Visibility of eTwinning Projects Groups July 2019 Newsletter Newsletter 9 | Page 34

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2019 Newsletter
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common European family. The members of the
project have created educational resources using
online tools (Padlet, Linoit and Quizlet, Slideshare,
Slideshow, AnswerGarden, Brain ProProfs, Smile,
Magisto, Wordle, Tricider, Zeemaps, Stupeflix,
Jigidi) also used by students who are not involved
in the project. The quality of the project lies in the
fact that we have made the most of the virtual
means of collaboration with our partners and
participated in videoconferencing between partner
students. The students participated in knowledge
contests and questionnaires on this topic, working
in international teams and collaborating. The
project received first prize in eTwinning National
Competition in Slovakia, in the special category
project with the topic of Democratic participation, in
June 2019.
Twins in eTwinning
by Irene Confalone
Some years ago when the year of cultural heritage
was celebrated, my sister Rosalba and I founded an
inclusive, transversal and interdisciplinary project
called: "Escher: playing with art and geometry ".
The brilliant idea was of my sister who has thought
of a world entirely dedicated to Escher's
tessellations. She believed that our students could
think like Escher, it was enough to look at the tiles
on the floor, it was enough to think of a geometric
design repeated indefinitely, it was enough to look
for all the works of Escher and to imagine that
everything around you respects a periodic Olga,
Rosalba and I in Taorminarhythm that has no end.
In conclusion, we believe that our project has
helped to increase collaboration among
international student teams, and young people have
grasped the importance of participatory democracy,
becoming active citizens of their community.
Bibliography:
https://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/highlights/2019
-is-the-year-of-democratic.htm
https://www.coe.int/en/web/democracy/directorate
-of-democratic-citizenship-and-participation
Web page:
https://ambassadorsedc.wixsite.com/etwinning
eTwinning TwinSpace:
https://twinspace.etwinning.net/72506/home
Cristina Gîlă is a History and Civics teacher at Colegiul
Național Pedagogic Constantin Brătescu in Constanta,
Romania and an eTwinning ambassador. She is interested
in projects about history, human rights, European Union,
Holocaust, European culture and art.
Zuzana Meszarosova is an English, ICT, Philosophy and
Civics teacher at Secondary School Business Academy in
Levice, Slovakia and an eTwinning ambassador.
I liked the idea a lot but it seemed difficult to start
this sort of job with small children. But with
eTwinning everything is possible! We began to look,
search, copy and imitate Escher and then visit
Escher's exhibition in Catania, to understand that
with passion we overcome difficulties and discover
wonderful things, create inextricable and profound
bonds that we could not even believe. The project
had its evolution and the results obtained exceeded
all expectations. We received several Quality
Labels. The project welcomed two eTwinning
ambassadors from two different Italian regions:
Loredana Messineo (Sicily) and Cinzia Masia
(Sardinia). Then we welcomed a teacher from
Salerno, Olga Mosca, a professor from the province
of Padua, Mariapia Borghesan (now ambassador of
Veneto), then Lucia Letizia of Isernia, Loredana
Mucciaccitto and Amparo Salom Badenes from
Spain. A growing union and collaboration,
intertwined with a mutual respect mixed with the
desire to learn from one another. Time passes
relentlessly and situations change our lives and
change our heart. Being a virtual platform and a
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