Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2026 Newsletter
The next time we plan a project or evaluate it, it might be worth asking ourselves: If we were to remove the Quality Label, the Certificates and the publications, would the project still be worth carrying out? Did the students collaborate? Did they learn? Did they enjoy the process?
Depending on whether the answers are“ Yes” or“ No”, let’ s strive to design programs that are available to students and serve their mission. Ambition is not negative by itself. It often leads to exceptional projects. Provided, of course, that students are not used merely to serve the program, the evaluation of schools as educational institutions or the personal recognition of teachers.
As teachers let’ s uphold the original philosophy of the eTwinning Project with the utmost care: May our students remember the projects they participated in years after their completion. Then the European eTwinning soul will continue to live on.
Christina Drakopoulou has been a teacher of French as a Second Language in the public sector in Greece for 21 years. She firmly believes that communicating with the younger generation is both an essential and a fascinating process; not an easy one, though. She is a collector of images, thoughts and music; eTwinning projects give the opportunity to her, to her students and to other collegues to share and combine their images, thoughts, melodies to cultivate cognitive and human skills.
Growing a Greener Community: One Year of Sustainable eTwinning by Anita Simac
I never imagined that taking on the moderation of an eTwinning group would teach me as much as it has taught my students. When I accepted the role of moderator for the Featured Group " Learning for Sustainability and Green Skills " in March 2025, I walked into a relatively quiet room. The group existed, the members were listed, but the conversation had stalled. Most people were watching from the sidelines. I understood that feeling— teachers are busy, their energy is finite, and it takes something genuinely useful to pull them in. That was the challenge I set for myself.
Starting a Conversation My first lesson was realising that you cannot push engagement, you can only invite it. Early on I tried to understand what would actually help the teachers in the group, not what looked impressive on a programme plan. Sustainability and green skills can sound abstract, even overwhelming. What teachers needed was a clear bridge between these ideas and their Monday morning classroom. That bridge became my guiding principle for everything the group organised. Whether it was a webinar, a collaborative activity, or a simple discussion thread, I
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