Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter 2017 No. 7 | Page 59

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2017 Newsletter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 . A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS : the students suggest a logo to give a visual identity to the project .
4 . SEASON ' S GREETINGS : in December , the students prepare some cards to send their partners . They include a literary challenge in the card : the first sentence and some clues about a favourite book of theirs ; the partner who receives the card will have to find out which book it is . Then the students copy out the sentences they have received on a collaborative pad , and a catalogue of " 25 must-read books " for teenagers is created in the form of a calendar , as well as 2 games ( literary challenges ).
look at the other teams ' productions , and start preparing the virtual round table : they prepare some questions they ' d like to ask their partners on a pad , they agree on the assessment criteria , and share the tasks they ' ll be in charge of during the video-conference .
8 . VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE WEB CONFERENCE : on May 10th , all the students present their work to their partners and answer their questions during a 2-hour web conference on eTwinning Live . They comment on a live twitter-like feed and assess their peers ' work .
9 . POST-CONFERENCE : the students write a report on the highlights of the web-conference .
Finally , the students assess the project and say good-bye to their partners in forum # 4 .
5 . TEAM UP : the students team up in national groups of 2-4 students and they present their groups , so as to find like-minded partners who might be willing to collaborate with them in an international team ( 1 team = students from 3 countries ). They also interact in forum # 3 to find their team-mates . Each of the seven international teams must agree on a literary genre they ' d like to work on . The following genres are chosen : young adult fiction , action-packed novels , autobiographies , crime stories , science-fiction , fantasy , historic novels .
6 . READ AND CREATE : the bulk of the project . Each team is assigned a TwinSpace page to collaborate as well as a forum thread to communicate . They are invited to discuss to choose the books or authors they ' d like to read together , and to choose the material they would like to create from the toolbox of activities . Then the teams get given a few weeks to create some multimedia material about the books they have chosen .
7 . COMPOSE : the teams post all their productions on a collaborative mind-map . They have a close
Final products include : - a public TwinSpace demonstrating the whole process and the final product ( including a catalogue of 25 must-read books and a collaborative mind map ); - an online student conference , in the form of a Virtual Round Table , where transnational teams display their work ; - an experiential , multimedia and collaborative approach to integrating literature in the EFL classroom .
Students had the chance to enhance their knowledge of language and literature , they developed their European / transnational cooperation skills , they became more independent and able to take initiatives , they became active creators of knowledge and not passive consumers .
The teachers were experienced eTwinners who become more competent each year , learning from each other and extending our cooperation to an approved KA1 Erasmus + project under the topic of the 21st century skills development .
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