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

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2017 Newsletter
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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
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