Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2014 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------eTwinning has many faces: eTwinning portal,
Desktop, Teachers’ Rooms, Groups, Learning
Events, Professional Development Workshops etc.
Apart from the Learning Events, which are for me
the first source of professional improvement, the
Groups tend to be the second one. With the
creation of the eTwinning Ambassadors’ Group, the
idea of the professional development becomes
stronger.
What is the method used?
Solidarity and knowledge sharing are for me the
two important elements. The ambassadors share
their knowledge through webinars organized during
all the year. They try new practices and share their
results. They suggest new things and try to
transmit them to the other teachers, through the
Groups. It is all about solidarity and sharing,
helping each other, trying to get better, for better
education and a better society. This is the social
role of eTwinning!
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eTwinning for All of Us
by Gonul Canbay
It does not matter what our professions are,
eTwinning offers us many opportunities to develop
ourselves in many fields. Just join in the eTwinning
chain, be open-minded, believe in yourself and go.
As an experienced eTwinner, I would like to share
my observations and experiences with newly
beginner eTwinners, to guide and lead them
through the eTwinning project process briefly.
Newly beginners usually hesitate to participate in a
project since they think that they do not know what
to do and/or how to do it, but the key points are
self-confidence and the motto “I can do it!” One
should stimulate their curiosity of learning, as well.
In today’s world, you can get whatever you need to
know via the Internet. So, you can learn many
things about eTwinning, the TwinSpace and web 2.0
tools by a little search on the Internet using some
key words. There are lots of tutorials about most
wonderful issues. In addition, there are lots of
groups on some social media such as Facebook on
which people connected to eTwinning share their
experiences and try to help the ones in need. You
can also learn via the Learning Lab on eTwinning
like me.
The Learning Events in the Learning Lab paved the
way and made discovering new stuff easy for me.
Now, I am writing some key words about what I
want to do on the search box and searching starts;
as I learned how to use some web tools by the
means of a learning event, now it is very easy to
learn how to use a new tool. There is also a
helpdesk tab present on your eTwinning desktop –
you can open a thread related to your problem and
wait for the help of experienced eTwinners. If you
are determined, you can find lots of ways to reach
your goal.
As for the projects, if you have a project idea, try to
create a work plan that shows every detail in
managing the project process including themes,
duration and media that will be applied together
with your partner. And if you want to be
incorporated in a ready project whose subject
interests you, do not hesitate to ask and learn all
the details after you join a project. Do not give in
and leave the project when you are confronted with
a difficulty – share your problem/issue with
experienced eTwinners and learn how to overcome
it. The more you learn, the more you will enjoy
eTwinning, and it will become a passion for you.
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