Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2025 Newsletter
The Quiet Power of Habit: How Small Acts Inspire Big Change by Daniela Bunea
My friend Carla is a high school biology teacher who decided 5 years ago to build a single, powerful professional habit: dedicating 15 minutes every weekday morning to read the latest research in science education and note down one idea to test in her classroom. Over time, this daily habit transformed her teaching style. She began to integrate inquiry-based experiments, connect her lessons with real-world science news, and design cross-curricular projects with colleagues. As word spread, her school invited her to lead professional development workshops. Eventually, she became a national trainer for innovative STEM teaching methods. Her steady, simple habit – 15 focused minutes each day – opened doors for growth she could never have predicted when she started.
Like Carla’ s daily habit, my annual practice demonstrates consistency, commitment, and a clear sense of purpose. However, there is a key difference. Carla’ s habit feeds her own knowledge first, then ripples outward. My habit is directly outward-facing – it gathers and distributes inspiration for others to grow.
Both examples show that habits do not need to be grand gestures. Whether it is 15 minutes a day or a once-a-year tradition, the real power lies in the consistency that builds trust, sparks new ideas, and strengthens an entire community of practice.
I extend this invitation to you: start small. Choose one habit that feeds your growth or uplifts peers. Stick with it. Over time, that simple routine might open unexpected doors for you, your colleagues, and the whole European teaching community. Let us keep inspiring one another, one habit at a time!
Carla’ s story highlights how the private, daily discipline of nurturing a habit can gradually lead to professional expansion and wider impact. I channel the same power of habit outwardly and collectively: every July / August, I reliably publish a compilation of project summaries that showcases some of the best practices and ideas from peers across Europe. This is the 15th year.
Daniela Bunea is a teacher of English as a foreign language at Colegiul Național Gheorghe Lazăr in Sibiu, Romania. She has been an eTwinning ambassador since 2010 and a Scientix ambassador since 2018. She is a National Geographic Certified Educator, a Diffit Certified Educator and an Open Educational Resources creator. She moderates 2 eTwinning Groups( the“ Health and Wellbeing in Education” Featured Group and the Visibility Group), she is a member of the Editorial Board of the European Toolkit for Schools, a member of the Europeana Network Association Education Community Steering Group and the chief editor of this newsletter.
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