Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter 2017 No. 7 | Page 52

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2017 Newsletter
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eTwinning project competition - A multi-
motivational journey
by Maria Georgiadou
4. What did the students like the most?
Diversity, Digital Citizenship, Inclusion are some of
the latest social issues promoted by eTwinning,
the biggest European community of open-minded
and active teachers. As teachers, we have to help
students to learn and we always have to look for
new and efficient ways to do it. But we don’t
provide only knowledge and skills, we teach also
behaviours or even better, attitudes to life.
The project competition launched last year on the
subject of the “digital Citizenship” was a motive for
me to think about a new project, not only because
of the prize, but mainly because of the journey. I
always loved competitions and with my students we
have taken part to many of them at a national or
European level. To be honest, every time I speak to
them about a contest, automatically comes the
question: “What’s the prize? “. But after a while,
when we start to think about the process, they
forget it and they are focused on the essential
theme.
The result of this idea fair was our eTwinning
project digiZEN. With my Italian partner, Laura
Gentili, we created it aiming at raising awareness
on the digital threats we all face in our everyday
life, in combination with the use of the French
language, because we both are teachers of French
(FLE).
1. Why “digiZEN”?
Because our main concern is to be ... digitally ZEN,
cool, without any problem during our digital
activities, researches or communication. To be
aware of all the dangers we encounter and to
become better citizens.
2. Which schools?
4th Gymnasium of Rhodes Greece - 4ο Γυμνάσιο
Ρόδου, RODOS Greece
and
ISIS “F. Gonzaga”, Castiglione delle Stiviere (MN)
Italy.
3. Which are the positive things of this
collaboration?
Students and teachers know each other, their
schools and culture through the project. They
create a collaborative film with focus on digital
behaviour, responsibilities and skills
● Students liked in particular the
initial logo competition. This is another
proof that students really like competitions!
● They also loved their first meeting
in which they could see each other and
speak through Appear.in. Link to ebook.
● Finally, they liked the illusion that
the protagonists of the film are in the same
place, but in fact, they are in their
countries!!!! Mario in Italy and Mathilda
(alias Faye) in Greece!
5. Conclusions
● Our project will participate in other
works aimed to promote esafety, such as
https://groups.etwinning.net/7617/home
● It will also give the Italian school
the opportunity to apply for
Move2Learn,Learn2Move, the new
competition for students 16+ years old,
launched by the eTwinning CSS, on the
occasion of the 30th anniversary of the
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