Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2016 Newsletter------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEN students. What I have learnt is the importance of collaborating and working with other teachers from my school as a team; the necessity of using interdisciplinary approach; to include activities which develop graph-omotor skills, attention, creativity, concentration in my lessons; that digital inclusion of SEN students is as important as their social inclusion. Above all, I leant how to teach so that my students learn in a fun, enjoyable and meaningful way.
Here are some benefits of using eTwinning with SEN students I have discovered during the project: � eTwinning provides children with special needs with greater understanding of European cultural diversity;
� helps them understand how Internet works, how to use social media to connect with people and how to use technology to bring community into the classroom;
� encourages cooperative learning and enables students to work together towards a common goal;
� promotes European integration for children with special needs;
� helps in adapting conventional teaching methods; � stimulates interest in learning; � enhances learning experiences and helps to improve communication and computer skills.
Being a teacher is a lifelong learning process, and working together with like-minded, passionate and dedicated colleagues is the best professional support a teacher can get. I am thankful to my wonderful partners from CPEE La Quinta – Natalia, Maria and Sara, for making me realize that.
Olivera Ilic teaches English as a foreign language in Primary School Sveti Sava in Pozarevac, Serbia. She has been a passionate and enthusiastic member of eTwinning community for over a year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Our Peace Song by Andrea Ullrich
“ Europäischer Wettbewerb” http:// www. europaeischer-wettbewerb. de /( European Competition) was organized for the 63rd time this year. Since 1953 students in Germany have had the chance to explore European culture, values, history in a creative way.
Each year a new topic students can work on is presented. There are tasks in four age categories( up to 9),( 10-13),( 14-16),( 17-21) and a special task, which is not linked to an age group. This year’ s motto was“ Live Together in Peace”.
Since 2012 eTwinning has supported the European Competition, thus opening it to other countries. Teams of up to five countries can now work together and create a collaborative entry for the competition. There is just one requirement: you need a German partner, who will apply when the deadline is due in March.
Already last year I was approached by European partners to run a project for the European Competition together, but I had to decline as I only join a project when I know I can really work for it. In my opinion it is better to say right from the beginning that you won’ t have the time or energy instead of joining projects and letting your partners down later.
As a kind of compensation I offered a project this year – in the only category I thought I could handle: the special task. So partners from Germany, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Spain set out to create“ Our Peace Song”, and won a prize.
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