Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2013 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I found the answer from my students during the
eTwinning activities when I noticed their
involvement and joy, curiosity and determination to
learn and to exchange what they learn, to
communicate in English, to use the new
technologies.
eTwinning for Me? A Challenge – Lifelong
Learning, Even After Retirement
by Iuliana Ciubuc
Perhaps you will not believe it, but I started training
in the latest technologies of learning after I had
retired.
Then how can young teachers and those who still
have much time until they retire just sit with their
arms crossed?
I do not understand.
Fear, laziness, lack of teacher’s skills, lack of ICT
competences are small apologies. There is no such
thing as ”I cannot” if you want to. If you want to
improve yourslef, if you want not to be considered
blase, as long as children know about ICT at the
earliest of ages and are interested in knowledge, we
must positively channel their energy by teaching
them how to learn, hot to make discoveries, how to
be innovative.
I found the answer from our eTwinning partners
and friends, from their valuable feedback and
wonderful appreciations.
All these qualities can be developed in children by
involving them in international eTwinning projects,
in my opinion and with the experience of a lifetime
now.
Let me tell you how eTwinning has become a
challenge for me.
Venturing into a maze entirely unknown, when one
does not have the slightest interest (no label, no
chair, no financial incentive, no portfolio...) means
possesing and exhibiting a passion for one’s
profession, a love for children and a desire to be
helpful to children and to younger colleagues – this
was the feeling that animated me. With great
emotion, immediately after retirement, I enrolled in
the 5 free courses offered on the Romanian
teachers’ portal iTeach. I graduated after 2 years
and was stimulated not to stop there because I had
to apply what I had gained during these courses.
I saw the answer in the curious eyes of children,
through the wide open door of our classroom.
So I enrolled my school in many eTwinning
projects, wioth coordinators from Romania and
aborad.
My students welcomed my proposal with
enthusiasm, and so did my colleagues, who
supported me.
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I was also supported by my colleagues with
experience in eTwinning, Ecaterina Grecu
(Voluntary Expo – Photo exhibition on volunteering
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