Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2014 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Value of Connection
by Metaxia Kouskouna
My eTwinning experience, in one word, is a
wonderful one. During our eTwinning projects, my
students and I have met teachers and students
from four European countries so far: Poland,
France, England and Cyprus. It has been the first
time, for us, to discuss on computer using Skype
with children from other countries.
We saw their works, and they watched ours on
videos or in our blog, but mainly in the TwinSpace.
We exchanged ideas, greetings, ecards and
knowledge about our solar system, or about our
toys, and so many other subjects! Especially what
every child likes.
unique and wonderful. In my opinion, students
have so many benefits of communication with other
schools within eTwinning! The benefits come mainly
from communication among children, because we
know that knowledge and experience are
transmitted much better between them, than from
adults. So it is worth to try to have every year such
collaboration.
I could write pages about eTwinning, because I am
enthusiastic of it. My pupils and I have met
politeness, acceptance, joy, help from other
teachers and pupils. We are thankful to them and to
you, Daniela, because you gave to me the
opportunity to express my feelings and my opinion
about eTwinning.
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My Thoughts about eTwinning
by Kostas Loukas
Here are some personal opinions that I would like
to share in order to improve – from my point of
view – the eTwinning experience.
In my area it is difficult for my pupils and their
families to go abroad in Europe, as tourists,
because the parents work hard and many of them
are immigrants. So, this children's experience was
Registration:
1. The eTwinning portal and one’s registration with
it are easy for newcomers. A little bit of help from
“older” users would be appreciated, as there can be
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