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Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2018 Newsletter
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curriculum and a continent. In SOCH, for example,
natural sciences have been worked in conjunction
with Mathematics. Students had to look for
mathematical elements - patterns, symmetries ... -
in nature.
Symmetry
Technology is in every project we run. We use
technology in different ways. First, as users of the
eTwinning environment or the Scientix website. In
the first case when we upload documents,
participate in the chats or make videoconferences
and, in the second, when looking for resources or
projects that we can use in our classes and in the
eTwinning project itself. In the case of MAVEN, one
of the objectives was to improve collaboration skills
and those related to new technologies. Many
activities were carried out in which technology was
necessary. For example, students wrote a monthly
chapter of the book "The legend of MAVEN's
adventures" whose protagonists were our heroes
using the word processor.
The book "The legend of MAVEN's adventures”
https://issuu.com/alesja.shapkova/docs/book_mav
en_adventure?e=14846280/13058025
At the end of each month, the schools uploaded
their chapter to BoomWriter and a vote was taken
without knowing the author of the stories through
this application to choose the final chapter of the
book. But also in SOCH there have been many uses
of technology, for example, applications such as
padlet or genially have been used to present the
results of the work carried out by the students and
geogebra to perform mathematics and heritage
work.
Engineering is increasingly used to develop our
daily activities. We need to use it in such habitual
things as communications - mobile phones,
videoconferences, internet ... - or the treatment of
information. Reflecting this, engineering inevitably
appears in our projects, for example, with the use
of a large number of ICT tools. In MAVEN, in
particular, we conducted videoconferences via
Skype with the other schools. In addition, we use
applications to encrypt and decrypt QR code
information. Engineering also appears in SOCH
when studying our heritage buildings and their
relationship with mathematics.
Art is related to many disciplines, including
Mathematics. In both projects, art has been worked
in conjunction with other disciplines. In Maven, the
students created the heroes of the project, an
expert in English - Mr. Quick - and another
mathematician – Calculator -, with different
materials and techniques. Specifically, Calculator
was made with eva foam, wire and cardboard, while
Mr. Quick was made in ceramic.
MAVEN heroes
These heroes were sent from one school to another
with the secret mathematical messages (QR codes,
crosswords, questionnaires ...) that each school
prepares for the receiving school. At SOCH, art has
been the backbone of the project. The students
have sought relationships of mathematics with
monumental heritage.
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