Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2025 Newsletter
Civic Engagement in eTwinning Projects by Maria Concetta Marinelli, Eva Garcia, Valerica Mititelu, Gina Tullo and Ilinca Bîra
GLOBAL GARDEN project promoted global citizenship, environmental consciousness and active participation in climate action activities. It also intended to connect schools from different countries, allowing them to work collaboratively towards a sustainable future. The project included various activities, resources and discussions, centred around climate action and ecofriendly practices.
masks they used in role-playing games and at the second videoconference, sharing messages about the difficulties caused by climate change. Using inquirybased learning, the children answered questions about planet Earth in the past, the planet today and made posters in small groups, at class level, answered these questions in the Forum and added comments on what they understood about melting glaciers, voted for their favourite posters. AI was creatively used, with children creating animated avatars for their parents, with messages-advice from bears, bees and fish about the 3Rs. The three videos were inserted into the story of Story Jumper: HELP US! WE ARE IN DANGER.
To achieve the goals of the project, our team involved the 3rd grade students from ICS " Alighieri " in Ripalimosani, Italy, the 6th grade students from CEIP MANUEL FERNANDEZ in Málaga, Spain, and the 3rd A and B students from School“ Elena Doamna” in Tecuci, Romania.
Collaborative activities During the project, the children studied the causes and effects of climate change in the Arctic, then wrote a collaborative story in Story Jumper about three species at risk from it: polar bears, fish, bees: https:// www. storyjumper. com / book / read / 179323581 / 67bded63e5dd3. The characters in the story were also made from recyclable materials, also creating
To raise awareness of the importance of protecting the planet, children watched some videos about the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling, then, in international groups, they created banners and wrote messages about the three magic words: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle in digipad. app, where they also added drawings about green behaviours at home, at school. They were also used in
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