Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter 2017 No. 7 | Page 23

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2017 Newsletter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Centrul Judeţean de Resurse şi Asistenţă Educaţională Cluj CJRAE in Cluj-Napoca (the Cluj County Centre of Resources and Educational Support) and implemented in partner counties, including Sibiu. The project goal is prevention and combating violence or behaviours of intimidation (bullying), by raising awareness of the existence of this phenomenon in the population (students, parents, teachers, community) and by developing attitudes and skills of cooperative behaviour and interpersonal relationships among students. Advisory activities included: • presentation of films in the audio-video room of the school library, to identify bullying behaviour types and to be made aware of the factors that may cause these behaviours, but also of the attitudes and behaviours needed to identify alternatives; • development of interactive activities such as analysis of situations, identifying solutions, solving problematic situations, practising behaviours, recognizing different types of behaviours and reactions, in order to develop skills in problem solving, decision making, cooperation and networking, effective and assertive communication, conflict resolution. found the activities really interesting. The main idea drawn from them is the need of unity among students, of authenticity behaviour, of assertiveness in addressing problems and conflicts, of openness to others and acceptance. This project was a very attractive way to interrelate, express opinions and form attitudes. As an eTwinning teacher, I strongly recommend standing up and going a step further to meet our students' problems. Monica Oancea is a teacher of Computer Science and ICT at Colegiul Național Gheorghe Lazăr in Sibiu, Romania, a member in various educational committees, a certified mentor, an Oracle Academy tutor and an ECDL trainer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My students tried to express their opinion regarding bullying in an exhibition of drawings expressing their attitude about this topic. They participated in a contest in Cluj-Napoca with their creations. Following the evaluation of students' opinions about this project, they appreciated its usefulness and 23