Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter 2017 No. 7 | Page 19

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2017 Newsletter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ intend to do, the purpose, who documents, personal technical skills and inventiveness. At the design stage, the most effective and simplest way is to set up a digital or paper journal where you can write your ideas, personal considerations, reflections and exchanges of views with colleagues, students and partners. To document during the project, you can use the eTwinning platform, namely the project journal, which is public. Or you can choose to create a dedicated page for the project. The main elements in this case will be the calendar of the activities, the links to the activities, files and photos. Both tools will be an important support when you apply for the Quality Label. Once the project is completed you need to document in order to share all your work, leave a record of your experience and disseminate your practice. To achieve these goals you can use videos, slideshows, eBooks, blogs, and digital wallpapers (Adobe Spark, Joomag, Issuu, Calameo, Padlet ...). They are all free and relatively simple to use, moreover they have a big impact. Reflection and self-assessment are indispensable tools for transforming your experience into something worth to be shared inside your own your school and spread at a wider level. When, through your documentation, you reflect on your work and the new skills and knowledge acquired, you are involved in a self-education process based on the analysis of the whole experience and aimed at improving the practice itself. Documentation as a tool for reflection, self- evaluation and self-education A clear and accurate documentation, which tells the work done from the design phase to the end of the project, is an important tool for reflecting on your own work, the problems that have arisen and the strategies put in place to overcome them, the choices made in terms of remodelling and solutions. Ex-post evaluations allow you to analyze with detachment and objectivity your own work, the alternative and improvement choices and find new ideas to improve and transform your daily teaching activities. Documentation becomes a self-evaluation tool when you review the whole educational path in order to check what you have learned from the interaction with partners and students, the different activities, the problems you met and the choices you made. About dissemination The projects and the activities you carry out during your educational drive need to be known and shared to become visible and replicable experiences. The eTwinning platform, once more, is an excellent dissemination tool because it allows everyone, with your prior approval, to view the eTwinning page. Nevertheless, we believe that, to ensure the maximum project visibility, you should use also other tools such as the school website, Facebook pages and groups, school newspapers online, school networks, articles published in local newspapers. In summary, documenting is an effective and concrete way to keep track of your work and add value to your project. Sharing your experience with your colleagues can encourage creativity and 19