Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2012 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------eTwinning Visibility in Romania
during the School Year 2011-2012
By Cristina Nicolaita
Cristina Nicolaita is from Caracal, Romania. She
works at Gh. Magheru School, where she teaches
Physics and ICT. She started to develop eTwinning
projects in 2008, now she has more than 20
projects, 8 of them with EQLs, one of them finalist
last year at the eTwinning Prizes Competition in
Budapest, “Mathematicomix”. She is a 2011
eTwinning mentor – she then helped other new
eTwinners start their work on the portal. She was
also involved in School Teams campaign in 2012
with the project 12 PHOTOS- 12 MONTHS and is a
member and sub-group moderator in a number of
eTwinning Groups.
eTwinning fairy-tale in nursery schools;
eTwinners help eTwinners.
That was again a successful campaign, my school
was again among the schools that won some
eTwinning ‘goods’.
- ‘eTwinning all year round’ was another campaign
launched in spring, together with the “Little March
for eTwinning’, great inspirational ideas for a
calendar dedicated to eTwinning activities and
another one for a little trinket dedicated to
eTwinning. You can see one of the winning work of
art here on this page! It belongs to Scoala cu
clasele I-VIII Chicerea, com. Tomesti, Iasi county,
students: Marian Irinel Raileanu and Marius Zmau
(3rd class), teacher: Simona Petronela Miron.
It was a good year for eTwinning projects visibility.
Starting with the CSS’ campaigns and continuing
with our NSS’ campaigns, the eTwinning spirit grew
and blossomed.
‘Back to school’ campaign, or mentoring campaign,
launched by CSS, was just a starting point for our
NSS’ many inspiring campaigns and contests:
- ‘eTwinning Embassy in my school’, where
experienced eTwinners were challenged to involve
their colleagues and guide them start at least one
new project to conquer this rewarding status for
their schools. Being one of the 32 Romanian
eTwinning mentors (listed here:
http://www.etwinning.ro/primii-mentorii-etwinningromani), I was glad to be part of this campaign and
introduced eTwinning to 3 schools and 2
kindergartens, my school becoming one of the 17
Romanian schools that won the embassy diploma.
The story goes on with the ‘eTwinning and
Comenius – 7 years of collaboration’ campaign,
organised by TEHNE and ISE, the organisations
responsible for Romanian eTwinning, a campaign
developed on two directions:
eTwinning-Comenius Chronicle
eTwinnig-Comenius showcase
The winning presentation is to be found in the 2012
Collection of good practice, at
http://www.etwinning.ro/bune-practici-etwinning, a
brochure our NSS publish every year. I am proud to
be included there two years in a row, and hope for
more…
‘eTwinning school team’ campaign was another
action close to my heart. Not only our project “12
Photos – 12 Months” was part of the gallery of good
practice, but I was involved in the Creative
Classroom eTwinning Group’s activity regarding
school teams, with a remarkable result: the eBook
entitled “Can you be creative with your colleagues’
contribution?” to be found here:
http://www.myebook.com/ebook_viewer.php?eboo
kId=126005.
- The Embassy campaign was followed by a new
challenge, a campaign divided in three categories:
eTwinning fairy-tale for students;
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