Visibility of eTwinning Projects Groups July 2019 Newsletter Newsletter 9 | Page 7

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2019 Newsletter
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contributed to the development of digital skills,
teamwork, intercultural learning, relations Planning
and implementation of the project activities of
teachers and students.
Involvement of families in eTwinning projects
Two key factors are very important in the teaching-
learning process: the teacher, with their training
and resources, and the families, with their
collaboration and participation.
In addition, students are invited to participate in
the virtual workspace known as eTwinning virtual
space, which makes eTwinning projects spread
through the educational community and become a
hallmark of each school.
Increasingly, and according to our educational
practice, we are convinced that involving families in
the classroom work increases the motivation and
participation of our students in any task we
undertake.
In our experience, we believe that the involvement
of families in the work performed in the classroom
is of the utmost importance. The fact that students
can see that their parents, grandparents, among
others, give importance to the work they do in the
classroom, collaborate in carrying out activities and
are active part of the school life, reinforces not only
the contents worked, but also strengthens the
feeling of being an important part of the educative
community, favours their involvement and
motivation in daily work and, in turn, creates a
feeling of positive appreciation of the school, which
is no longer seen as separate from other aspects of
their lives.
If we add to all these factors the work for
collaborative projects of a European dimension
offered by eTwinning, the result is an educational
experience that will undoubtedly leave a mark on
our students.
Among many other aspects, eTwinning favours the
integration and involvement of families through
collaborative projects, the internationalization of
work in classrooms and, of course, our day-to-day
educational practice.
Different methodological experiences
Several schools work as a learning community. It is
a project based on a set of successful educational
actions aimed at social and educational
transformation. The idea, as a learning community,
is to increase the expectations of our students,
improving their school performance with the
collaboration and participation of their families in
the life of the school.
One of the activities that help us to improve these
goals is the creation of interactive groups. There is
common use of this interactivity in many of the
eTwinning projects in which many of the schools
participate. There are a lot of activities designed
within an eTwinning project in which parents are
the true architects. A good example of this can be
those that are designed to celebrate the carnival,
the Day of Peace, Christmas, Easter, etc.
School and family must be holding hands. In this
sense, it is essential to find the means that promote
this cooperation to enable real and effective
collaborative work. If we give this collaboration a
European scope and open the doors of our homes
and classrooms to other homes and schools in
Europe, we will also be contributing to the integral
development of the student as a European citizen.
In the development of eTwinning projects, families
are involved through different activities and
experiences: voting on certain aspects, workshops,
shared readings, artistic activities or even sporting
events, such as, for example, a scavenger using QR
codes. In addition, families are always informed
about the development of the project, so that they
can share the whole process with their children at
home, reinforcing and further promoting the bond
established between the different schools. And, of
course, they are an important part of evaluating
projects, contributing ideas, suggestions and
aspects to improve.
In this sense, the involvement of families
encompasses suggestions, ideas, support,
motivation, collaboration, work, among others,
always necessary and constructive for the
development of students.
An eTwinning project gains a lot when, in addition,
it is an “e-familia” project.
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