Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter no. 5 - July 2015 | Page 37

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2015 Newsletter

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The possibility of collaboration with peers from all
over Europe proved itself as a significant help in
motivating our students in programming, the part
of the syllabus that students often find the most
difficult. These activities are also related to the
vocational guidance and should stimulate them to
continue their education in the areas of IT.

Programming was an important part of the activities
of two projects at II. Primary School Čakovec. The
basic goal of the project ˝2014 Winter Olympics,
Sochi, Russia˝ was promoting the idea of Olympism
connected to another event, the European Code
Week 2013. On this occasion we organised
workshops for students of grades 7 and 8 ˝Create
logo using Logo˝. The idea was very simple:
creating a program in Terrapin Logo which drew the
logo of the Olympic Games. After the workshops
the students had the opportunity to exchange
experiences with partners from Spain via
videoconference.

The syllabus of the extracurricular activity IT gives
the teacher the freedom to choose contents and
topics to be dealt with throughout the school year.
Thereby, Scratch was incorporated in the
curriculum of grades 5 to 8, which was done as a
part of the project ˝Safe Internet – A Bridge
Between Us“. In this project our students had a
chance to express their ideas creatively by making
animated stories on the theme of safety on the
internet and exchange experiences and impressions
with partners from Greece.
The project ˝Science Around Us” at Primary School
Vladimir Nazor Pribislavec drew attention to science
and famous scientists from partner countries. It has
been integrated into the school curriculum (The
Evening of Science dedicated to Nikola Tesla) and
optional classes of IT for grades 7 and 8. During
Computer Science Education Week students took
part in the Hour of Code. We exchanged our
impressions with partners from Turkey through an
online survey. The results were published on the
TwinSpace. Furthermore, within classes of IT eighth
graders studied the examples of a program applied
in maths, physics and chemistry. They also did a
research on scientists whose names are related to
discoveries or topics related to certain examples.

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