Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2012 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------accepted. Nothing happend. I never got an email
saying that ı was accepted that year. I wrote an
email to CSS to tell them I wanted to create a
group of my own. As you might guess ,there was no
reply to my emails .That time I gave up and forgot
about them. About two moths later somehow I
received two emails stating that I was accepted to
join two groups, and I did not know how to feel
really. Another adventure had just started for me
and I had to learn how groups function. After
spending many hours again, I got through them
easily and guess what, I become a Sub-moderator
in the Creative Classroom Group, which was and is
wonderful for me, but I think I deserved it because
I was working to contribute the group really hard.
The groups are great, and they are the right places
to share experiences and learn from each other in
a friendly and sincere atmosphere.
‘eTwinning Groups enable registered teachers
to be real and active eTwinners in a friendly
community, and let them feel the great sense
of gathering for a common purpose’
I was learning and learning, every passing single
day I was adding new skills to my profession and
teaching them to my students in my classes. My
classes were getting much more fun each day. One
of my projects, called “Show Me Around”, was
perfectly fitting to my school curriculum, and we
the partners were both studying our school subject
and working on the project at the same time, the
tasks and activities of our project were the same
with our schools coursebook modules - such as
daily life, family, celebrations, health etc. At times
we were doing collaborative classes using Skype on
mobile Internet. It was the concrete proof that
eTwining could be used in classrooms and add real
liveliness to class periods. My students were
learning with other students miles away from our
country.I got really impressive results doing so.
‘eTwinning brings joy and excitement into the
classrooms and fosters online collaborative
learning’
We were working really hard with my students, and
the number of my projects was increasing. I had
many friends from other countries with all of whom
I was on really good terms.Then I got my first
National Quality Label, which made us really happy
and gave us strength to work harder. I was also
helping my friends on the eTwinning portal and
inspiring them with some creative ideas. Soon after,
I was an eTwinning mentor, and three Eropean
Quality Labels followed this. I was invited to an
eTwinning seminar by our NSS and awarded for my
work, my projects and for encouraging new
eTwinners – I was awarded for my being the most
hardworking eTwinner! After that ,I was invited to a
Grundtvig programme in Greece for 10 days to
work with learners on ICT and its applications. I
had achieved a good reputation on the eTwinning
portal. Thanks to eTwinning I got recognition both
in my country and in other European countries.
‘eTwinning is the best way to get recognition
nationally and internationally’
My qualifications on ICT and projects was increasing
every passing day because eTwinning was a part ق