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Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2018 Newsletter
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● It respects the rules and accepts the views of
others.
● It develops collaboration, communication and
management skills.
● It links knowledge to everyday situations.
● It develops computational thinking and self-
development skills.
Moreover, the project was evaluated by individual
and group questionnaires (assessment rubric) by
the children. It is worth mentioning a few words
from the students ... "I liked to meet new friends.",
"I liked making our own games", "I liked the robot
or the bee who came to school", "I would love to
have and I a bee house ".
All children are innately curious and eager to
explore their environments and learn about a wide
variety of causes and effects. In this sense, our
early education pedagogical methods should
support these basic dispositions and provide a wide
range of contexts for young children to use them
(Alade, Lauricella, Beaudoin-Ryan, & Wartella
2016). The best way is teaching STEM. The most
important thing to remember about teaching STEM
to early learners is that they are perfectly adapted
to learn STEM concepts, and it is not difficult to
teach STEM to young children. By allowing them to
investigate, by encouraging them to ask questions
about the real world, you are engaging children in
STEM (Sneideman, 2013).
Eftychia Nikolaou is a kindergarten teacher in
Kindergarten Trachoniou, Limassol, Cyprus and an
eTwinner since 2017.
Eleni Kopsolemi is the director of 1st Primary
School of Palaia Fokaia, Greece. She has been an
eTwinner since 2015.
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Bibliography:
Sneideman, M.J. (2013). Engaging Children in
STEM Education EARLY! NAAEE's Early Childhood
Environmental Education Programs.
Alade, F., Lauricella, A. R., Beaudoin-Ryan, L., &
Wartella, E. (2016). Measuring with Murray:
Touchscreen technology and preschoolers’ STEM
learning. Computers in Human Behavior. DoI:
10.1016/j.chb.2016.03.080.
Bales, S., Volmert, A., and Kendall-Taylor, N.
(2015). The Power of explanation: Reframing STEM
and informal learning, Washington, D.C.: The
FrameWorks Institute.
Maria Tsapara is a kindergarten Teacher in 2nd
Kindergarten of Perama and Scientix Ambassador
for Greece. She has been an eTwinner since 2014.
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