eTwinning Visibility Newsletter no. 3 eTwinning Visibility Newsletter no. 3 | Page 36

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2013 Newsletter -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Practised on the long shot scenes (from three different angles - left, right profile and full face and steady and moving actors) Each team prepared a storyboard with all the above kinds of shots Pupils worked with a camera to shoot the above scenes Pupils worked on Movie Maker to edit the above scenes - Titles, transitions, music etc. At this stage some videos were made related to contemporary social issues like bullying and hooliganism. One of them with the name "A bully story" was awarded with the second prize in a national contest. Stage 4: The collaborative movie This is the stage where students created the common film. Students worked on a common scenario that had been completed and agreed on during the project development. The scenario is a story in two parts where the first part should be completed by the French students and the second half by the Greek students. Pupils used the storyboards for the various film scenes Pupils prepared the necessary sounds and music effects Pupils worked with Movie Maker to edit the above scenes - titles, transitions, music etc. Pupils should have prepared posters, advertisements etc. so as to promote the film Pupils should have participated in an on-line "Oscar ceremony" where students from France would give an Academy Award to Greeks and vice versa Unfortunately the last two activities were never completed because we ran out of time. Nevertheless the collaborative movie is completed and uploaded on our TwinSpace. Evaluation For the program to be completed we had worked, with a conservative estimate, more than 300 hours, in both schools so as to produce in all more than 100 video clips and movies. I cannot count the photos and the number of the primary shots as they are too much to be counted. One of the program successes is the fact that my students asked me to make their own movies without my help and without any relative planned activity. I have to admit that this was one of the happiest moments as a teacher. After that came the National Quality Label in both countries, the second place in the national contest against bullying, the first place in the Greek national eTwinning awards, the program was shortlisted for the European eTwinning Awards and, of course, the first place in the Medea Awards 2012. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 36