Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter 6 2016 | Page 89

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2016 Newsletter -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------this Learning Event, joined eTwinning for the first time, so they could attend a specific course to meet their needs of training about the challenges posed by the PNSD. Finland, with Enzo Zecchi, professor at Bologna University, expert of PBL. The LE was from the very beginning a great opportunity to spread the eTwinning way in groups of teachers and schools that had not been so interested yet. We organized the LEs in three steps: 1) Introductions based on the individual starting point of the users, as teachers, eTwinners, professionals in different kinds of schools and different parts of Italy. 2) Analysis of the 35 actions of PNSD and reflection. The users had to reflect on the innovations introduced by PNSD and imagine the school of the future. 3) Users where asked to “adopt” one of the actions of the previous step and think of how to put it into practice in their schools. They were also encouraged to create groups in order to work on the final assignment: a practical reflection on how to implement one of the document’s actions in their school/net of schools, also via eTwinning. During the two sessions of the Learning Event we hosted several webinars: with expert eTwinners from all over Europe introducing their projects, with Daniele Barca, MIUR representative and Tiina Saarisalmi, introducing the digital pedagogy in We also had some “eTwinning cafes”, live meetings in the platform where we discussed with groups up to 30/40 people some specific topics, as BYOD practice, or how to plan eTwinning projects, etc. The majority of users showed a deep engagement in the topic, a considerable motivation and a sincere desire of collaboration with the other colleagues who participated in the LE. 89