Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter no. 5 - July 2015 | Page 90
Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2015 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------“Let’s get down to e-business” partners:
„Petru Rareș” National College Beclean,
Romania;
Nagykátai Ipari Szakközépiskola és
Szakiskola, Nagykáta, Hungary;
Obchodní akademie a VOŠE Tábor, Tábor,
Czech Republic;
Pentapolis Upper Highschool, Pentapolis
Serres, Greece;
Cihangir Ortaokulu, İstanbul, Turkey.
In the project, students had to found their own
companies based on their interests or studies. Once
the companies were all up, students divided the
roles within the business among themselves and
also decided what vacancies they had. Then they
had to write their CVs and apply for positions at
other companies. Our aim was to make vocational
students realise they can use the internet for
meaningful learning purposes. Besides we wanted
them to use English language, to collaborate, to get
to know applications that can develop their digital
competencies, to make them creative thinkers, to
help them discover their own values, both personal
and professional. The project involved many
innovative tools: brainstorming (Padlet, linoit),
creating videos (Windows Movie Maker),
presentations (MS Powerpoint), photo editing
softwares (Notegraphy, MS Autocollage, recitethis),
cooperation (Google Docs, Symbaloo, Thinglink,
Titanpad), Augmented reality (QR codes),
videoconference (Skype), mindmap (coggle),
evaluation (OneDrive survey), social media
(Facebook and Twitter).
The culmination of our project was in a visit to
Microsoft Hungary in Budapest to see how a real
company works and what they are doing in the field
of education. This outing meant a lot to my
students and they enjoyed being at a world-famous
company where they would have never got to
without eTwinning.
The most successful result of the project was giving
once again a lot of self-esteem and worth to our
students who were able to see themselves what
they are capable of if they believe in themselves.
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