Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter 2017 No. 7 | Page 39

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2017 Newsletter
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Cristina Nicolăiță is from Romania, a teacher of
Physics and Computer Science, an eTwinning
ambassador since 2013, as she is actively involved
in eTwinning since 2008. She is also a Scientix
ambassador starting 2016. Currently she is involved
in the European pilot project INDUCAS as the
moderator for the Romanian newly appointed
teachers community.
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Several resources of the projects listed above
discovered on the Scientix portal were used during
an eTwinning STEM project for primary school
students aged 6-9 related to space education and
astronomy ”Open the Gates to the Universe”
(https://twinspace.etwinning.net/12520/home).
Our participation to EGU was an opportunity to
enhance the eTwinning projects’ visibility, but also
to get ideas for new projects. A lot of resources,
hands-on activities and presentations at the
conference were very inspiring, and also the people
we met there. Talking about eTwinning, Scientix,
ESERO or Space Awareness to people from Asia or
Australia was a real challenge, and also a great
honour for us. We will participate next year for
sure; you are invited, too!
Cornelia Melcu is a primary school teacher in
Brasov, Romania. Additionally, she is a teacher
trainer of Preparatory Class Curriculum, Google
Application in Education Course and European
Projects Course. She is mentoring newly qualified
teachers and trainee teachers. She is also the
Scientix Deputy Ambassador in Romania, eTwinning
ambassador and an award winner in several
competitions (eTwinning Awards and national
competitions). Cornelia is currently involved in
Erasmus+ programme, participating in STEM
projects such as ESERO and SPACE AWARNESS,
using extracurricular activities and projects to
motivate her students.
Crossing my jobshadowing – A wonderful
landscape!
by Maria Nica
‘When a stranger approaches, and we think he is
our brother, and all conflicts disappear, that is the
moment when night ends and day begins.’
From ‘Like the flowing river’ by Paulo Coelho
In my jobshadowing to Schwanthalerschule in
Frankfurt was day every day. Yes, I found a very
welcoming atmosphere and friendly smiling
teachers and students wherever I looked. First the
headmaster: he participated in all activities of the
school and had a very collaborative approach with
the teachers and students. He has never used
authoritarian tones with teachers and students and
he is very respected.
My jobshadowing was a mobility inserted in the
Erasmus+ KA1 project of my touristic high school,
Istituto Polispecialistico San Paolo in Sorrento (near
Naples, in South of Italy) and I had experience of it
for 14 days with my colleague Filomena Iovino,
English teacher. The Schwanthalerschule is the
School coordinator of the ka2 project in my school,
so the two Erasmus+ actions are connected and I
went twice in Frankfurt and I was able to reinforce
my knowledge of the school.
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