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Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2018 Newsletter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ with 100 points. So, since September 2017, we are happy to participate in an Erasmus+ project called “Small Scientists Across Europe” which disseminates all of its activities on the eTwinning platform in the Twinspace and which I am very proud to coordinate. September to December 2017 I attended the eTwinning online Ambassadors’ Course. In January 2018 I received the news that I completed the course and I am now officially an eTwinning Ambassador. As part of my work as Ambassador I encouraged all the other teachers in my kindergarten to join eTwinning, both for their professional development and to participate in the Erasmus+ project we develop and I conducted meetings for them to get to know the eTwinning platform better. I am glad that all the kindergarten teaching staff (18 teachers) are now members on this wonderful platform. The initial eTwinning project was also a great inspiration for my personal professional development. From January to June 2016, it represented the case study for my final degree paper “The cognitive development of preschool children through educational platforms” in which I drew attention on the benefits of using eTwinning platform and projects when working with preschool children. It was highly appreciated by my coordinating teacher, the committee and by my colleagues from the kindergarten. Another success, this time for my kindergarten, came in April 2018, when we were awarded the eTwinning School Label. All the hard work on seminars, learning activities, online meetings and projects, was finally recognized and rewarded and our school was one between 1,212 schools that have been awarded the eTwinning School Label 2018-2019. My final satisfaction came in June 2018, when I participated at the Professional Development Workshop for eTwinning Ambassadors which took place in Belgrade. Over three days, I have been in contact with both my colleagues in Romania, as well as colleagues from other countries that I have known as partners in eTwinning projects, moderators in groups or courses on the eTwinning platform. Also, the work in the Comenius project “The European Bestiary for Collective Folktale Writing” 2011 – 2013 proved to be an inspiration for me as in July 2017 I presented my paper “The place and role of Comenius projects in the educational policies of the European Union” for my master’s degree. My work with eTwinning was very satisfying up to this point, but I always thought I can do more. I participated in local, national or international contests of conferences were I promoted eTwinning and my successful project and also wrote a lot of articles in teachers’ magazines or other publications. The opportunity arrived in June 2017 when eTwinning Romania issued an appeal for eTwinning Ambassadors. I applied and from Within these workshops I learned a lot of new information about eTwinning and I actively participated and collaborated with other colleagues from different countries. I have tied friends with other ambassadors, and I can say that I have increased my contacts on the eTwinning platform. I am very content that I joined this platform. It has brought me many professional and personal 22