Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2013 Newsletter
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by Fanny Vasileva
eTwinning – a fantasy or a reality?
After collaboration in some eTwinning projects, we
created Comenius Projects together and the reality
meet us, so that we realized that we are not ONLY
digital partners, but real ones too.
There was a time when active European teachers
had a need to communicate, cooperate and
collaborate with their colleagues not only from their
countries, but from all European countries and why
not all over the world. Contemporary challenges set
up new relations in new circumstances between the
people. So they did with the teachers’ nets.
eTwinning has become one of the most innovative
way of “ digital” meeting for teachers from almost
all European countries. This platform gives them
opportunities to make friendships, share ideas,
create different groups, create projects and
collaborate actively.
Some years ago I created an eTwinning project
called “An International Student’s Survey” being
curious what happens with the students from some
European countries. Are the problems the same in
the schools? How is students’ behaviour in different
European schools? What are the reasons? Who is
responsible? Where do mistakes come from?
I was very happy when my project was joined by
many many teachers from different countries like:
Turkey, Poland, Italy, Greece, England, France,
Finland, Spain, Portugal, Czech Republic. We all
found some differences and similarities in students’
behavior, and the reasons for this.
Many people think that eTwinning is just “wasting
their spare time”. Is it true? No, I do not think so.
I met him on eTwinning and he became my real
partner in a Comenius project
This is our second year of working together on a
common Comenius Project, due to our previous
eTwinning meetings and collaboration.
We created a very good partnership and friendships
between our schools and students.
Yes, reality met us, and I realized the importance of
the eTwinning platform. During my continuing work
and cooperation on eTwinning platform lately I
found again so many new colleagues and friends
from other countries like Malta, Sweden, Finland,
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