Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2016 Newsletter------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In the introduction, the plan tells the story of the Italian " digital movement ", including those individual teachers and entire schools that promoted and organized projects based on innovative methods for teaching and for transforming learning spaces. Projects such as eTwinning(...) were innovation-training grounds for the most advanced areas of digital technology in schools( such as learning spaces and scenarios, inclusion, collaboration and scientific culture).
forerunners of PNSD first, and can now be the teachers of the digital era as envisaged by the Italian Ministry of Education.
Once the LE was launched, we reached the maximum number of members( 300) in two hours. We had more than 1000 applications, many of them submitted by new eTwinners, which shows the level of engagement and interest of Italian teachers in innovation and digital opportunities.
The plan was discussed in schools and greeted with enthusiasm and hope in innovation that is felt as a basic need by teachers and stakeholders.
At the national level, the first action was to choose a Digital Ambassador( Animatore Digitale) in each school, a teacher who has a strategic role in spreading innovation in schools. Many Italian eTwinners are Animatori Digitali in their schools, as they already know and believe in this kind of activities.
Against this scenario of big changes and new perspectives, in a group of 4 eTwinning ambassadors we had the idea to propose a Learning Event for Italian teachers who looked for cooperation & innovation via eTwinning and the PNSD.
The title eTwinning, PNSD e AD- il valore aggiunto della coprogettazione digitale nell’ innovazione della scuola italiana( eTwinning, Digital Plan and digital ambassadors- the added value of digital cooperation in innovating Italian School) wanted to enhance the links between the vision of PNSD and the concrete innovation carried on in the last 10 years by eTwinning.
For this reason, a second session was soon planned and realized a month later, with a very large number of eTwinners who successfully completed all of the activities.
Here are some numbers of the first session: 1,150 applicants; 306 accepted; 154 uploaded their final work( more than 50 did it collaboratively); the posts in the forums were 2,230.
Our aim was to show that the“ eTwinning way” is a brilliant way to put into practice the guidelines of PNSD- which means that eTwinners were
In the two sessions there was a balanced mix of new and experienced eTwinners, since many teachers, getting to know on different socials about
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