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Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2018 Newsletter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Activities concerning learning to code were conducted using various applications with different levels of complexity. Students were involved in coding by Scottie Go!, where they made programs by using blocks and mobile phones. After that they were introduced to Micro:bit devices and they made projects that can be used in different subjects. Robots and Lego Mindstorm were used to raise students’ interest and to inspire them for learning programming in the future. Different outdoors activities, sports and exploring of the surroundings created a nice balance and offer alternative ways of spending free time for students. All these activities lead to enormous motivation and interest among the students. During the short-term visits all the activities were carried out collaboratively. Presentation sections were followed by discussions about the participants’ countries, schools, everyday lives. Different activities concerning using ICT in educational purpose were carried out in groups where in order to achieve goals students need to work collaborative, to do some research, to make conclusions, final projects and to evaluate the projects of other groups. Groups were formed taking into account in each group to have participants from different countries. Activities concerning advantages and disadvantages from using technology were carried out. They raised discussions and debates on the subject. Theme of the project is really provocative and inspiring for the students so they had the lead role in most of the activities. Teachers had just a supportive role and were responsible for the management of the project. 88