Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2012 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Obviously we have continually improved as a unit,
debating and connecting all the time. Yet there
were obstacles too. I do not mean family
constraints, not even financial needs. It is
something else. We started with a clear purpose,
each of us knew what the goal was and what was in
there for our students and ourselves. It turned out
differently, and no matter how disappointing – to
say the least – this was, it also taught us that it is
OK to fail at times, and that negative feedback (as
no feedback at all could be considered this way I
presume) should be taken without being defensive,
with the next project in mind ultimately.
‘The Show’ Does Go on –
eTwinning Project “King of My
Castle” (2011) Keeps on ‘Rolling’
– on a Stage
By Ksenija Vidmar-Nincevic
Ksenija Vidmar-Ninčević is a teacher of English at
O.Š. Bartula Kašića in Zadar, Croatia. She has been
an active eTwinning member for almost 4 years
now. She has been involved in more than 30
projects – 6 of them have her as the founder.
as the king/queen was just the cover, the paravan,
the starting point for our children to show all they
haven't dreamed they possess, somewhere, deeply
hidden in themselves: their multiple intelligences
and the 21st century skills, innovation and
creativity, critical thinking and problem solving – all
through collaborative work with many partners
throuout Europe.
An innovative approach was the one regarding
project trailers, made by students , a concept
developed inside the eTwinning Teachers' Room
“eTwinning projects trailers”. We also created the
first trailer of two very different but so similar (in
the end) eTwinning projects, made in collaboration
with Daniela Arghir Bunea from “Celebrating
eTwinning Football across Europe” project. Here is
the link to it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbEEO5ixMAg.
Our tangible outcomes are vivid by our outstanding
Project blog, designed by my twinner Cristina, that
many have judged as fantastic. Please, see the
blog at http://king-of-my-castle.blogspot.com/.
Who hasn't been imagining himself as the
queen/king in her/his own kingdom, where s/he
could rule the way s/he's always beem dreaming of,
while everybody had to listen?
Listen? That's the cruelest deed one has to do;
obeying is too difficult!
Well, my dear friend Cristina Nicolaita and I created
the eTwinning project entitled 'King of My Castle'.
Of course, the eternal theme of imagining oneself
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