Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2012 Newsletter
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eTwinning Walking Areas
By Maria Georgiadou
Maria Georgiadou is a teacher of French. She works
at the 6th Junior High School of Rhodes, in Greece.
Hello, my dear eTwinners, new friends that became
old now, old not about the age but about what we
have lived and are living together!
eTwinning Contact Seminar –
Mission Accomplished!
By Christina Drakopoulou
Christina Drakopoulou teaches French in a public
school of secondary in Greece. Her profile is here:
http://users.sch.gr/christinadrak.
Who? 38 teachers from different European
Countries
Where? In Montpellier – France
New projects, new ideas, new learning events, new
tools are always in the knowledge menu, and we
enjoy that! But there is something deeper that I
love, above all that: emotions shared when meeting
together, exchanging ideas, joking, even without
working together but always speaking about our
projects! We meet just walking around, in the
eTwinning Walking Areas, whether it is called
eTwinning Greece , eTwinning Mentors or Comenius
Coordinators! It’s our Europewide (like worldwide…)
random encounters!
Personally I am very happy to know these people,
to work with most of them in the eTwinning
Learning Events, to meet them around … not in
person, of course, and speak together, members of
the beloved Twinning family.
eTwinning Learning Events? My favourite ones!
What I enjoyed this year? The two implemented by
Daniela Arghir Bunea, the first one about webbased videos in eTwinning and the second one
about Ιntergenerational Learning. I especially
appreciated the subtitling techniques in Adam
Stepinski’s learning event, and also trying to find
ways to involve old people in several projects!
Another one that was targeted at eTwinning
ambassadors was a good experience as well! I also
enjoyed the learning event organized by Ioanna
Komninou and her partners, concerning eTwinning
and the creative classroom.
As you can see, so many things happen in the
eTwinning environment! See you next year!
When? In May 2012
Why? To discover eTwinnning – to explore the
eTwin possibilities – to find teachers cooperators.
But let’s start from the beginning: We all
know that eTwinning is a great learning and
creative experience not only for pupils, but for
teachers, too. For that purpose there are several
“Professional Development Workshops which are
aimed at individuals who want to learn more
about eTwinning and develop their skills in
European collaboration using Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT)”.
On 10 May 38 participants from different
European countries arrived to Montpellier in
France to get involved with the philosophy of
eTwinning, to exchange opinions, to share
experiences, to make the first steps towards
building an eTwinning project, to participate in
workshops and, finally, to plan their first or
second/third (?) eTwinning Project.
The eTwinning quality and organization were
obvious everywhere. Jean–Gabriel Bertrand,
member of the Regional Support Service in the
south of France (Académie de Montpellier), and all
the team of CRDP (Regional Centre of Pedagogical
Documentation), did their best to guarantee the
effectiveness and success of the seminar.
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