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

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2015 Newsletter

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The anatomy of a successful training course
by Daniela Bunea

Happy reading with eTwinning!
by Anne Gilleran
Who said newsletters were a thing of the past?
Many are, but our unique one has certainly bucked
the trend. Visibility of eTwinning Projects Newsletter
– you are looking at number 5 now – is a refreshing
and beautifully illustrated annual electronic
bulletin that presents you with the latest news on
eTwinning activities. It is especially aimed at
eTwinners and not-yet-eTwinners alike. It brings
you various ways in which collaboration is promoted
within schools – across curricula – and between
schools, as part of the eTwinning and Erasmus+
schemes.

Modern school requires teachers to learn
incessantly. Regardless of seniority, they perfect
their skills and complement their expertise, and in
the age of the European Union they often do this
abroad. I took part in such training not long ago – it
was a two-week course, in the framework of the
European Commission’s Erasmus+ Programme,
held in St. Julian’s, Malta at ETI, the Executive
Training Institute.

Collaboration can bring about many positive
elements in education, and this newsletter contains
various tips that you may find useful when
engaging in your didactic activities.
Erasmus+, good practice examples of celebratory
eTwinning projects, tools to use, professional and
personal development and of course eTwinning’s
10th anniversary – they are all here in the
newsletter you are now starting to read! Enjoy!
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The aim of this course was for teachers to
experience a range of interesting activities linking
methodology and learning theories to today’s
classroom. Sessions were practical, including a
focus on technology, and helped the 7 teachers in
my group reflect on our approach to teaching
today’s students. The course addressed the needs
of language teachers and educators in secondary
education.
The course was taught interactively, with input,
workshops and group work. The participants from 5
countries – Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy,
Bulgaria and Romania – took an active role in all
sessions, maximising their use of English, and
experiencing for themselves the activities covered
in the sessions. We were introduced, during the
course, to various web-based sites that we can use
after the course.
The course was devoted to the methodology of
working with students using all available resources,
with particular emphasis on information technology
and multimedia. In order to better assimilate the
material, it was divided into thematic blocks related
to the development of various language skills of

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