Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2026 Newsletter
“ The Snowdrop Detectives” eTwinning Project: The Courage to Explore and the Joy of Learning by Grațiela Vișan the joint planning of activities and the work schedule, the distribution of tasks, the giving and receiving of feedback, and continuous learning together. This enabled me to improve my teaching and organisational skills, exchange best practices, make the most of the activities, and build relationships of friendship and respect with my project colleagues.
“ The Snowdrop Detectives” is an eTwinning project aimed at pupils aged 7 – 12, in which children become young researchers exploring the reawakening of nature. From January to April, classrooms were transformed into workspaces and creative workshops. Participants observed and recorded the appearance of snowdrops, compared flowering data from different regions of Europe, worked together and contributed to the creation of a shared digital story. The project combines science, art and international collaboration, offering pupils the opportunity to observe, collect and analyse information, to learn new things, to creatively integrate the knowledge they have gained, and to develop life skills inspired by a small and courageous flower: the snowdrop.
We worked closely with our partners throughout the project. Initially, we used the ESEP messaging service, then TwinSpace. The project had a WhatsApp group for urgent and important messages. We used the Teacher Bulletin and the Forum for communication and collaboration. Collaboration was evident in
The collaboration was demonstrated through the creation of joint project outputs, through ongoing consultation within the project group regarding working methods, the digital tools used, the structure of the presentation, the approach to collaboration, visibility and work tasks. Our ideas, and those of our project partners, were always received with interest, analysed and put forward for approval within the group. The pupils worked together right from the start, when they learnt about online safety rules and netiquette. This was achieved through a Kahoot! game, which the children played together, much to their delight. The pupils
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