Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2018 Newsletter------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
communication often informal but crucial to constantly monitor the progress of a project which has involved several teachers from different countries.
Secondly, the exchange of information and activities between teachers has always been constant since the very first step of the design and then throughout the project to stay updated and foresee any adjustments in case of need( changes in working time, unexpected events, etc.). For each activity a specific page has been created in which the process of collaboration and exchange between the schools could be evident.
Finally, and we would like to stress this aspect, the communication activities between the pupils have taken place essentially within the TwinSpace. In fact, we believe that a good project cannot take advantage of the platform only as a " support point " and then develop externally on other tools. For this reason we have structured the pages and organized the activities so that students can easily work, upload and edit materials, presentations, images, etc.
Equally important is the a / synchronous communication: through the Padlets and the many discussion threads in the forums students were able to communicate and exchange opinions on the project and its various topics throughout the year. In fact, the forum has been a very popular place, both for the exchange of opinions and for collaborative writing, for example when pupils have created the " Manifiesto de la vanguardia ", their personal interpretation of the ideas expressed by the Futurists.
The online collaboration between peers has set in motion dynamics that students have been able to practice within the school, on the occasion of learning experiences " peer to peer " in other institutional activities.
The other crucial aspect is the impact on the whole educational community: very often we teachers remain " armoured " within pre-established paths in strict order, but in this case we have noticed new dynamics and a collaborative dimension in our teaching practice.
To sum up, we believe that this project has shown that the impact on both teaching and students is always very high and positively involves the curriculum even when we dare to deal with cultural issues not always " institutionally " foreseen. The weekly appointment with eTwinning has always been a challenge and an incentive to do better. We have noticed a fundamental change of mindset towards cultural heritage, which has become a reality and a " living matter ".
You cannot be without eTwinning any longer, what is more, without an eTwinning School!
And if everything goes according to our wishes... in the next issue of the magazine we will be able to tell you how the collaboration on cultural heritage that this year we have started on eTwinning can become an Erasmus + partnership in which we will discover that... No Man is an Island...
Elena Pezzi is an eTwinning Ambassador and a teacher of Spanish in Bologna, Italy.
We could keep on talking about the project for a long time, but what we would like to underline is that the main results, beyond the purely disciplinary ones, have been to see the pupils as actors in the project, which has increased a lot the motivation of the students, even of those normally more reluctant.
Alicia López Palomera is an eTwinning Ambassador and a teacher of Spanish in Aldaia, Spain.
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