Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2014 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------could. Along the way, both I and they learned lots
of things, but most importantly we became aware
of the fact that we can always become better than
we are. That did not prevent us from being proud of
the work we did throughout the entire school year.
Our project is here:
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that it would be a pity to let all these hurdles block
my path and my students’ path to growth and
personal and professional development. eTwinning
is a chance to grow. I want to seize it.
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eTwinning in the Classroom – The True Story
of the No-Way Student
by Loredana Popa
A Learning Event I took part in this spring, “Quality
Label Criteria: how to achieve them”, came to
strengthen the idea that permeates the lines from
above. Working with people, with fellow teachers
just like you from other countries and educational
systems helps you become a better teacher and
person yourself. It sets challenges and
expectations, it can bring success, but also failure.
Project-based learning triggers creativity, it boosts
your motivation and you will to be better with every
project you undertake. There are many obstacles in
the way – heavy workload, duties at school and at
home, mistrust, fear, doubt – but what I know is
For me and School nr.17 Botosani, Romania,
eTwinning has been a rather new experience, which
started in 2010. At first, I wrestled with the same
problems all eTwinners must have at some point:
poor communication between partners, lack of
interest from my students, protests from parents,
few ideas of how to keep up with the teaching and
work on a project at the same time. So, my first
three projects were not too much of a success and
they barely made any impact on my classes, but
they were the stepping stones that paved the way
for the more successful projects that were yet to
come.
In 2012 a brilliant idea popped up on my eTwinning
desktop: a project called “Post-Box”, where
students would celebrate the European Day of
Languages by sending and receiving postcards
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