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Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2018 Newsletter
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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
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