Visibility of eTwinning Projects Groups July 2019 Newsletter Newsletter 9 | Page 85

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2019 Newsletter
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This carried out activity has completed the
eTwinning project that "Constantin Cantacuzino"
National College in Târgovişte develops in
partnership with teachers and pupils from
Azerbaijan, teacher Aliya Agayeva, the Republic of
Moldova, teacher Adriana Bujag and Turkey,
teacher Nimet Oyman, entitled "Universe, new
frontiers". Through an interdisciplinary approach
from the perspective of several study disciplines,
based on experiments, applications from the
surrounding reality, the project aims to develop
STEM competences in our students.
This type of non-formal activities is appreciated
among the students from our college because it
promotes interdisciplinary project-based learning.
Carmen Alexandra Miricioiu is a primary school teacher at
Colegiul Național Constantin Cantacuzino in Târgoviște,
Romania. She is a mentor teacher for pedagogical pupils,
an “Hour of Code” Ambassador, a methodology teacher at
Inspectoratul Școlar Județean Dâmbovița and a projects
coordinator.
Gabriela Călin is a primary school teacher, a mentor
teacher for pedagogical pupils and a projects coordinator
at Colegiul Național Constantin Cantacuzino in Târgoviște,
Romania.
Green IT in school
by Iva Naranđa
In this article I want to describe how the work on
the eTwinning project can influence the adoption of
energy-efficient IT practices in school. In order to
make the impact on all teachers and other school
stuff, student's families and the local community we
worked hard on the visibility of the project, which
will also be described in this article.
Short project description and aims
The eTwinning project Transformation To Green IT
drew attention to comprehensive understanding of
the planning and implementation of green IT
strategy and practice in an easily understandable
way. Green IT embodies an entire cycle including
manufacture, procurement, use and disposal of IT
technologies and services. Green IT is a global
challenge and we wanted to check how our schools
can put green IT to work. The aims of the project
were to share information on green IT, to explain
and approach the basics of green IT and to
understand the importance and possibilities of
implementing green IT in our lives. We wanted to
raise awareness of the teachers, students, their
parents and the local community about the green IT
and encourage them to implement it. The project's
goals were also to assess the state of green IT at
our schools, and then to raise awareness and speed
adoption of energy-efficient IT practices in our
schools. Furthermore, we enabled our students to
use ICT in a positive, safe and creative way. Apart
from the main topic green IT, by working on project
tasks students learned about searching the Internet
and copyright. The work on the eTwinning project
was integrated into the school curriculum
2018/2019 in 2nd Primary School Čakovec (II.
osnovna škola Čakovec), Croatia, as a part of the
syllabi of Computer Science for 8th graders (age
14).
During the whole project teachers collaborated and
exchanged ideas and experiences, and each school
reported regularly on their progress via TwinSpace
which proved itself as an irreplaceable platform.
Project activities were created in a way to enable
active participation to all students in way that suits
them best and offer them a chance to express their
creativity, the feeling of success and learning
through fun. The work was divided into main tasks:
research about the topic Green IT, common online
survey among the teachers and other school stuff,
determining the state of Green IT at our schools
and suggesting adoption to energy-efficient IT
practices. Below I will describe two main activities
which encouraged the adoption of energy-efficient
IT practices in school.
Survey: Green IT
After introducing and researching to the main topic
green IT, during January and February 2019
students and teachers collaborated to prepare
questions for an online survey on how much other
teachers and school stuff know about the green IT
and the possibilities of implementing it in our
schools. We used TwinSpace forum to agree about
the questions and the Google Forms to conduct the
survey. The results were published on the
TwinSpace. The results showed what the teachers
and other school stuff were aware of and which
issues could be improved. My colleagues' comments
were positive, they realized what they could do
better in everyday life and the breadth of the
problem. By working on this task we also
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