Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter 2017 No. 7 | Page 95

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2017 Newsletter
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The project used all available IT services: video
conferences, emails, files (Word, PDF, PowerPoint
presentations), Linoleum, SlideShare,
AnswerGarden, ProProfsm, Animoto, Vimeo, Smile
Box, Padlet, Zoomerang, Quizlet, and others.
Skype, Facebook and TwinSpace were used by the
members of the project to communicate. The
TwinSpace journal was used continuously on the
eTwinning public area. We also published
information regarding cooperation and created our
own website
(https://digitalcitizenship0.wixsite.com/etwinning).
We used software such as Photoshop, Corel Draw,
and Brothers to create posters in order to promote
our project inside our school and at PTA meetings.
The project is relevant not just for partnering
schools, but also to every other institution, as it
focuses on citizenship and safety in the online
environment, which is a very relevant topic in our
modern world. The activities of the project
contribute to building a suitable attitude regarding
the online environment. It is important to realise
the importance of treating people equitable in the
online environment.
The project itself can be extended to other schools
in Romania and Europe as a benchmark of
interesting activities which may be applied during
classes. The experience gained through
participating in this eTwinning project can be used
practically in day to day life. It can be expanded
and developed, since the participating schools have
a high standard of cooperation and are open to
dialogue and future collaborations. The extensions
can also result from suggestions of parents and
students alike.
The project has completed all of its objectives and
was found beneficial for not just the students, but
also the school. The results were presented in front
of teachers, parents, other students, and the rest of
the community, and have lead to a deep
understanding of the importance of an active digital
citizenship.
The application of this project was done thanks to
the personal contributions of the students involved,
who are responsible users of digital instruments,
social media, and the internet as a whole. They
have created apps and instruction sets aimed
towards combating cyber bullying; these can be
used by students outside the project as well. The
results of the cooperation between us have been
published on the school’s website and magazine.
The project offers visible solutions and also
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