Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2014 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Story on eTwinning
by Laura Pitariu
My eTwinning story started in 2011 when I found
out about this platform and I started using it. No
matter what the topic of each project was, I have
always aimed at offering my students a broader
framework to better understand the relationship
between different cultures and peoples. Students
usually try to understand the world we live in out of
the media they consume daily and, consequently,
sometimes their perception of the world might be
inaccurate.
Involving students in eTwinning projects enables
them to think critically about the world we live in
and to prepare them for the real life. They learn
from personal experience about the social,
economic, technological, cultural, environmental
and politic forces that sha pe our society. Although
involving students in eTwinning projects cannot
solve world problems such as racism, bullying,
violence, exaggerated sexuality, social stereotypes
or intolerance, media consumerism, however,
students can understand how they should cope with
different situations and they will gain that sense of
multiculturalism and tolerance.
A first project was called “Let’s Have A Greener
Future!” The aim of this project was to develop both
the Romanian and the Spanish students’
environmental awareness that goes beyond their
geographical limits, having the following motto in
mind: “Let’s have a greener future!” The students
organized a greenhouse in both schools and they
cared for it. Environmental problems were
discussed during our projects meeting in Sibiu
(November 2011) and in Zaragoza (May 2012)
helping students to raise awareness about the
environment we live in.
A second project was called “The Consumer Bill of
Rights”. We live in a world where it is necessary to
know the Consumer Bill of Rights. The project was a
cooperation between my high school in Sibiu and a
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