Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter 2017 No. 7 | Page 57

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2017 Newsletter
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approach and the opportunity of an active
participation on an “open” ebook, where anyone,
anytime can contribute by adding a new interactive
presentations of a museum, was the fundamental
idea of this project.
Intensive cooperation helped our students to
develop joint ventures. Living with the host family
created new international friendships. Intercultural
competencies were strengthened and the European
idea practically experienced.
Through this project teachers realized how safely
students can transfer from one culture to another
and also to communicate in foreign languages.
Working together in the museums where only the
framework was given, gave these young people the
opportunity to exchange ideas in order to get
results. Teachers also did not only maintain good
contacts between themselves for the project, but
there was a continuous communication and
exchange of ideas/thoughts/suggestions/examples
that goes far beyond the project. As a result, two
other projects were developed among the partners
of this project: an EU project linked to the refugee
theme (Was uns bewegt) and an eTwinning project
(Food Coalition).
understanding of the project work and the
importance of the teachers and students of the
school. The participating countries had prepared a
greeting message for Mrs. Merkel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl47WRnjkk0&f
eature=youtu.be
The official video from the Federal Press Office on
the visit of Chancellor Merkel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6-uLQO-
fsc&feature=youtu.be
Our “journey” goes on! The same partners plus two
new ones applied for a new (or better the continuity
of this project) Erasmus+ project and we got the
approval!
Bibliography:
Biener, Bianca (2004): Konstruktivistische
Lerntheorie und ihre Anwendung im Museum.
In: Standbein Spielbein Nr. 70.
Marx, Carola (2006): Fremdsprachendidaktik
und Museumspädagogik: Empirische
Untersuchung am Beispiel von Kunstmuseen.
o.O.: Verlag dissertation.de
Final Highlight
Johanna Chardaloupa teaches German as a Foreign
Language at the Experimental High & Senior School
of the University of Patras in Greece (Peiramatiko
Gymnasio-Lykeio Panepistimiou Patron). She has
been a passionate eTwinner since 2005 and loves
involving NT & Web 2.0-Tools to inspire & motivate
her students in her foreign language classrooms.
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May 22, 2017 was a very special day for the
partner school in Berlin. On the occasion of the
European Day, the German Chancellor Dr. Angela
Merkel visited the Kurt-Tucholsky-Oberschule. The
Chancellor attended the presentations of the
students with great interest and asked many
questions. That indicates a high degree of
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