Visibility of eTwinning Projects Groups July 2019 Newsletter Newsletter 9 | Page 46

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2019 Newsletter
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Svetla Popova: Please, tell us what this project was
interesting for children and useful in your
pedagogical work!
Mariyana Mileva: The theme of the Intangible
Cultural Heritage of Humanity is not included in the
compulsory curriculum. It was developed in children
enthralling way. Preconditioning included making
cook's hats, compulsory "accessory" to the cook.
They “wrote” (drew, cuts and glue from ready-
made pictures) recipes with typical national dishes
illustrating the identity of each country. Teachers
organized a European Day of Cooking in each
partner institution. We invited parents to cook with
us this day. They came suitably dressed and, of
course, with cooking hats. It was a very emotional
moment - teachers, parents and children all cooking
and tasting together. In addition to the European
Day of Cooking, we also produced another common
product - an online book with recipes.
Svetla Popova: Thank you for sharing! I wish you
success in your future eTwinning projects to
develop children's creative abilities.
Svetla Popova: Mrs. Zhecheva! You participated in
a structured course in “Visual Narrative and ICT
Enhanced Classroom” in Spain. Would you share
the impressions of his organization and the benefits
for your institution?
Yana Zhecheva: The course was held in Malaga.
Here were presented various programs and
applications for creating online products and
effective communication between teachers, parents
and learners. We had a practical workshop in
groups.
The LEAP training institution has given us a one-
year free subscription to the latest beta version of
Triptico - programs in the program. It allows a
training game to be developed in 8 different ways.
This is how we created different authoring games
which we have implemented the curriculum.
Svetla Popova: - How did you apply what you
learned in Malaga in your work with children?
Yana Zhecheva: We created the eTwinning project
"Young creators - animators".
Its goal was to filming animation on a theme
chosen by children. Before we started the main
activity, the children get acquainted with the
ChatterKid application, a completely new
application for them. They made speaking avatars.
It was an emotional experience for both the small
participants and their parents, who we once again
included in the TwinSpace of the project. There was
a discussion about choosing a theme for the
animation. After many suggestions and comments,
the children decided to make a film about our big
European family. We considered the story - the
birthday of the European Union. The children
produced two small flags for each of the 28
countries - a national flag and a national symbol.
They brought from their homes various figurines to
which we put these flags in their hands. Then they
used the Stop Motion application completely
independently and captured the sequence of
individual scenes and movements of each
character.
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