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I discovered eTwinning in March 2007. I noticed
that there was a good opportunity to make my
students aware of Europe in an easier way and also
make them learn German. Working in a partnership
never seemed to be a problem, just find a partner
and you can start the project - so I thought. Here I
found a problem. Because I teach German, I always
had problems in finding a good, reliable partner.
Everyone wanted to do projects in English, or
partners dropped unexpectedly in mid-project and
interrupted any connection. After many attempts I
finally put together the current group, on which I
can count - until today we have done many projects
on different topics. We still find new talents in our
partners, learn from each other, help each other to
use interactive tools effectively. Using team work
can help one get much better results and save a lot
of time. I have gone through this experience and
found partners who helped me, for example when I
had run out of time.
For me personally, eTwinning contact with other
people from other countries is very important. It is
great to do exchanges with someone you have a lot
in common with, who you can always rely on and
from whom you can learn new things.
My students take part in European projects with
great pleasure. They really like eTwinning and enjoy
being an active part of a community that makes
learning real and purposeful and gives them the
opportunity to use current technology.
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