Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2014 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Our school’s students cooperated with students
from the school “Lafrançaise” in France, formed a
team with members from both schools and created
a collaborative photo story. This is an innovation in
the educational process, since it presupposes
authentic student experiences and their “exit” from
the limits of the classroom.
The students were happy coming into contact with
their partners and communicating in authentic
learning environments through the teleconferences
we organized.
On the eTwinning Platform, We Are in a
Family!
by Crina Aurelia Bercovici
Year 2014 has been declared by the United Nations,
the International Year of the Family. In a figurative
way, family is a large group of people, of many
peoples, with common interests and ideals.
What is the eTwinning platform? At the address
http://www.etwinning.net we find the definition
“eTwinning is the community for schools in Europe,
is an free and safe platform for teachers to connect,
develop collaborative projects and share ideas in
Europe”.
This is the reason that entitles us to affirm that we
are all members of the same family, learning
together (in the Learning Lab - by participating in
Learning events or online Seminars), learn and
share experiences with our partners and the
students (in projects and outside after their
conclusion, in eTwinning Groups - private platforms
for eTwinners to discuss and work together on a
specific topic or theme), live nice moments
(involved in competitions, feeling happy together in
meetings of European type workshops, etc).
The project was assessed by students who found it
creative, pleasant and wonderful!
Finally, the cooperation among teachers was fruitful
and harmonic, and contributed to the exchange on
educational practices. All this work has already
started to be rewarded – the project has won two
French Quality Labels and the 1st Prize in the
National eTwinning Competition 2014 in Tunisia.
In December 2014 on the 15th there will be 5 years
since I have introduced our school in this family. My
first steps in learning the secrets of this platform
were guided by the volunteers in education,
Romania's Support Service teachers: Irina
Vasilescu, Alexandra Bunica, Olimpius Istrate,
Simona Velea. They are those who led me and
encouraged me to learn, so as to be a mentor to
my other colleagues. The list of my mentors can be
completed with a few names of hearty, experienced
teachers whose example I tried to follow. It is about
Cristina Nicolaita, Gabriela Crisan, Cornelia Melcu,
Daniela Bunea, Dumitra Balan and Cristina Gila. I
made my first steps in project management on the
platform with Carole Tearpereau from France,
Paulien du Fosse from the Netherlands and Andrea
Ullrich from Germany.
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