Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter no. 5 - July 2015 | Page 57
Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2015 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My students and I really enjoy the time spent
together during school time. My students have
improved themselves both in foreign language and
ICT.
I have participated in some national and
international workshops, conferences, seminars
about eTwinning, and they always help me to go
further in my teaching career. I have seen how
enjoyable and helpful it is to share something with
other teachers from different countries.
Earlier this year, 2015, we applied for an Erasmus+
school education partnership project with my
eTwinning project partners. And it was approved, so
we are very happy because we have cooperated on
eTwinning projects and we really want to meet each
other and this will come true. I will take my
students abroad for the project meetings, and this
is very important for my students as they cannot
afford to go abroad. They will meet their friends
from Sweden, Belgium and Greece. I am very
happy that they will have this experience.
In short, eTwinning has enabled me so many
benefits! As an eTwinning ambassador, I am trying
to help teachers meet eTwinning by organizing
etwinning seminars and workshops in my city.
eTwinning brings us love, peace, tolerance,
kindness. Happy to be in the world of eTwinning!
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Learnenglish+ - Put a plus in language
learning
by Theodora Gkeniou
This year our team of three schools, from Greece
(Theodora Gkeniou), France (Claudine Coatanea)
and Poland (Lucy Nocon) worked collaboratively to
produce our very own MOOC about language
learning. Here are the main characteristics of our
project:
Content: We no longer rely on a single course book.
The content of our MOOC (videos, interactive maps,
presentations) is created by teenage students for
students.
Form: the traditional classroom is usually limited by
the physical surroundings and learning takes place
here and now. In our etwinning project time and
space for learning are expanded since the
participants work on the Twinspace platform, create
and upload their materials, discuss on forums and
collaborate on Google forms.
Process: the process of learning is not predefined or
imposed by the curriculum and the teacher, it is
democratically decided with the students through
online and offline discussions, negotiating and
voting. Furthermore the groups are arranged in a
flexible manner taking into consideration the
students’ common interests and desires.
Skills: we do not solely address linguistic skills. We
also develop 21st century skills by providing space
for collaboration, by promoting learner
independence and fostering creativity.
Student role: our students are neither passive nor
isolated. They are active decision makers,
transformed from consumers to creators of
knowledge in a multicultural environment.
Teacher role: the teachers involved are not
preachers. They are leaders and mentors planning,
organizing, managing, making decisions and
evaluating the project.
Evaluation: from top down, teacher led assessment,
we move on to bottom up reflective processes
whereby students self and peer evaluate and
acquire metacognitive skills.
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