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