Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2016 Newsletter------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
to continuous improvement. It is carry the publication of the conference proceedings out. entrepreneurial skills and to prepare them for their future jobs, for life.
Sound mind in a Sound body
Brigida Clemente is a teacher of English and an Italian eTwinning ambassador who loves travelling.
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eTwinning Projects in Vocational School by Eva Toth
At vocational school, I use ICT to make my lessons more interesting, to appeal to more of their sense and to fill the void they have in knowledge. I specialize in projects where we can combine many subjects as these kids have never been taught to see the connection between bits and pieces of information. Using ICT in teaching has increased the performance of my students on many levels. First of all, their whole attitude to class has changed. What is more, the fact that we use ICT to work on English topics has given even those who lack confidence the basic skills.
Project links: https:// hu. pinterest. com / evatoth547727 / soundmind-in-a-sound-body / http:// www. symbaloo. com / mix / soundmind Topic and aim: Our eTwinning project is about health and leading a healthy lifestyle: what kind of habits can you change? What ingredients are healthier than others? Is living a healthy lifestyle really expensive? How is cooking different in your countries: What kind of diseases do you know related to eating and dieting? Subjects involved: English as a Foreing Language, English for Special Purposes, Social Studies, Biology, Food and chemicals( special subject for shop assistants) ICT tools used: Padlet, Linoit, Smybaloo, Google Forms, Meme generator, Tagul, Photofunia, Answergarden, Windows Movie Maker, Mindmup, 21st century skills involved: health literacy, critical thinking and problem solving, ICT literacy, social skills, cross-cultural skills, responsibility, collaboration. During the project, we used the method of expert mosaic when students worked e. g. on different diet trends in groups and had to present their findings to other groups. Participating countries: Italy, Czech Republic Experiences and impressions: The beginning of the project started with a serious intention: each student and teacher(!) had to confess to one bad habit that they would try to get rid of during the project. Even if most of us did not manage to do so, many of my students reported to me in the following weeks saying how the progressed.
Our projects deal with topics that appeal to both their everyday lives and their future jobs, such as beauty, technology or creating one’ s own business. The works often include going to companies and interviewing experts( visiting the Christmas fair and a macaron baker in Budapest) so that students can see the links between their learning and the real world and use their communication skills both in their mother tongue and in English. Through our projects, we intended to develop our students’
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