Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2017 Newsletter------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In this example, 5-year grade Students used QUIZLET, a free quiz online web 2.0 tool, that enables students to be creators of content, learn and share with their friends, assisting students ' learning. First, in groups,( 1) pupils chose a language topic, then( 2) selected 10 related words and researched for some definitions. After( 3) drafting it in their notebooks, they( 4) started to insert in the Quizlet both words and definitions, and search for pictures to illustrate it. At the end,( 5) they played the quiz to check spelling mistakes.
Other possibility is to have students reading the collaborative story created during the project, and then prepare questions and organize them in a Kahoot game.
It enhances their reading and writing skills as much as collaboration and interaction. A thread can be added in the forum with each team’ s results.
Summing up …“ So, what do we do? We continue to teach students to read and write, to think through their math problems, to learn about history and geography. But we also need to EXPLICITLY teach them how to work collaboratively with others and respect teamwork. We need to teach them to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, and to understand the role of effective communication as global citizens. We need to teach them to be creative and innovative so they seek new and different ways to tackle problems, and aren’ t afraid of risk. We need to teach them to be critical thinkers so they can effectively sift through and understand the overload of information available at their fingertips.”( in http:// projects. upei. ca / ed626-2015 / 2015 / 07 / 24 / 4- cs-21st-century-skill-for-success /)
Bibliography: # http:// projects. upei. ca / ed626- 2015 / 2015 / 07 / 24 / 4-cs-21st-century-skill-forsuccess / # http:// www. slideshare. net / synaesthesia19 / commun ication-and-collaboration-in-etwinning # http:// www. teachthought. com / pedagogy / 20- collaborative-learning-tips-and-strategies / # https:// www. joomag. com / magazine / etwinningvisibility-newsletter-no-4-etwinning-visibilitynewsletter-no-4 / 0916642001406909578 # http:// www. p21. org / our-work / p21-framework # Keep Invest Donate Spend # SOFT – School Of Future Time # Twinkle And smiLE In this example, pupils took photographs to illustrate what is winter like in their countries and used ToonyTool for the speech bubbles. Then using Toondoo they created a BD book and shared it.
Helena Serdoura has a degree in“ Teaching English and Portuguese”, a post-graduation in Entrepreneurship and a Master Degree in“ Pedagogical Supervision in Foreign Language Teaching”. She is a teacher of English as a Foreign Language, an accredited teacher trainer and a European Projects Coordinator( eTwinning / Erasmus +). She has been an eTwinner since 2008 and a keen lifelong learner. She presently teaches @ Agrupamento de Escolas de Marco de Canaveses, Portugal.
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