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

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2017 Newsletter
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engaging in the activity.
#2 It gives the team a goal to work for.
#3 Ensures learning is a priority.
#4 Provides instant feedback to the groups.
Another online collaboration tool that allows
students from the various countries to engage in
digital communication and comment either in text,
audio and/or video on a common theme is
Voicethread.
In this example, where students used Voicethread,
they were invited to reflect upon Romania´s
educational system by observing pupils’ drawings.
It allowed them to work in transnational teams,
providing real online communication and
engagement.
This is a great tool that combines real and
meaningful collaborative online activities for
eTwinning transnational teams.
The success sometimes relies not on the quantity of
tools but the quality and the educational purposes
of them.
3 rd C – Critical thinking
Critical thinking is the process of reflecting on the
information we use to form our ideas and opinions.
And how can we boost it with eTwinning?
Afterwards, each school did a presentation about
the partner’s country school system, expressing
how they understood the others. They developed
skills of interpretation and establishment of
relationships between aspects of the two cultures,
involving the ability to analyse data from one’s own
and the partner’s country – they reflected critically,
analysed and evaluated evidence, interpreted
information, synthesized, made connections and
draw conclusions.
To come up with a framework for the School Of
Future Time, Students’ research activities involved
the making of enquiries and interviews to the local
community: peers, teachers, parents/family,
friends, doctors, business people, leaders,
volunteers, etc. – so they had to identify and ask
significant questions.
Finally, in group they reflected upon the results and
findings and expressed their ideas on a common
theme
4 th C – Creativity
This is a topic dear to me as I truly support the idea
of having Students creating their own learning
content.
With SOFT – School Of Future Time – students were
encouraged to compare and contrast European
school systems, as much as projecting their views
and thoughts on how it should be the School Of
Future Time, promoting Critical Thinking Skills.
In a first moment, students had to share aspects of
their present school systems, using Padlet, an
online notice board around some dimensions:
teaching methodology / curriculum / school campus
/ teacher’s role. With this activity, they had to
analyse how parts of a whole interact with each
other.
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