Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter no. 5 - July 2015 | Page 11
Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2015 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------one of my former students reminds me of one of
the many projects we have done.
Thank you, my eTwinning friends all around Europe!
eTwinning 2005-2015
by Robert Conings
Ten years ago, a German colleague and Comeniuspartner Hans Feldmeier told me we could combine
Comenius with eTwinning. At that point, eTwinning
was a new way to start with international projects
without a lot of paperwork and funding. We had
some experience with Comenius projects and
starting with eTwinning did not make any sense.
You can imagine that I was confused, but as I am
open to new ideas and challenges, I agreed.
Today I am happy to be a part of the eTwinning
family.
During these 10 years I worked together with
people from all around Europe and this made me a
social guy. Not only social competences have been
improved, also my knowledge about online tools
and apps increased every year. I became so
obsessed by the tools, I had to start a teacher’s
group about tools.
Some people noticed my interests, and decided I
had to do some workshops on national workshops
and during eTwinning conferences. Preparing these
workshops took some time but was again very
useful. And finally I organized some online events
about using these tools, also quite an experience.
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My very special "eTwinning year"
by Antonietta Calo
Another school year is over but this one really flew
away! Maybe because it was totally focused on
eTwinning, from the beginning to the end... but let
me tell you the story from the start!
My school year started with the launch of the
"Stone Culture rolling over Europe" project with my
second year students, together with the Science
and the Art teachers. Its main aim was to promote
a more positive attitude towards our Earth for our
students, and consequently for the entire school
community, in order to have an active role in the )