Visibility of eTwinning Projects Groups July 2019 Newsletter Newsletter 9 | Page 138

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2019 Newsletter
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As a team with a shared leadership, we are aware
that we need an organic and well-structured plan to
enhance the e-safety in our school and for this
reason we decided to start involving the younger
students, I mean the students of the first and the
second classes, in a training process to use a safer
Internet. With this aim, two 60-hour courses were
organized last June about computational thinking
and digital citizenship which were attended by 40
students who are now ready to spread their
knowledge to their classmates, acting as active
agents of change during the next school year. At
the same time we are going to organize a series of
conferences and debates on e-safety addressed to
the parents of our students so that they can be
aware of the risks that their children may incur,
empowering the link between the School and the
Families in a teaching/learning process focused on
our students.
Open roads to eTwinning Schools: challenges
for change
by Marisa Badini
Our Public School is in Piacenza, Italy and it is
called Direzione Didattica Ottavo Circolo. It is made
up by two primary schools (ages 6-11) and five
pre-primary schools (ages 3-5).
In order to strengthen our relationships with local
stakeholders, we are also organizing a professional
development meeting at the University of Salerno
next 10 th September to spread the TTI project and
to collect a greater number of primary schools in a
net where the student teachers can be hosted and
supported while practising in eTwinning projects.
Yes, I can be really satisfied about what we have
done so far on the eTwinning path but we are ready
to go on keeping in mind what the principles of an
eTwinning School are!
Antonietta Calò teaches English language and literature at
Liceo Scientifico in Gragnano, Italy, where she lives with
her husband. She has been a passionate eTwinner since
2007; in 2010 she was appointed Ambassador for
Campania region. She has always been interested in
students' and teachers’ mobility programmes, being the
Erasmus+ coordinator at school for KA1 and KA2
programmes.
In 2018 we were awarded the eTwinning School
label, recognized as pioneers and leaders in areas
such as: digital practice, eSafety practice,
innovative and creative approaches to pedagogy,
promoting continuous professional development of
staff and promoting collaborative learning practices
with staff and students.
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