Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2014 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------engaged, I can organize group work and my
students love it. They are responsible for the results
of the group work and they learn how to be
responsible for their own learning. But above all
they play and learn by playing.
I can say that now I am a mobile teacher, and I
love it very much.
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around on how to use the TwinSpace area. At the
time I was not dreaming of launching a project
myself, I had only just had my account set up and I
was waiting for something without really knowing
what I was waiting for. Maybe for somebody to give
me a nudge and me to dip my feet in the huge
ocean that the eTwinning platform seemed to me.
That push came when a fellow teacher invited me
to be her partner in a project. I can still remember
the excitement and thrill of the new journey I was
about to embark upon. Finally there was somebody
who was willing to work side by side with me, offer
some support and guidance. However,
unfortunately, we did not succeed to carry our
endeavour through for various reasons. This failure
did not discourage me, and I was determined more
than ever to find somebody with whom to set sail,
but also cross the finishing line.
A Comenius training course gave me the
opportunity to network with like-minded educators
from other European countries and to find
somebody also in search of a partner for an
eTwinning project. That is how my first eTwinning
project came to light. My first real project, in which
I have closely collaborated with a wonderful
colleague from Greece. For those of you who want
to take a peek at the project, here is the link:
http://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/profile.cfm?f=2&l
=en&n=90964. In hindsight, there are so many
things that could have been done better, however
the value the project had for me was huge, and I
have learned so many lessons that await to be
translated into future projects.
eTwinning – A Chance to Grow
by Ana-Maria Ghioc
I am a teacher of English at "Grigore Moisil"
National College, in Bucharest, Romania. I have an
experience of 6 years in ELT. My interests include
project-based learning, eTwinning, the integration
of Web 2.0 tools in education, proje