Visibility of eTwinning Projects Groups July 2019 Newsletter Newsletter 9 | Page 122

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2019 Newsletter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Experimentation with teachers, who are not holders of "technological secrets" but "companions of adventure", also makes it clear that everyone's commitment contributes to the collective construction of the result. the virus has infected you, there is no escape, but it is a beautiful disease: Europeitis! It is obvious, therefore, that the impact of this project is very wide and affects the whole school at different levels - as I have already said. First of all, we have found a very high impact on the project participants in terms of motivation: some of the groups that collaborated in this project have already had positive experiences in eTwinning and this has been a further opportunity for them to collaborate with new friends and with even more enthusiasm. In addition, the motivation for studying the different subjects and for the learning environment in general has certainly increased; communication and intercultural skills have been significantly strengthened in a much faster time. The most evident result is the acquisition of intercultural competences and knowledge about the partner countries, which allows a wider reflection on our being full European citizens (with its unavoidable lights and shadows). As mentioned, moreover, students have sometimes assumed the role of "mentors" and disseminators for other peers and for the educational community in general. I find this aspect very interesting, because it has set in motion dynamics that the students can practice within the school, on the occasion of experiences of "peer to peer" also in other institutional educational processes (recovery, deepening). They also help in the dissemination through social networks (Instagram, Twitter). Elena Pezzi is a teacher of Spanish and she likes everything concerning new ways to improve learning and to motivate pupils. She believes eTwinning is a wonderful way to do that and, above all, her pupils are sure that it perfectly works! Her aims? To improve collaboration, sharing and knowledge among eTwinners... yes, together we can! She has always been passionate about European projects, sharing, collaboration and technology. She believes in collaboration, sharing and in the European dimension of education. Empower for Employability by Niculina Chiper “Empower for Employability” is a project of four European schools from Germany, Greece, Italy and Romania. They teamed up together in order to use their different strengths for helping their students to enhance their chances for working life. The partner schools of the Erasmus+ funded project "Empower for Employability" (KA229) will jointly develop a Certificate of Personal Competences (CPC) for their students. It will have these four modules: Lifelong learning, Reflecting yourself, Time management and Project management. Each module will consist of work sheets and activities which will help students develop their personalities in order to enter the job market more smoothly. The other aspect (which I have already mentioned) is the impact on the whole educational community: schools benefit greatly from these activities and thanks to dissemination they are better known by families and the local community, promoting innovative teaching methods and promoting a true European dimension of learning. I can say, after many years of eTwinning and Erasmus+ projects, that the impact on the school is now well established and that year after year there are more and more colleagues and students in our schools who ask to participate in the projects or decide to engage with their own. To put it very briefly: you can no longer be without eTwinning! And not even without Erasmus+... Once 122