Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter 6 2016 | Page 99

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2016 Newsletter -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------their social skills (self-knowledge, self-esteem, cohesion, team work; art skills like body expression, improvisation, performing and also mental skills like thinking, inventing, imagination, critical thinking. National Support Service Portuguese, as part of the celebrations of Europe Day. If you want to use some of our lesson plans, please send an e-mail to [email protected] Also, working on TwinSpace they developed their digital competences through using different webtools for presentations, communication, shooting videos and working on montage. Also, great diligence was put on internet safety. Manuela Maria Baptista is a Portuguese teacher librarian and she also teaches mother tongue and French. She has been an eTwinner since 2012. “I think eTwinning is a real value to my daily teaching. The eTwinning community allows me to keep updated with latest educational trends and I love it.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Learning by Playing with eTwinning by Irene Confalone With this project students learned to deal with the problems of everyday life and got ideas to solve them, to express themselves through drama activities, to make a positive change in themselves and to accept others better, to be better with life. Students "grew" with the project and improved their self-esteem and self-confidence. This past academic year was a very intense year, full of challenges and difficult tests but, on the other hand, I was offered an opportunity for professional growth and creative development. A school that is constantly changing, you cannot stand still and wait. eTwinning will not allow you to stay still! As a teacher it was extremely rewarding having the opportunity to work collaboratively with my European partners and provide an experience of development of the whole group of students from different countries who participated in the project growth. The project was highly visible in our schools and gave visibility to the value of eTwinning, especially in Portugal, where it received the National eTwinning Award. The project has received the following awards: - Portuguese National Prize 2014; - 2nd place in the German competition "European Award 2014" in the category "School of the Future"; - Winner unanimously Contest eTwinning Cards: Creativity Innovation, spurred by the eTwinning 99