Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter 2017 No. 7 | Page 76
Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2017 Newsletter
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From March to May the pupils got involved into the
reading of "The Twits". Each school was given some
chapters of the book on which they had to work.
They created questions, summaries, visual
glossaries and quizzes to facilitate their partners'
reading. All the partners gave their personal
contribution in an utmost creative way. My pupils
worked in jigsaw groups and created some
comprehension questions, a video summary and a
visual glossary with pictures and videos for each
chapter. Turkish students drew wonderful pictures
of the main characters, while the Greek ones made
funny useful videos to explain the main words
contained in their chapters.
All the classes involved in the project shared their
works and read the rest of the book with the help of
their foreign partners' material.
The last activity of the project was the creation of a
collaborative audiobook. Each single student
involved read and recorded a part of "The Twits".
Then the teachers put everything together by using
the application epubeditor.
Finally a couple of web conferences were made
among the partners to share their views about the
project and to give the students the opportunity to
meet virtually. It was an exciting experience for
them and they decided on their own to continue to
keep in contact with their new European friends by
using means of social networks.
A considerable part of the curricular timetable was
devoted to the project. The activities foreseen
helped the students to improve their English
knowledge as for reading, writing and speaking.
Students dealt with a range of texts (biography,
story, survey, videos, etc.) and produced several
ones. Furthermore the project helped them to
develop a series of competences:
- social and civic competence: the students have
become more aware about their own territory and
their partners' ones and they have known foreign
cultures and school systems through the voice and
the works of their partners;
- digital competence: students have constantly
used technology during the project to make
research, share documents and thoughts,
communicate among them. They have learned to
use new applications that they will be able to
transfer also in other areas;
- sense of entrepreneurship and creativity: the
students have engaged creatively in several
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