Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2025 Newsletter
partner students to the City of Herculaneum, home of our school.
Through riddles, historical clues and interactive puzzles, students will be guided on a virtual journey to discover the archaeological heritage, local curiosities and events that have marked the history of the city. Each stage of the Escape Room has been designed to stimulate collaboration, critical thinking and cultural curiosity, transforming learning into a playful and immersive experience.
The activity crossed the boundaries of the classroom: every day, the pupils brought from home paper airplanes and rockets created in Minecraft EDU created in their free time, proud to present and describe them with a precise and articulated technical language, demonstrating a clear growth in expressive competence and scientific vocabulary. The experience activated complex cognitive processes, stimulating logical thinking, creativity and communication.
Do you want to explore the history and secrets of Herculaneum in an engaging and interactive way? Test yourself with our Escape Room!
To create our Escape room we have integrated these two extensions into Genially: Lockeevar and Peuzeul with which we have created the combinations and puzzles present in the Escapes. Click on the extension names to read a short guide.
Interactive escape rooms with Genially and Canva Now I want to talk to you about two other tools that combined can make a difference in the planning and creation of dynamic, engaging, collaborative and creative activities. For my new European project eTwinning“ European Horizons: nurturing citizenship through eTwinning” I created together with my colleague Ursini Loredana a Escape Room to Discover Herculaneum with the aim of introducing
Cira Serio is an Erasmus +, Scientix, Minecraft EDU, Book Creator and Magic School Ambassador, a Canvassador, a Teacher Flip Level3, an MIE Expert, an MIE Fellow and is Google Certified L2.
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