Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter 6 2016 | Page 87

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2016 Newsletter

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I must point out cooperation with Greece, France
and Romania.
After Eratosthenes next project was national,
Pollution sound. There we met a highly developed
technology to measure the volume, along data,
learn about the dangers of noise.

Of environmental awareness, we continued with our
colleagues from Romania with the project The
Harmony of Nature. We had the opportunity to
present Croatian national parks, as well as
protected species of birds. Children have a lot of
exploring and match presentation.

It is such a great pleasure to be a member of this
group of teachers! We hope new and interesting
projects through which we will continue our
friendship.

Daniela Ružić Mrak is a teacher of mathematics and
physics. She has graduated from the Teacher's
Academy in Split, Croatia. She is also a vocation
counselor physics, thus attaining the highest level
in the teaching profession in her country. She has
been working for 34 years. For the last 24 years
she has been working in PS Kneza Branimir, a small
school with 136 students now. She teaches
mathematics and physics. She has been involved in
eTwinning for 3 years and has taken part in
projects. Her English is not perfect, but eTwinning
has helped her to renew her knowledge of the
language. She has been a member of ISE (Inspiring
Science Education) for 4 years. She has participated
with her students in the Science Festival (held in
the whole of Croatia in April) for 10 years.
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Italian Plan for Digital School via eTwinning
by Paola Arduini, Laura Maffei, Marilina Lonigro and
Elena Pezzi
In Italy, eTwinning is not the pioneers’ way
anymore: it has been officially recognized by the
Italian Ministry of Education as “good practice” in
the field of didactics in the “Piano Nazionale Scuola
Digitale” (PNSD).

Now we joined the project, which are the initials of
France and Greece - Mr Bean Mrs Lentil & their tiny
peas. Nice project, in which children can develop in
many areas of ecology, photography, computer
science, languages, cooking, growing plants,
physics and so on.

The PNSD - National Plan for Digital school - is a
long-term education policy launched by the Italian
Ministry of Education in October 2015. It is a
comprehensive innovation of the Italian school
system; its vision is to promote 'innovation in
pedagogy in a digital age.'
During the last school year, the plan was
implemented in every Italian school, with a budget
of 1.1 billion Euros.
The digital plan consists of nine parts, with 35 key
actions, which encompass everything from changes
to buildings, learning environments and facilities, to
improvements in students’ digital competencies,
new pedagogical tools, staff training and the use of
new digital administration systems.

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