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Visibility of eTwinning Projects Newsletter no. 12

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Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter Making a Comic Book inside the panel. Each balloon has a “tail,” which points to who is speaking by Daniela Bunea the dialogue. There are different rules for making a comic WHO CONTRIBUTES TO A COMIC BOOK? book. During the Erasmus+ and eTwinning These are the various collaborators who project entitled CIAK! – Cinema, International contribute to a comic book: Animations and Kids, students and teachers from 6 European countries (Italy, Greece, • Writer. The writer develops the Turkey, Portugal, Spain and Romania) worked elements of the story, like plot, setting, collaboratively and produced a handful of final characters, conflict and dialogue. They products, and one of them was a short comic also create an outline as well as a script, book about the history of cinema. which serves as a roadmap for the other collaborators. ELEMENTS OF A COMIC BOOK A comic book is typically composed of a • Editor. Every good writer needs an number of elements that all work together to editor. Ideally, an editor will know a tell the story. They are: writer well and understand their objectives, but still be able to offer • Panel. A panel is one illustration on a thoughtful criticism, especially if page usually surrounded by a border. A something is not quite resonating comic book page is made up of one or within the story. more panels. Each panel moves the story along, by depicting an action with • Artist. The artist translates the writer’s figures and speech bubbles. instructions into panel illustrations. The artist has the power to add a subtle • Gutter. This is the space between the dimension to simple directions; for panels. These spaces can be large or example, the line “the character looks small, impacting how easy it is to read away” can be shown in myriad different the pages. ways, with either a sorrowful expression on the character’s face, the • Tier. A single row of panels. character’s face in shadow, or perhaps, • Splash. A full-page illustration, which is the back of the character’s head angled just so. The artist enhances the writer’s often used at the beginning of the script with their creative comic book to introduce the story and interpretations. establish setting and mood. • Spread. An illustration that is spread • Letterer. A letterer conveys the story out over more than one page. via typefaces and sizes, and calligraphy. • Caption. A box that is separate from Story titles, sound effects and speech the rest of the panel usually used to balloons are all part of the letterer’s provide context for what is happening domain. The letterer also fills in the through the voice of a narrator. artist’s pencil lines with ink. • Speech bubble/balloon. These contain the dialogue of the characters and • Colourist. After the story is drawn and the ink set, the colourist fills in the black and white lines with colour.

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter GRID FORMAT The tail on a thought balloon is made up of Each page should be set up in a grid format. smaller bubbles and should point towards a The grid should follow the Western method of character's head. There should be at least reading: left to right. three little bubbles of decreasing size that reach toward the character’s head. SPEECH BUBBLES/BALLOONS The 4 most common speech balloons: speech, whisper, thought and scream. A lone music note generally denotes whistling. You often see one or two music notes in a dialogue balloon, which indicates singing. Sung dialogue is usually italic and follows a wavy baseline. The balloon tail should point to the character's mouth. The individual bubbles are read from left to right in a panel. Sometimes the bubbles are \"stacked\", with two characters having multiple bubbles, one above the other; such stacks are read from the top down.

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter CAPTIONS Bibliography: There are 3 types of captions: Location and/or Time, Editorial and Spoken. Gaiman, Neil: Step-by-Step Guide for Making Comics Location and/or Time captions are usually https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to- inside a caption box and italicized; create-a-comic-book-step-by-step-guide-for- alternatively, they can be blocky, sans-serif making-your-own-comics#how-to-outline-a- fonts to indicate locations and time stamps. comic-book-in-6-steps; Editorial captions feature the voice of the Lulu, Paul: How to Create a Comic Book writer and are italicized. https://blog.lulu.com/2019/04/26/how-to- create-a-comic-book/ Spoken Captions are the vocalized speech of a character that is off-camera. These use Rodriguez, Andres: Laying Out Your Comic quotation marks. Page http://webcomicalliance.com/featured- news/composition-101-laying-out-your-comic- page/ THE RULES FOR OUR COMIC were as follows: Daniela Bunea is a teacher of English as a foreign language at a secondary school in Sibiu, Romania. She has been an • Between 3 and 6 panels on a page. eTwinning ambassador since 2010 and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert since 2015. For 4 years now • Uppercase letters. she has been a Scientix ambassador, a member of the Europeana User Group and a National Geographic • First use a pencil. Then outline the Certified Educator. She has been a Galileo Teacher and an pencil drawing – this inking should be Adobe Creative Educator for 3 years now. She is a certified made using a 0.5 black liner. Now add Wonderologist and a member of the Polar Star Advisors colours. The colours should be made Team. She has been a Nearpod Certified Educator since using coloured pencils. January 2021 and an Owlypia Ambassador since November 2021. She is also the chief editor of this newsletter. On the next 6 pages you can see our comic. Enjoy!

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter Calling for Peace Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Greece, Spain, Georgia, Macedonia, by Sylwia Stasikovska Germany, Swiss, Slovenia and Latvia. and Maria Pirecka Through different activities, students expressed their feelings and emotions, shared “Calling for peace” was a great initiative of their support with students from Ukraine by eTwinning ambassadors from Poland and writing poems, letters, postcards, drawings, Europe. The aim of the project was to raise songs, making chains of hearts, talking about students’ awareness of the concepts of peace, human rights. During the project we could fake news, equality, tolerance and what is meet online with students from Ukraine and more human rights and friendship. The that gave them hope, felt really happy, made TwinSpace of the project can be accessed at them dream to a better future. The project this address: became a tool for expressing students’ https://twinspace.etwinning.net/234984/home feelings and emotions and that was extremely important for them, because they could share their worries about the war. On the other hand, they could share their support with other students and called for peace with students from different countries for each child, man and woman. This means displaying a sense of belonging to the same world. eTwinning ambassadors express warm thanks to all the teachers and students who were involved in the different activities of this initiative. We would like to thank the eTwinning community as a whole for their indispensable contribution which is the strength of our European society. The Ambassadors and teachers from Poland and Europe gathered altogether to support pupils and teachers from Ukraine and paid attention on important issue such as peace. As ambassadors and teachers, we wanted to show the unity with Ukraine. That was an international collaboration of 93 schools from Poland, 15 schools from Ukraine, 48 schools from Croatia, 22 schools from Turkey, 7 schools from Italy, 6 schools from Romania, 6 schools from Denmark, 5 schools from Portugal and other schools from Armenia,

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter As a follow up, thanks to this project, one TRAVELLING in a eTwinning teacher from Ukraine with her family found Sylwia and came to Poland and is YELLOW SUBMARINE still here, waiting for the war to end. in eTwinning Sylwia Stasikovska is teaching English in a primary school in Poland. She loves teaching by Elena Corina through games and new technologies. She is interested in travelling and discovering new Rogoveanu cultures, and she thinks that the issues of climate change, military conflict, hunger and Winner of the 1st National Prize, primary level social justice are crucial priorities in the category, the project “Travelling in a yellow education of young people. submarine” was a virtual journey around the partner countries of the project: Spain (founding country, teacher Salvador Paez Rodriguez), Serbia, Turkey, Romania, Greece, Portugal, Lithuania, Croatia. Maria Pirecka is a Math and IT teacher in a modern and creative primary school in Northern Poland, involved in many European projects. The music of The Beatles and its influence over the years guided us in our learning adventure and opened the windows to Europe as a common place in which we all can work collaboratively and respectfully. The project involved 25 teachers and had 163 students registered in TwinSpace. We travelled in a yellow submarine, worked, learnt together, and gained a meaningful experience and so many friends.

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter The project focuses its pedagogical innovation The Beatles’ songs were the tools that tailored in the form of a motto about communication, engaging activities and provided a pathway for collaborative learning, solidarity and building connections and deeper understanding. unique experiences for students by creating an Differentiation in teaching during the project innovative, motivational, and inspiring learning allowed students to grow and succeed in a environment, a common place where we all suitable way for them, considering their needs, may learn more about the world and its interests, desires, and abilities. They worked challenges, because” We all live in a yellow independently searching for content or submarine”. accomplishing the tasks required by the monthly activities withing the project, being in A multicultural submarine in which both this way responsible for their own learning and students and teachers took the story of the developing their sense of agency. countries where they live in and set out to share it with others and discover Europe. A They also worked in small groups and teams journey without precise destination, because it by sharing diverse perspectives, respecting is not the destination that matters, but the and valuing others’ opinions, cooperating, ascent to diversity, equality, cultural identity, developing stronger communication skills, social and intercultural inclusion. Secondary social interaction, problem solving, critical School Grigore Mihăescu, Vladesti (teacher thinking. This made children want to Rogoveanu Elena Corina), Lucian Blaga participate and get involved. Theoretical High School from Cluj Napoca (teacher Daniela Pop), Emil Racovita National The use of ICT tools enriched the project Collage from Cluj Napoca (teacher Iolanda activity, helped students work efficiently and Molnar) and Secondary School Mihai Eminescu collaborate. Pupils were actively engaged in from Pitesti (teacher Claudia Maria Tomescu) the projects activities by encouraging them to were Romania’s “voice” in The Beatles by express themselves freely and feel a sense of eTwinning. empowerment. Think-Pair-Share method was constantly used during the project, and it has proven its usefulness. By working with students from other countries on various topics, pupils have had a unique experience of working in a global community, the European community. Incorporating the music of The Beatles into the project activities reveals undoubtedly its pedagogical innovation and creativity. Our learning adventure in a yellow submarine it wasn’t just about tasks and completing the working process. We have established a team and an enjoyable space for sharing knowledge and ideas, making decisions,

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter workingcollaboratively as we all live in “a The educational objectives outlined yellow submarine”. The projects started with developing imagination, creativity, raise self- the proposals of teachers regarding the esteem, self-confidence, increase learning working process and the project plan. In this interest, collaborate with students from other way the main activities were outlined. countries. The project’s aim to promote Students and teachers communicate by joining multilateral cooperation and share good monthly online meetings and shared their practice was successfully achieved. feelings and thoughts and the work they did. All the meetings had at the end “the singing The overall impact of the implemented project together” task. We collaborate and among children, parents and my colleagues communicate by sending Christmas cards to has proven its beneficial acquirement of our friends from the project, by working knowledge, skills and competences. Students together in creating the magazines of the were delighted to discover new things through project “Our countries, our regions, our the music of The Beatles. Even though at the towns”, “How to be smart online” Spring beginning they didn’t know anything about Campaign 2021, The story of The Beatles their songs, at the end all of them said that through their discography”, by playing they started to listen to it at home with their KAHOOT about Meet The Beatles, Flags of our families. countries, creating logos and mascots, by voting the winners, by sharing our traditions At the end of the project, we organized with and celebrations and learn from each other. pupils a dissemination activity of the project. We were constantly connected through The event aimed to promote the activities of TwinSpace, Facebook and WhatsApp. The the students during the project and the music pupils achieved the final products by taking of The Beatles among all the students at our their own decisions, taking risks, working schools. The school staff and students individually or in teams, being actively involved appreciated the project and had fun with The in the project. They were leaders and masters Beatles Music. of their own learning. All the products were successfully outlined during the online In a nutshell, “Travelling in a yellow meetings. submarine” was about making friends, sharing ideas, and learning from each other. We all agree that we won’t stop travelling, we won’t stop learning, we won’t stop loving the music of the Beatles. Our work can be seen by accessing the following link: https://www.canva.com/design/DAEy9iELw14/ QBsIf3-6GgBlZL- y2ZMAeQ/view?utm_content=DAEy9iELw14&u tm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link 2&utm_source=sharebutton.

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter Teaching and Children must learn more about the nature, about the beauty and the importance of it. In Learning about this project, we encouraged them to be creative and to have fun...outside, in the Sustainability with middle of the nature, sometimes even from home, but always with S.E.C.H.! S.E.C.H. Mother Earth had an agent of change, by Elena Corina detective SECH, who solved the mystery of sustainability and cultural heritage. Students Rogoveanu and aged between 5-11 were invited to join him in a learning adventure. SECH hopes that the Nicoleta Livia Barbu impact of solving mysteries will be result in a growing awareness and appreciation for Sustainable Education and Cultural Heritage cultural heritage of partner countries, and in a (S.E.C.H.) eTwinning project, which lasted meaningful sense of responsibility regarding from September to the end of April, the protection and preservation of the represented a simple yet powerful model of environment. The activities were designed to how to raise awareness among students about meet the needs of diverse school communities the importance of sustainability in our lives from different countries and to motivate both and motivate them to become responsible teachers and students to act and make a citizens actively involved in the preservation change. The project brought together 6 and protection of our natural environment. countries, 12 teachers and 145 students. Below there is the logo of our project, that guided us through all of our activities and the Addressing sustainability through an link to our project team. eTwinning partnership shared with European schools has been the true pedagogical innovation and creativity of the project. The SDGs of 2030 Agenda were used to involve students in project activities and proved to be both an innovative and effective way to enhance students’ active and full participation in all the stages. The project work can be divided in four fundamental parts, as follows: First part: What’s with cultural heritage? Cultural Heritage comes in so many amazing forms. Through this part students were motivated to notice, wonder, explore, raise, and clarify questions, collect, and record experiences and data, and share ideas. For

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter understanding tangible cultural heritage, they The aim of this activity was to help young travelled in each partner country and discover learners understand the concept of culture by buildings, books, clothes, monuments and so looking at their culture and by discovering the on. Intangible cultural heritage was discovered culture of partner countries. by sharing and performing arts, traditional games, and language. Natural cultural heritage February. Have sit at the learning table stands for landscapes, flora and fauna linked Through sharing food, exchanging recipes and with ways of protection and preservation create a museum in our class, students will through play. become aware of how the food we eat shapes our cultural identity and influence our health This part of the project included the following and well-being. Also, students will understand activities: that the habit of eating nourishes both body, mind and spirit and is an intangible expression Oh, It’s December! It’s all about Winter of our identity in diversity. Through this activity students explored the wonders of winter. They learnt about winter, Students will be encouraged to spend time winter customs and traditions in their country with their relatives and discover the culture and the partner countries. For improving their parents or grandparents grew up with by literacy skills and understanding sustainable bringing to school an old but significant object transportation, digital collaborative in terms of cultural heritage. storytelling was used. Here is a highlight of the project’s activities They will gather the objects and transform https://youtu.be/rNHpNEkSxx0 their classroom in a museum. Through “Gallery Walk” they will explore, observe, and January stands for beginnings, so…Where do investigate the exhibits, and be involved in an you come from? activity that brings them into direct contact The future of our heritage or more, the future with their culture. Students will have the of our planet, will depend mostly on the opportunity to learn from each other about decisions and actions of the present different lifestyles, different forms of cultural generation of young people who will soon heritage, risky choices that could impact their become the leaders and decision-makers of health and how the food influence their well- tomorrow. Through this activity, our students being. were involved in understanding what cultural heritage is and what is needed to be done to Here is a highlight video about the activities protect it by observing, exploring, researching carried out https://youtu.be/AUB7-Prm1z8 on the internet, thinking critically, taking responsible decisions, solving problems Second part: S.O.S. We only have one world regarding heritage and environmental issues, (transnational teamwork) being creative and learning by doing. The By following the approach of STE(A)M, Project activity was designed to supports our initiative Based Learning (PBL) and Team-Based to achieve sustainability in the classroom. On Learning (TBL), in this part of the project the link you can watch our activities done in students will explore, investigate, and collect January https://youtu.be/wIazd6npQdg data and will acquire a better understanding of

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter how our actions could affect, positively or The following links illustrate our transnational negatively, the world around us. teamwork, as part of the project: https://youtu.be/c1qY0M958oA https://padlet.com/rogoveanuelenacorina/sech 4change https://padlet.com/veronicadumitrescu3/ojam dmbubkms1imk https://padlet.com/dnicoleta/yl0k09hyogqzja8 p

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter Third part: SECH’s Club Monthly Challenges “Multicultural Cookery Book” gathered The activities were aimed at developing traditional recipes from all the countries, click perseverance by playing and learning with fun. on the link to read the book https://www.canva.com/design/DAE3Cq6a4a8/ In December, SECH has prepared the one-to- 85qwqljgnL0z8EL1UGe0cw/view?utm_content one matches and the start for creativity and =DAE3Cq6a4a8&utm_campaign=designshare& memory-making has been given. Teachers and utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton students prepared Christmas cards, they sang Christmas carols, presented Christmas “Info Sheets for Green Kids” were created as customs from their countries and…spread the part of our transnational work, click on the link magic of Christmas. to read the Info Sheets https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ohSZsiP In January, the detective challenged students mK9Uf00KOtHygbmUeAHegTPTnjnj_rJNvLuo/ to express what they learnt about cultural edit heritage through Art. The final product “Sustainability Learning In February, they were asked to create an Scenarios with S.E.C.H.”, Methodic Guide for exhibition by bringing to school an old object, Teachers, represents an educational resource old photos of their family, art works, created by teachers, that can be used inside traditional costumes, old household-objects, the classroom, when teaching about old coins, etc. By using Gallery Walk strategy, sustainability topics and using a STEM students had the opportunity to explore, Approach for the activities you may observe, handle, and manipulate objects and implement. The Methodic Guide for Teachers share with their peers the story of the object can be read at the following link they brought. https://online.pubhtml5.com/zgrj/shzz/#p=1 In transnational teams, they were challenged The students were involved in understanding to create shadows with their bodies, to take a what cultural heritage is and what is needed to selfie in a green place and to write the project be done to protect it by observing, exploring, name by using materials form nature. researching on the internet, thinking critically, taking responsible decisions, solving problems Fourth part: Milestones of collaboration regarding heritage and environmental issues, This part of the project was aimed at creating being creative and learning by doing. products by working in collaboration with each other. Activities were student-centred, students worked as a whole class, small groups, peer-to- We have created “White Winter Goes Green”, peer and even had independent research a collaborative e-book about sustainable activities at home, with parents’ help means of transport, click on the link to read (traditional food recipe). SECH’s story. https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/6 Students were allowed to make decisions, to 6351958/white-winter-goes-green analyse, experiment, discover, explore, research on the topics, and be creative.

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter This freedom of expression made the activities The Game – The Most easy to implement and learning became more fun! Natural Environment Elena Corina Rogoveanu is a primary school teacher at for Learning. Secondary School Grigore Mihaescu, Vladesti, Romania, an eTwinning Ambassador, a Scientix Ambassador and a Erasmus+ and member of Career Adviser Network of the Scientix STEAM-IT. As a teacher she wants not only to teach, but eTwinning - Hand in to make a change, to inspire and guide pupils. She is constantly looking to unlock her personal potential, Hand Together improve and reinvigorate her teaching practices, deliver quality education, and remain committed to her by Svetla Popova profession. Nowadays, an increasingly motionless lifestyle Nicoleta Livia Barbu is a preschool teacher at EDEN is adopted due to technological Kindergarten, Craiova, Romania, an eTwinning developments. One of the age groups Ambassador, a Scientix Ambassador and a Lead Career influenced by this lifestyle is children. Motion Adviser for the CAN Network of the Scientix STEAM-IT is very important for the physicaldevelopment project. She has been teaching since 2002 and she of a child. Playing games prevent being absolutely loves her profession. She strongly believes that motionless and it has a vital role in becoming a better teacher means having inspiration, thedevelopment of the children. Playing game motivation, eagerness to learn, discover and explore. She is the most natural learning environment. wants to teach in such a way that inspires kids to learn more, to do great things. Decades of child development research as well as modern neuroscience make it clear that young children learn best when they are active. This means that they can put objects in their hands, interact with other children and adults, move a lot, create, play. Kindergarten \"Latinka\" registers Twinning project \"Creating A Learning Love\" – CALL https://live.etwinning.net/projects/project/1776 73 the aim of which is, through cross-border cooperation, to form a suitable learning environment with carefully selected games, where every child feels comfortable, and to increase the quality of preschool education in partner schools.

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter Our partners are schools from Spain, Turkey, indoors or outdoors to make everyday learning Republic of North Macedonia and Estonia. more fun and engaging. The games are in 10 eTwinning was the most suitable platform for separate chapters according to their type. communication. In this space we discussed the Some have added extras - videos, audio sound creation of the activities and final products, we files and/or sheet music. Some games are realized a series of online meetings. Parallel repeated as titles, but with different rules, and simultaneous, we created the \"Creating A which leads to their variability. Learning Love\" project KA 229 under Erasmus +. The target group of the project is children \"Welcome to Europe\" book aged 3-7 years. This is an interactive book introduces to children the countries - partners in the project We set ourselves the following main goals: \"Creating A Learning Love\" in an interesting - To develop games to support the individuality and fun way. This is a book in which the young and self-confidence \"readers\" are not only passive listeners but - To supporting children's language also active participants in the reading. development through games In this book, the main character is Princess - To encourage children by helping each other Europea. In an interactive way, she presents to respect each other and tells interesting facts about the partner - To improve pupil’s creativity and problem countries. While \"reading\" the book, children solving skills have the opportunity to draw, sing and dance, - To develop pupil's motor skills solve puzzles, orienteering in a maze, cook, - To prevent motionless life style with games scan with digital devices or create with - To improve partner school's experience by different materials. the creation of a more modern learning environment, more dynamic, open to new The content of the book includes acquaintance educative experiences with the territory of the 5 countries, participating in the project, located on the To achieve the goals of the project in map of Europe. The children get acquainted educational institutions, we created teams: with their national flags and the symbolism of - Project Management Team colors, the capital of each country, emblematic - Game Maker Team historical and natural landmarks, national - Activity Maker Team costumes and traditional customs, typical - Evaluation Team dishes and additional information for the little - ICT Team curious. And throughout the reading children - Dissemination Team have the opportunity to create actively and - Game Groups have fun, which makes this book easy to understand. The results and the products we made are: We have created “Preschool Game Book” in 10 The third book we published is “Unplugged categories. 120 various games from the five coding activities for preschoolers”. Growing countries participating in the project are up in a digital world, coding is just as important recorded in this book. Each country listed two for preschoolers as it is for them to learn to or more games that children enjoy playing read and learn math.

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter What is coding? Simply put, coding is the application of different types of games not method of communicating with a computer. It only to help the educational process, but also is the use of a language that a computer in families. understands to give a computer instruction to perform specific functions. Preschool coding At the end of the project activities: activities can lay the groundwork for helping The children: children begin to think like computer - They developed their motor skills programmers. - They gained confidence to express themselves And more: Coding helps teach problem-solving - They feel in a community, they help each skills. Coding helps kids develop new ways of other and respect each other thinking by breaking down big problems into - Improved their creativity and problem solving smaller steps. Coding helps remove the fear of skills making mistakes or failure. It teaches - They gained knowledge about European perseverance in finding a way to solve the culture and respect for different cultures problem. No computer was needed for our - They got to know the partner countries unplugged preschool coding activities. The teachers: We introduced coding to children through 11 - We raised awareness of the importance of fun hands-on games and activities that get kids play in modern times thinking like computer programmers. Activities - Confidence that children learn better if the that encourage logical thinking and have a teacher prepares an appropriate environment problem to solve. Through engaging activities, - We increased our professional competences they didn't even realize they were learning the - We created new game activities and a form skills needed to code. Because children learn to monitor them best when they are having fun. - We observed the best practices in the partner schools and applied them in our practice The books created in the project are available - We have improved our communication in on our public web page www.callerasmus.com English The books can be applied and contribute to - We improved our ICT skills the expansion of any curriculum in European - We have strengthened our belief in the educational institutions. The project site also importance of effective cooperation with contains information for the wider European parents community, which is interested in the - We have created a more dynamic learning environment - We improved our teamwork skills inside the garden and our skills to work in an international team, as a valuable member of the European educational community. During the duration of the project, we overcame difficulties of a different nature related to the pandemic situation in the world.

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter This necessitated the organization of multiple Protecting the online video conference connections between the teachers and children. Despite the Environment through obstacles, we managed to realize the planned mobilities in Turkey, Spain, Bulgaria and eTwinning Projects Republic of North Macedonia, the last one being in Estonia at the end of April, 2022. There by Cornelia Alina Moț we publicly presented our project and all final products at a specially organized international Education is a complex component of human conference. existence, which ensures the meeting between the individual, society and the whole Kindergarten \"Latinka\" works diligently to social life and, through it, its preparation and form common European education and active formation for the present life and for the learning through games in an international future. environment. We shared our experience and applied the foreign one in our kindergarten. As The environment is a living mechanism with a a result, we have created a more dynamic special complexity, on whose integrity and learning environment and improved our good functioning the whole human activity partnership with parents. depends. The training of students with an ecological conscience and conduct becomes a Svetla Popova is a senior teacher at “Latinka” very important requirement for any school and Kindergarten in Shumen, Bulgaria. She is a creator and extracurricular educational approach. administrator of many eTwinning projects and the Ecological education or environmental coordinator of Erasmus+ projects. She is interested in education aims at training and cultivating the innovation in education. ability to solve problems triggered by the application of industrial and post-industrial technologies on a social scale, which have had many negative effects on nature and human existence. Environmental education aims to change the vision we have of the world and to understand the relationships that are woven within ecological systems, between man and nature. Ecological education can be achieved through any type of activity; school, extracurricular, scientific, literary, artistic, plastic, sports activities, etc. The forms of realization are diversified: observations, experiments, scientific stories, drawings, practical activities, walks, hikes, excursions, slide shows, movement games, fun, tourist orientations, ecological labyrinths, collections, exhibitions, shows, expeditions, contests.

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter Through ecological education, children must form an education worthy of a European acquire knowledge, attitudes and motivations citizen. to act individually and as a team in solving problems related to environmental protection. The human attitude is formed and affirmed in Ecological education cultivates students' love close connection with: and respect for the world around them, forms • the ecological, theoretical knowledge that attitudes of disapproval towards those who he possesses; violate the rules of environmental protection, • beliefs, moral and aesthetic significance; and cultivates interest in promoting the idea of • practical activity in relation to the a healthy natural environment. environment. Ecological education must be started from an Aware of our responsibility, we set ourselves early age, precisely in order to succeed in time, the objectives of the project: to form an appropriate conduct, the man of • to perceive the surrounding reality as a living tomorrow to be able to discern good and evil, environment, working for the correct to act for the benefit of nature and himself. management, care and protection of the Ecological education is an extremely generous, environment; interesting and attractive field for most • to recognize the variety of the living world, children. plants, animals, environment and the interrelationships between them; The young school child should not be • understand that any joint activity must have bombarded with theoretical knowledge, but as its primary objective the protection of the should be involved in practical activities as environment; varied and attractive as possible, to meet the • be aware of the need to save water, growing sensory curiosity. It is not the wealth electricity, wood and other natural resources; of knowledge of biology that matters in the • to acquire certain ecological knowledge first place, but the knowledge and through experimental and practical-applied maintenance in the inner forum of the child of activities; the following states: the desire to know the • to adopt norms of behavior specific to the universe of the living world; the power to balance between individual, collective health protect life forms and the environment; • to become active participants in the Through the eTwinning Project implemented activities of environmental care, protection of by our school and carried out in the school plants and animals, and green spaces. year 2020-2021 in collaboration with 16 schools in Europe, we tried to carry out activities that All these objectives were integrated in the would form in students a conscious and activities of the Water Day Project - March 22 responsible attitude towards the environment. https://twinspace.etwinning.net/142362/pages/ page/1244569 By carrying out this project we aimed to develop the spirit of initiative, communication, Water Day celebrated by the students of and exchange of good practices in order to Găvojdia Secondary School, Romania:

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter Environment Day - June 5 https://twinspace.etwinning.net/142362/pages/ page/1256485, Environment Day celebrated by the students of Găvojdia Secondary School, Romania: Earth Day - April 22 The activities carried out were collaborative https://twinspace.etwinning.net/142362/pages/ through activities, e-books, online games and page/1256482 - Earth Day celebrated by the online meetings between students. and students of Găvojdia Secondary School, teachers enrolled in the project. Ecological Romania: education in school is necessary, possible and useful. It is a new learning offer that has led to important changes in the behavior of our students. It is not difficult for them to plant a flower, a tree, to enjoy the arrival of migratory birds, to listen to the murmur of water, to discover the little wonders of nature and, why not, to take action when they encounter negative aspects that degrade the environment. Cornelia Alina Moț is a primary school teacher at Găvojdia Secondary School, Romania. She registered on the eTwinning platform on May 25, 2019. She enjoys collaborating with other teachers on eTwinning projects, and her work and that of her students are rewarded with National and European Quality Certificates.

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter Embedding pedagogical approaches that foster pupils’ participation, motivation and learning, which eTwinning projects in are key priorities in all countries. the National In this context, I have founded a project” A sound mind in a sound body” based on the 5th Curriculum: From grade book contents to pass from policy to practice. The project focuses on making Policy to Practice students follow the line of healthy habits. It was created to raise awareness of the by Tatiana Drăgan importance of healthy life and develop pupils’ communicative , digital skills , and “Every child deserves a champion – an adult cooperation, to inform them about the who will never give up on them, who importance of reducing the consumption of understands the power of connection, and ultra-processed products and increasing the insists that they become the best that they can consumption of real food. possibly be.” At the same time, it was intended that the students are aware of the need to practice Rita F. Pierson – educator sports as much as fun and a healthy habit. Nowadays teachers try to educate students The project is innovative because it develops who are knowledgeable, critical thinkers, students’ critical thinking, communication and communicators, collaborators, creators, and eco-habit skills, as students are required to ultimately contributors to the world. The 2019 speak about their perceptions, compare them curriculum is based on an intuitive, with their classmates’ and also their partners’ communicative-active approach to present the from other European countries. Through these material and a focus on the student as an comparisons students learn about their active participant in the teaching-learning- partners’ perceptions, understand them and assessment process. start feeling close to them, keeping them motivated to come to classes as the project - In this sense, eTwinning projects are the based learning is an efficient way to keep them perfect way to stimulate students’ interest in fully involved. the learning process, to facilitate the active use of the foreign language as a means of communication, and to use thematic topics according to the age, preferences and interests of the 21st century student. Being recognized by the Ministry of Education and consistent with the national competency- based approach of the curricula, a huge number of teachers found and took part in the eTwinning projects to implement innovative

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter The project promoted healthy initiatives The project aimed to develop pupils' soft skills whose aim was to enhance youth participation on the topic of healthy lifestyle according to in the community life; encouraged them to the Curriculum. We had discussion sessions become engaged to green the environment about leafy greens during English lessons , around. highlighting the importance of health and These initiatives aim to connect institutions environment sustainability, childrens' and young people in order to better involvement in the community that made understand how to follow a healthy lifestyle. active participants . The project activities were linked with concepts such as green eco-habits, They worked in teams , collaborated and cooperation and engagement; active teaching shared ideas on collaborative IT web 2 tools. methods and inclusion; partnerships between They also proposed to design a green garden teachers and students, co-creation and of heaven first in class, after monitoring its collaboration, as well as to improving the planting at the zoo. quality of teaching. For 5th graders in our school, it is important Students and teachers have designed a green and meaningful to use IT skills abilities garden of heaven. developed also at IT lessons . So we decided to Exploring the topic of healthy habits in class study them in a meaningful way, creating the students were able to build digital skills materials for our collaborative project. and get better communicative fluency, becoming active experts of the healthy Our students could also improve their web lifestyle. publishing skills and competencies, as they published their own work on Book Creator, Google Slides, Padlet or Flipgrid.

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter So, the main key competencies developed Starting with the planning, which was made on during the project were communication in a collaborative google.doc and ending with national and foreign language, digital literacy, the final products, this project was great learning to learn, social and civic regarding the collaboration. All participants competencies, health awareness and could add their work, ideas or challenges expression. during it. We celebrated Mother’s and Earth and eTwinning Day together, taking part in 8th The project partners used all the TwinSpace Creative Unconference that was the best way opportunities such as TwinSpace chat and to spread and share our best experiences in forum. They took part in a series of webinars the project. The project outcomes have using and exploring an amazing collaborative proved the utility of eTwinning projects to tool such Flipgrid and PosterMyWall that bring the National Curriculum guidelines into allowed them to create and gather photos in a practical efficiency of the learning process. creative way, to express their points of view but also to vote and give feedback. Tatiana Drăgan is a first didactic degree English teacher and an eTwinning Ambassador in Republic of Moldova. Even if the project lasted just five months, the partners shared their knowledge of healthy diet in an eTwinning live session. We used eTwinning Live together with our students, and also email and social media to communicate. The communication was constant during the project, allowing partners to be informed about the project development. Teachers made use also of project journal and teachers’ bulletin. During the project, the partners had the great opportunity to meet once a week to organize the project activities.

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter Our Story - Our Students documented themselves individually when looking for a research topic to propose History to colleagues but also in national teams, with school or international colleagues with project by Corina Valentina partners. Students came up with ideas, answered questions like We learn from Voicu History? Why is your school beautiful, sustainable and inclusive? Why is the National “Our Story - Our History” project is my soul Day important to you? Which is the most project! I am a history teacher and I set out to beautiful place in your country? Who is the found a project to talk about history, PBL- most important people in your country? The What do we learn from history? Our students methods were active-participatory, looked for information about legendary collaborative, interactive! people in the partner country, about legendary places in our country and we drew the place Our project book: described by the partner, we celebrated https://read.bookcreator.com/zsQgaNiu8cUPO national days together and wished the partner 6sKEcBgqraho7K2/k45PW_VGRlSor-zuAfqhnA “Happy National Day!”, we learned our story with eTwinning, we worked in teams to learn At the activities we had guests from the local the traditions, customs, culture of the partner community: Mrs. Mayor Oana Badea on countries, we proved that our schools are National Day, Mr. Cosmin Georgiu Georgiu and beautiful, sustainable and tolerant , we proved Alin Florea from the Multicultural Center L. civic and social involvement, we campaigned Rebreanu on Reading Day, ASTRA on the for online safety, protection of rights but also anniversary of the Revolution of 1848, protection of the environment with students national: Mr. Judge Cristi Danileț, author of the from other schools, we made an acrostic poem textbook on Legal Education Student and Law, about history. on the Day of Online Safety, A.S.R.Nicolae, https://twinspace.etwinning.net/188878/home nephew of King Mihai, 1 December Alba Iulia University, Prof. Orian Georgeta, students: Our goals were to do a collaborative lesson Maier Ioana and Kerekeș Diana, my former about our history together and to raise students, future teachers and international responsible young people who are learning through sustained webinars. I collaborated from the past and fighting for a better, more with the City Hall of Aiud in the historical, beautiful, sustainable and tolerant world! Each cultural and environmental activities carried topic resulted in a common product, and the out. We involved students from different students' knowledge was verified by social and educational backgrounds: students evaluating them in online meetings where they from the Student Council, students from played the project games and socialized, single-parent families, students with SEN, becoming friends. The project brings together students from kindergartens, disadvantaged 40 teachers from 16 countries, with students students or from rural communities. They are aged 8-16, who have worked together in very involved in eTwinning projects precisely international teams to complete work tasks. because they are different from what they have done so far at school, they have

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter interactive methods and they can use The results of the project can be easily seen technology (everyone has phones). from the involvement of students, who are happy to join eTwinning projects and carry out We worked in teams to make the games, the many activities. Knowledge of media literacy, logo contest, at Our Story-Our History we civic education, human rights, non- teamed up with students Prof. Naira Zeynalyan discrimination and tolerance, history, culture from Armenia, at Our People of Legend with and civilization is more easily fixed, students Ayla Akhan from Turkey, at Our Places of have more confidence in themselves and Legend with Suzana Jagic from Croatia, to We develop harmoniously! Celebrate our National Days Together with Emine Kaya from Turkey, to Our Story with The evaluation of the project was done online, eTwinning with all partners, to Traditional but also through questionnaires applied to Costumes, Traditions, Art Gallery with partners teachers, students and parents. from Armenia, Croatia, Greece and Turkey, to Our Schools, Beautiful, Sustainable, Together The dissemination took place on social with all partners for a better and more tolerant networks, on Facebook, WhatsApp, local world! We wished us happy holidays on 2 newspapers, magazines, parents 'group, Padlets. The students proposed the topics and meeting with parents, teachers' councils, on imposed their point of view, collaborated and the personal Facebook page, on the Aiudul discussed on Forum, TwinSpace, Zoom, Adobe Pitoresc page, on the school blog, on the Connect. school website, on You Tube. Competences and skills acquired: 1. linguistic Our final results are collaborative e-books / competences in the integration in the audio-book / art gallery / games / collections curriculum because they wrote and and an amazing friendship! We are friends documented for the articles made, in forever! Happy students, happy teachers, Romanian, because they learned how to write happy parents! a text, how to analyze a source; 2. language skills in English, the language of the project; 3. Following the evaluations on the on-line scientific and technological skills we used meeting from 29.04.2022, we found that we platforms and applications; 4. advanced digital achieved the objectives proposed at the skills through the use of smartphone, internet, beginning of the project through a lot of laptop, tablet, social networks, blogs; 5. collaboration, teamwork, dedication and learning skills, the aim of the project being innovative methods based on the achievement learning; 6. civic skills, because they became of 21st century specific skills, creative use of active citizens, involved in historical events, technology and raising model schools: Holocaust commemoration, combating beautiful, tolerant and sustainable! bullying, sustainability, be tolerant of other cultures, interpersonal- made friends, By participating in this project, students: intercultural learned about other cultures - improved their language skills in their mother directly from the source; 7. entrepreneurial tongue and in English; skills - how to make a magazine, e-books; 8. cultural expression skills.

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter - developed their IT skills and used technology Increasing responsibly and creatively - got to know better the history, traditions, Sustainability Skills legends, traditional dress, national days, historical personalities through research work, for Preschoolers gathering information, comparative analysis of our cultures and history by Meropi Mastori -students are the main actors who set the themes and act to enrich their knowledge and Pinelopi Pezarou about history and traditions, diversity, civic education, sustainability According to the official texts of UNESCO, -all activities are integrated in the national education and training is the necessary tool for curriculum in history, geography, civic culture, achieving sustainability, ensuring the well- human rights, arts, music, natural sciences, being of citizens, through the protection of computer science, English, national language, the Environment and addressing counselling, environmental issues, by raising the awareness - have expanded their knowledge of legends, of citizens and taking actions for the adoption historical figures, places of legend, of environmental practices and actions of a - learned about different cultures and sustainable lifestyle (Greek Institute of countries and were assessed on the Education Policy, 2011). acquisition of information through assessment games created by them “But what does this have to do with -they learned how to be safe online and how education? Why do we call education to respect copyright sustainable? Let us think for a moment that - they learned to collaborate with foreign our students, in a few years, will be citizens students and obtained all the products with responsibilities and countless decisions through collaboration; will depend on them. The training and learning - they made friends in other countries. of skills acquired in their basic training period will be essential for their actions to take into Corina Valentina Voicu is a teacher of History, Civic Culture account universal principles of sustainability, and Legal Education at the Aiud Technological High School such as social equity, bio mimesis, prevention, in Romania. She is an eTwinning Ambassador, and the precaution, participation and access to winner of several eTwinning awards: First Prize with the information, shared responsibility and eTwinning project N.E.W.S. in 2021, Second Prize with restoration of damage.” (Sustainability “Health and Wealth” in 2021 and Second Prize with “The Education Network Service eTwinning SENSE Book of the 4 Seasons” in 2020. Group). Preschool children are young enough to understand the value of the ecosystem as a place that sustains life, the consequences of forest destruction, and the rapid and devastating effects of climate change on all

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter continents, as environmental issues are Such a study helps in the long process of complex and multidimensional, while their acquiring ecological attitudes of future citizens analysis exceeds the limits of their thinking, as since the forest is a rich and representative they have difficulty understanding concepts sample of the environment as a system. This and phenomena whose results are not can be achieved with the valuable help of immediate. However, they are old enough to teachers who must help them and give them reflect on the natural world that surrounds us, the necessary resources to understand the to appreciate its beauty and to cultivate pro- challenges and take action by participating in environmental attitudes, values and behaviors collaborative actions and practices that can be through participation in programs for the organized and implemented through the Environment so that they become, on the one eTwinning platform. (Gabriel M., 2020) hand, socio-politically competent and active citizens with critical thinking, who know their The forest is a complex set of plants and rights and obligations and on the other hand, mainly trees, animals, with its own life, at the school-personal level, to build functions and interactions between knowledge, participate in decision-making and organisms. It is a great natural resource with take actions, raise their voice, face challenges enormous importance for the quality of and shape ecological consciousness as future human life and the balance of the citizens (Kouraki, X., & Vorylla, V. 2014). environment. The forest with its various functions and forest products has contributed to the economic development and the cultural and social well-being of every place. The direct contact of man with the forest helps to develop responsible attitudes and behavior towards the environment. (Xatzimihail M., Kainouriou S.) Their education from this age will be the main driver for them to be equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to preserve the natural balance, to familiarize themselves with issues concerning the natural capital of the planet, in order to work (I. E.P., 2014), and to live in a way that protects the environment, both now and for future generations, to reflect on the natural and social world that surrounds us and will help to become competent citizens with critical thinking , participate in decision-making and take action (Gabriel M.,2020).

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter Our invitation for the \"I love nature, I protect Depending on the individual learning areas forest\" eTwinning project was the perfect involved each time, a number of teaching leaning and acting opportunity. strategies were used. Suitable teaching strategies for approaching Environmental Subsequently we responded positively to the Education issues are those that highlight the ambassador of the action Semra Ayata from connections between knowledge and neighboring Turkey, and the founders of the applications in everyday life, develop personal project Katriye Yildiz and Leila Acig. empowerment, mobilize processes of empathy and active involvement of children, We responded with a willingness to apply while encouraging them to take action innovations and creative learning in the initiatives. (Curriculum for preschool teaching practice, for cooperation between education, IEP,2011). The project was designed both students and teachers with schools from according to the age and developmental level Portugal and Serbia. of the children and had a great pedagogical value, since the activities were playful, covered Taking into consideration the curricula for a very wide range and were connected to all preschool education (DEPPS, 2003; areas of development of the kindergarten Kindergarten Curriculum, 2011), this project children, having the children themselves as emphasizes active, experiential and protagonists. cooperative learning, the utilization of children's previous knowledge and experiences, the cultivation of research interest in transversal integration in the didactic design of ICT. Structural/interactive tools are used, which are expected to provide added value to the entire educational process, as the subject is approached in an attractive and dynamic interactive way. Through them, students are involved in interaction processes (student action and direct feedback), which encourage their active participation in the learning process. In addition, the full integration of the project into the school's daily curriculum and its simultaneous connection with the academic subjects of the school syllabus prove the pedagogical utilization and application of the project.

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter Through experiential activities such as educational videos of the mass media were gathering information, field study, reading shown on the subject of fires and the fairy tales, stories and related knowledge destruction they cause. books, theatrical play, creative writing, and visual creations, children learn to work in Thus, activities were planned, individual and groups, cooperate, communicate, assume mainly, group, such as educational games, roles, develop empathy, understand cause- visual creations, experiments, voting, effect relationships and above all understand photography, presentations, participation in their obligations as citizens and members of a pro-environmental actions with the support of community with rights but also obligations. cooperative teaching methods. The activities that were selected and A great effort was made by the teachers of the implemented were included in the learning cooperating schools , to activate children's areas of Personal and Social Development, interest, to boost their self-confidence, to Mathematics, Language, Creation and strengthen their imagination and creativity Expression, Physical Education, ICT, according and to develop their \"environmental action to N.A. Curriculum for Kindergarten (2011) and and awareness\". had as objectives: -To learn what the forest and its ecosystem are At the same time, the project was connected and to understand the dangers that threaten it with the Skills workshops of the I.E.P. and the -to realize the value and great contribution of 2nd Thematic Axis: I take care of the the forest to man, its usefulness, the quality of Environment. its life, and the ecological balance of the planet. The targeting of which has been determined -to develop ecological awareness as well as based on the so-called 21st century skills such feelings of love, care and protection towards it as: 21st century learning skills, Digital learning, through pro-environmental actions (recycling, Social life skills, Digital citizenship skills, tree planting) Mediation and social empathy skills, -to develop the abilities and skills of Technology skills Media management skills. communication and cooperation with children from other schools abroad, through their participation in the various activities of the project -to develop the ability to judge, to make decisions, to solve problems In order to activate the children's interest, a similar learning center was created in the classroom which was enriched with natural materials (acorns, mushrooms, leaves, chestnuts,) which the children brought to the classroom from the outings with their parents in nature and in the forest. In addition,

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter The initial design of the project was done by changing the mindset of students and parents, the founders taking into account our own around environmental issues, so that suggestions and observations in each section. environmentally friendly attitudes and The division of tasks was a result of behaviors develop. cooperation, as a corresponding page was created in the \"Task Distribution\" project During the implementation of the project, we where a table was placed and each partner motivated all children to access various stated how they could help and which part of sources of knowledge that arouse interest in the project they could undertake. learning and promote knowledge, https://twinspace.etwinning.net/193384/pages/ development, search, reasoning, the page/1734050 At the same time there was cultivation of skills, attitudes and values and almost daily communication through the are offered to highlight talents. WhatsApp application through the platform of the new TwinSpace. Through this project, the children strengthened their self-confidence and Our students participated in most of the learned to cooperate with children from other activities organized such as introduction, logo, schools in an absolutely friendly, cooperative group poster, voting, calendar, creating games and, above all, democratic atmosphere. and puzzles, digital books and stories, cooperative videos, cooperative commercials, Dissemination, final products and evaluation and for their communication, online Dissemination of the program to parents and introduction, game events were created, the educational community, among others, collaborative painting activity, while the was planned and carried out through posting material produced by each school was our activities on school’s and personal blogs, regularly presented. With the various and οn social media. Additional activities were activities, constructions, Actions - spread through eTwinning live events and with interventions, Cooperation with other schools, our participation in the European educational Informing and cooperation of parents, actions Safe Internet Day 2022, Code Week 4 Informing neighboring schools about the All and STEM DISCOVERY WEEK 2022. program, we believe that we contributed to

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter We collaborated on the thematic modules https://app.genial.ly/editor/61d802f2d2c6070d which are included in the final collaborative e7808f91https://app.genial.ly/editor/61d802f2d products of the project such as: 2c6070de7808f91 -Collaborative introductory presentation Collaborative introductory presentation In particular, we proposed and organized -Collaborative logo activities such as: -Collaborative digital map showing - Digital collaborative calendar 2022 with participating schools children's drawings about the forest -Digital collaborative bookmark that contains - Collaborative digital comic book with internet the favorite digital applications of project safety tips, on the occasion of \"safer internet members day 2022\" - Video where children say slogans about the - Programming and coding activities for the forest code week with the theme of the life cycle of -Presentation of forest animals through trees that implemented by each school chatterpix app - 3D Gallery with forest photos of our regions - Digital board and their protection from fires taken by the children and their families where children learn about the causes of fires - On line event titled: \"Let's recycle, let’s play\" and ways to protect forests for the children in our classes, some of which - Digital encyclopedia where each school were about recycling in general and paper presents a forest tree through activities that recycling more specifically: are implemented, while at the same time https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Yjnja learning about the life cycle of plants, trees, yogoZkoJNMfTWvvwGjAzeEJKQaLoJSJazU1M bushes 8E/edit#slide=id.g875f602aa5_0_1533https://d - Cooperative story with the animals of the ocs.google.com/presentation/d/1YjnjayogoZko forest \"Forest Friends Animals Story\" JNMfTWvvwGjAzeEJKQaLoJSJazU1M8E/edit#s - Activities for the code week where lide=id.g875f602aa5_0_1533 programming and coding activities were organized with the theme of the life cycle of At the end of the project and evaluating the trees and implemented by each school. development of the children's progress and the results of the learning process it was found an excellent improvement of knowledge and an increase in the skills and abilities of the 21st century, necessary to equip with supplies active citizens of tomorrow who will be able to take responsibility for their future and the future of their community. Bibliography: Gabriel M.,(2020), Classrooms in action: tackling climate change with eTwinning, European Schoolnet (EUN Partnership AISBL),Rue de Trèves 61, 1040 Brussels

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter https://www.etwinning.net/downloads/2020_b Both Meropi Mastori and Pinelopi Pezarou are teachers ook_teaching_climate_change_with_eTwinnin for several years in Greek Public Kindergartens. They have g_EL.pdf collaborated in many eTwinning projects and that is how they met. Meropi is a winner of European eTwinning Ηatzimichail M., Kainouriou S., The game as a prize(2018) and Pinelopi of the National one(2019). means of Environmental Awareness, Sports Merοpi holds a master’s degree in Computer Science in and Action, Education and she is a winner Pinelopi is a former https://www.eepf.gr/images/dasi/06.pdfω eTwinning Ambassador and Head Teacher in Experimental Kindergarten. I.E.P., (2014), Study Program: Scientific Field: Environment and Education for Sustainable Development: Teaching Learning Object/Class/level of education: Environment and Education for Sustainable Development: Kindergarten, 1st-6th Grade , 1st-3rd High School Kouraki, X., & Vorilla, B. (2014). Cultivating citizenship through environmental education programs with an emphasis on children's literature. Researching the Child's World, 13, 219-230. https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/ omep/article/view/17941https://ejournals.epubl ishing.ekt.gr/index.php/omep/article/view/1794 1 Sustainability Education Network Service eTwinning SENSE Group Article, Why sustainability now? https://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/newsroom/ highlights/etwinning-congratwhy- sustainab.htm UNESCO, 2006, Education for Sustainable Development in Action Learning & Training Tools N°1 https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000 152453

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter Escape Games in It was interesting to experiment with eTwinning Projects colleagues and students from ten other by Simona Ghenea countries to integrate gamification into lessons and create and test escape games. By Gamification is a concept with extraordinary introducing this type of game into projects you potential and can be successfully explored in will facilitate the training and development of different educational contexts, encouraging transferable cross-curricular skills - such as students to experience engaging learning teamwork and team building, social skills, - situations. thanks to their intrinsic design that involves working together to decipher situations, The escape game is inspired by video games puzzles, riddles, mysteries. The structure of and usually involves solving attractive tasks to the project was based on the design of this escape from space, or to find a solution to a type of game, involving teamwork to create problem. I successfully introduced this type of and solve various tasks. game to the class at various times in the lesson and noticed the impact on students: they In the project, the students imaginatively understood difficult concepts, trained their designed various obstacles to respect the thinking processes, and motivation structure of the game. Specifically, they: mechanisms and facilitated the development -decided the theme of the game, by vote of problem-solving skills. -described the problem situation -choose the types of obstacles for the future I initiated an eTwinning project in the school player to overcome: puzzles, riddles, quizzes, year 2021-2022 on this topic, called memory games, logic, digital tasks ESCAPEROOMLAND - A magic realm of -they created the game map, the number of learning. trials -created the characters -wrote the game script

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter The final product was a digital collection of The use of the gamification technique in escape games created with the Genially eTwinning projects will offer teachers multiple platform that can be used by other teachers: opportunities to facilitate learning https://view.genial.ly/6277c2e7909e380011f93b systematically and will transform any activity 77/presentation-escaperoomland-the-magic- into engaging, mobilizing missions for realm-of-learning-escape-games-bank students, interactivity is the key. Simona Ghenea is from Craiova. She is a teacher for primary education at the National College \"Elena Cuza\". She is interested in digital applications and the STEM field, being an ambassador of eTwinning, Scientix, Genially, Book Creator and Quiver. The partners were happy to discover that this type of game contributed to the well-being of the students, the gamification works because it triggers real and strong human emotions, such as happiness, intrigue, enthusiasm and fulfilment.

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter Smile at Math - New Mathematical skills are one of the important foundations that underlie life skills. eTwinning Project Preschoolers and young schoolchildren understand abstract concepts only through by Nicoletta Huștiuc concretization. For this, the most effective method is to activate all the senses. The game In February 2022, at the suggestion of a very creates the most effective learning involved colleague from Turkey, I agreed to be environments for children. with her as a founder in an eTwinning project \"Smile At Math\", and moreover, I wanted to Mathematical concepts are also largely bring through this project a plus eTwinning abstract concepts. For this reason, it is very value, especially in preschool, due to the fact important to introduce children to math skills that we work a lot, we don't have breaks, but through games, as in all skills from early many of these things are not visible on the childhood. outside, everyone says we play, yes, we play, but no one can imagine how we learn a lot by The project has very well made pages, given playing and how much we can achieve with their importance and the way we present the children, even if they are small, now is the time action, because the evaluation must show that when they learn by playing and the basics now we collaborated and each one worked. Thus, remain for life. the workspace or TwinSpace is very well delimited, everyone creates their photo album, With the agreement of eTwinning Bucharest, then posts in pages. we invited many colleagues to the project, although it is difficult to manage a project with Related to the albums are the pages where all so many partners, now we are 59+ 2 founders. the activity is visible. Within the project we Many, but everyone will do their job, and already use web tools such as Padlet, eTwinning will reward everyone, as always. Mentimeter, Tricider and many others. The aim of this project is to offer preschool So far, I have completed the questionnaire for and school children small concepts and teachers, children and parents, I had an mathematical skills through sensory games introductory meeting with teachers in and mathematical activities with various Romania, where they were explained how to materials. work on Twinning, because it is very important to know to succeed in working at your own We are happy that together with many pace, but respecting the stages of the project, colleagues from Romania there are 10 it was done and chosen, voted the project colleagues from Turkey, one colleague from logo, the poster and we are happy to continue Poland and two others from Spain. We are the activities so that, at the end of the project, happy to be able to collaborate, to know other we can submit the long awaited application for cultures through mathematics, to learn how eTwinning quality certificate, which certifies other children learn, to exchange ideas, to the work of each project and is granted learn new things. individually.

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter Good luck, everyone, and don't forget: enter Our Journey through eTwinning and you will not regret it! the STEAM with Leonardo by Cira Serio Nicoletta Huștiuc is an eTwinning Ambassador, an Erasmus+ Ambassador, a Scientix Ambassador and also a teacher for preschool education. She loves working in various projects, and all projects are adapted and correlated to the curriculum for preschool education. She likes collaborating and exchanging experiences with other colleagues in Europe and beyond. She is a code week leading teacher for Romania, and she wants to bring internationalization and Europeanization in Romanian education. In the \"Our journey through the STEAM with Leonardo\" project, learning through play and Learning by doing proved to be very effective in stimulating children's interest and curiosity for technical-scientific disciplines and in general for creative learning. able to improve personal, relational, linguistic and digital skills and a more aware knowledge of the risks and advantages of the network. The raw material of the project was the students, and every activity was designed with them and for them. The main objective was to learn to observe, design, create and improve ourselves by being guided by Leonardo Da Vinci, whose figure was for us every time an opportunity to learn to look at the world around us from different perspectives and understand that, by carefully observing the surrounding reality, it is possible to grasp the nuances of things and not only manage to learn from them by processing

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter their data, but to create new technologies discover the creativity and potential hidden capable of improving everyone's life. within each of us, and to find it all we need to do is learn to move, to transform, just as life The students in this project have been working does, taking on multiple forms that draw their together for three years now and have strength from the emotions and the beating become good friends, and it is nice to see how heart that offers its life energy to all creation. they encourage and help each other to overcome small failures, which are inevitable This was the pedagogical challenge of the in the learning process, developing together whole project aimed at looking at the horizon the capacity for resilience and the will to not as a boundary, a limit beyond which one understand the problem and seek possible cannot go, but as the beginning of a new day, solutions, keeping the focus on observing the of new discoveries... Everything starts from a phenomenon, looking at it from every possible point! perspective, just as the great master Leonardo Da Vinci taught us, whose figure has been an That point is us, our hearts, our emotions, our opportunity for us each time to learn to look at failures, our resilience in the face of difficulties, the world around us from different which we learn to see as stimuli to do better perspectives and understand that by carefully and better and to fly beyond the horizon of observing the reality around us, one is able to our human frailties, understanding that only by grasp the nuances of things and is able not standing together as brothers can we create a only to learn from them by processing them, better world in which to live and be happy. but also to create new technologies capable of improving everyone's life. This in short was our fantastic journey into the world of STEAM and of Knowing, Knowing how to do and Knowing how to be. The project started from the observation of a It was important to make children understand point, drawing inspiration from the short story that there are no impassable boundaries and \"The Point\" by Peter H. Reynolds: \"Make a that each of us can bring out the best in point, a simple point and then look where it ourselves by believing, Committing ourselves leads you\". We accompanied the children to without giving up in the face of difficulties and failures, just as Leonardo Da Vinci showed us: painter, sculptor, inventor, engineer and scientist. This allowed us to facilitate in the student the development of creativity and critical thinking,

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter and we teachers were able to improve the The project activities, although very simple, ability to curate the learning processes and exponentially increased the curiosity and cognitive development of students. motivation of the students, who were able to understand how important it is for their future and that of humankind to take care of their education. With this understanding, the students in this project are now in love with school as a place where they learn about Knowing, Doing and Being. Adopting active and experiential teaching on a student-centred educational model has enabled us to improve the ability to handle stress, fear of error and not knowing how to communicate. The most tangible result of the project is to have significantly refined in all students the ability to explore reality, the ability to detect data and process it, the ability to analyse and solve problems critically and creatively, and the ability to work responsibly and collaboratively in teams.

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter The project and its integration into the school curriculum allowed us to improve our inclusion plan, as students with special educational needs have benefited greatly from the practical, experiential and exploratory learning of STEAM activities which, however simple, have aroused the curiosity and interest of the pupils. All this has allowed us to acquire, in the current historical context, a greater understanding of the importance of democracy, active citizenship and the need to be promoters of Peace, building a culture of dialogue with respect for different cultures. The project, in addition to the STEAM Our alumni also participated in the Texas disciplines, focused on the development of NCCE's Live Coding and Science Classes which Listening and Speaking skills, in fact, we allowed us to progress in linguistic, digital, developed completely in English the theme: scientific competence and the ability to plan \"Active Citizen: Building for Peace,\" promoted and activate stimulating, interactive and fun by STEMAlliance together with Minecraft EDU, lessons. in collaboration with the Nobel Peace Centre, which allowed us to offer students the As evidence of the project's integration within opportunity to learn more about the lives of the school curriculum, our school decided to such personalities as A. Nobel, Y. Malala, M. devote the end-of-school-year outing to Wangari, F. Nansen, Dalai Lama who spent consolidating some project activities and their lives in favour of Education and Peace. disseminating the project by going to(Here photo entitled 11.jpg) Città della Scienza in Naples, Italy's leading interactive science museum and one of the most important centres of science popularization.

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter Our choice was immediately shared by the fully shared by the whole international group project partners and, in particular, the involved. teachers and students from the San G. Bosco Education Directorate 57 in Naples were Our students created fact sheets for the supposed to participate with us in the benefit of younger students in order to Workshops: \"Light Bulbs, Led, Headers... the promote a culture of Peace and Brotherhood. Electric Circuits\" and \"Let's Enter a Cell.\" Since We teachers in collaboration with our students the partners from San Giovanni Bosco had to created fact sheets (Here photo entitled forego the educational outing for reasons 13.jpg), movies, Microsoft ppt, collages both to beyond their control, I remedied this by foster learning and to clearly and adequately creating a webinar on Microsoft TEAMS (Here document the entire project. photo entitled 12.jpg), and so both the Dhurata Cuka and St. G. Bosco folks were with us, even Through this project we were able to show if only virtually. Class representatives and and demonstrate how experiential education some parents also came with us, and they can strongly motivate students and were able to better appreciate the activities significantly contribute to reducing the risk of promoted by the eTwinning project and to dropping out of school. Pupils can learn and at touch upon the children's enthusiasm and the the same time have the opportunity to test the skills they acquired. knowledge they have acquired, which gives rise to a desire to share what they have To explain the kind of collaboration that exists learned. In this regard, the words of joy between our school team and among the expressed by one of our students while project team I borrow Henry Ford's statement, experimenting with the construction of the \"Getting together is a beginning, staying electric circuit on paper are very significant: together is progress, working together is \"Teacher, but it's beautiful! I can't wait to success.\" show it to my project friends!\" The international and national team involved As we have been doing for years in all in this project has been working together for European eTwinning projects, also in this three years now during which we have taken project we have dedicated a lot of time to great care in team building by proposing to all digital literacy talking about the risks and the pupils involved simple activities capable, advantages of the network, eSafety(Here however, of triggering communicative, reflective, cooperative dynamics by opening students to the need to discuss and confront each other in order to find together the simplest and most effective way to achieve a goal and once achieved to be able to communicate the strategy and resources used for the profitable achievement of the goal set. We activated a lot of webinars among both us teachers and students, and each activity was

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter photo entitled 14.jpg), Privacy, Copyright and There were numerous online meetings in Creative Commons Licenses. which we all took part together. One of these was the European meeting promoted by the All the students involved use masks and European Commission \"EU Code Week pseudonyms to protect their identification Microsoft: Education Edition Live Lesson data. Team\" (Here photo entitled 16.jpg) - which we documented on the codeweek map as the The international group of project students dissemination of project activities, obtaining participated as one class in the Game Design the Certificate of recognition of activities Course of the Google CS First platform where aimed at the development of skills in they learned the basics of computer science programming and dissemination of and coding and managed to create their first information technology in the various sectors game with Scratch. of human activities. There were numerous online meetings we Our eTwinning school has an ePolicy organized for students and for planning document created in collaboration with project activities. Generazioni Connesse (Italian Safer Internet Centre). As documented, we took part in the various CodyTrips promoted this school year by Prof. Each year events are held at our school to train A. Bogliolo, and I especially highlight the and inform students, teachers and families in Florence CodyTrip in which we got to know the conscious and responsible use of the Web more closely the life of Leonardo Da Vinci, and new technologies. discovering that his intelligence was the result The goal we had set ourselves, that is to allow of his ability to observe reality, his curiosity, all the actors involved in the project to be able and his courage to experiment without being to develop, through an active and experiential afraid of making mistakes. We treasured his teaching in which theory and practice were example and together became pioneers and able to merge, the skills of creativity and innovators of ourselves in the constant pursuit collaboration, of critical thinking, of active and creative learning, lived in full communicative and creative (4C), has been collaboration with all project partners (team widely achieved with great satisfaction building). especially because the project has had to face many difficulties due to family problems that many of us have had to face with courage and resilience. (Here photo entitled 17.jpg) Three of our students, inspired by the singing of John Lennon's \"Imagine,\" wrote themselves the lyrics of a song that was then set to music and arranged by Maestro Bruno Troisi, sung by Alfonso Giorno of the Academy of Singing,

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter Music, Dance and Theater \"Il Dito nell'Occhio\" in the projects and to the competent by Donato Eremita and Teresa Sannino. authorities as much as the eTwinning School, which supports the internationalization of skills and knowledge, often transforms itself into a training ground that helps the students involved to face the challenges of the 21st century with more and better tools. All the pupils of the fifth class led by me Cira Serio followed the Microsoft in Education program Erasmus+ Ambassador dedicated to making students acquire MIE Expert linguistic, digital, social, STEAM skills with the Minecraft Certified Teacher use of Minecraft Education Edition in everyday Minecraft Global Mentor teaching and, with great pride and satisfaction National Prize 2015 for our school, they became Minecraft A treasure chest of wisdom Education Edition Student Ambassadors by National Prize 2018 receiving Badges and Certificates (Here photo Think entitled 19.jpg) that arrived from the USA. European Prize 2020 With great joy I clarify that in Italy we are the Wonderland only school to have Certified Minecraft Finalist in the Global Junior Challenge Student Ambassadors. Surely this great project to share the future recognition has been achieved thanks to the eTwinning Project \"Minecraft Mission 2\" eTwinning project activities in which our children are engaged every year. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Felisa Ford, Ed.S. @apsitfelisa, Dr. Melissa Dandy-Walker @apsitmelissa, Dr. Natasha Rachell @apsitnatasha, Dr. Rosalyn Washington @apsitrosalyn and Minecraft EDU @PlayCraftLearn. The impact that eTwinning projects get every year, and especially this project, is to show and demonstrate to students' families, school managers, other teachers not directly involved

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter The eTwinning Last but not least, the students tried, as best Project “On Mountain they could, to sound the alarm on pollution Roads” and contribute to the protection of wild by Lăcrimioara vegetation and fauna, to ensure a beautiful Săbăreanu and sustainable future. The project aimed to make a magical journey Students were encouraged throughout the on mountain paths, in different parts of the project to develop their digital skills and world. The students got to know different become aware users of the Internet, using mountainous areas, by presenting them in an Web 2.0 tools. Special attention was also paid attractive way, by each partner in the project. to improving English language skills, by actively involving students in all stages of the The project team consisted of 17 teachers and project. 114 students from Romania, Armenia, Northern Macedonia, Croatia, Turkey and Ukraine. The innovative teaching methods we used in the project were: direct observation, The project aimed to get to know mountain documentation, working in pairs, working in areas in different parts of the world, by teams, brainstorming, case study, stellar stimulating creativity and teamwork. Students explosion, round table, Google applications, wrote articles, made drawings and videos, or tablet and smartphone use of. wrote the Little Butterfly Travel Story / “LITTLE BUTTERFLY JOURNEY” The interdisciplinary approach to the theme of (https://www.flipsnack.com/BBAFE8BBDC9/litt the project contributed to the development of le-butterfly-s-journey.html), which he the ability to communicate, listen and embarked on an imaginary journey on understand, but also to develop logical mountain paths. thinking or problem-solving ability. The teaching activities were organized both in the classroom and in nature, effectively.

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter Students collaborated and made videos, used and offered support, by conducting games, drawings, e-books, posters, posters, tutorials or by creating threads in the Forum puzzles, which contributed to the section. development of digital skills, communication in the mother tongue and English, artistic The main effect of the project was the intrinsic expression and interpersonal relationships. motivation of students for the freedom to express themselves effectively, obtaining and A soul activity within the project was the developing communication techniques in activity through which the students English, through the use of technological contributed, with small steps, to the reduction strategies. Moreover, the students have of the mountain pollution, and not only, by the enriched their skills in a foreign language, IT involvement in greening, recycling and tree skills, being aware of the use of the Internet, planting activities. Together we can make a which leads me to say that the objectives of change, it was the motto of all the students the project have been fully achieved. As the involved in the project. The virtual exhibition, founder of the project, I made sure that each made with the Artsteps application can be partner fulfilled his project tasks, thus viewed by accessing the link: artsteps | ON contributing to the achievement of the MOUNTAINS ROADS. proposed objectives. The most appreciated activity was working in The dissemination of the project results was mixed, transnational teams. The students made on the school website, on the project collaborated and worked with dedication and blog enthusiasm to complete the tasks within the (https://onmountainroads2021.blogspot.com/), team. This contributed to the achievement of on the iTeach and Classroom educational the project objectives. platforms, on the personal blog, on the closed Facebook group of the project, but also by Also, the activities carried out through each project partner. TwinSpace gave us the opportunity to interact with our project partners, establishing new The activities within this project were friends. organized from the beginning in the form of joint, collaborative activities and each partner In this project we used a wide range of Web added their own activity or collaborated with 2.0 tools: Plogaton, Madmagz, WordArt, Google the team partner. Forms, Google Maps, Google Docs, Google Excel, Poster Maker, OurBoox, Comic Maker, Viva The final collaborative products can be viewed Video, Animoto, Pixiz, Flaming Text, Padlet, by accessing the link: Kahoot, Canva, Jigsaw Planet, Kahoot, Story https://view.genial.ly/626949b6721f110018a893 Jumper, MomentCam, YouTube, iShot, Wakelet, d5/interactive-image-on-mountain-roads- Linoit, Mentimeter, Book Creator, Photo Lab, etwinning-project-our-collaborative-products PicCollage, Dollify, Power Director, Phinish, Chenar Photo, Quizizz, Behance, Symbalo, Together with the project co-founder, Omur Canva, Genially. As a founder, I made sure that Kose, we coordinated the project activities and each partner understood the Web 2.0 tool made sure that each partner achieved the

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2022 Newsletter proposed objectives. I provided support to The activity carried out within the project is beginning teachers and guided them in the made available to the general public via TwinSpace. We created the project pages and eTwinning Live: their activities in TwinSpace, we organized and https://live.etwinning.net/projects/project/3106 moderated webinars, we made tutorials, we 63 informed the partners of the project activities every month, through Twinmail, we organized In conclusion, I believe that the project had a events within the project on Code Week and positive impact on students and the objectives Safer Internet Day and we provided feedback. were achieved. Sixth grade A students were actively involved Biology teacher and educational advisor at the “George in each activity, managing to integrate Web 2.0 Călinescu” Secondary School in Onești, eTwinning School tools in achieving the project objectives. In the eTwinning Ambassador Wakelet collection (https://wke.lt/w/s/VNNXfD) First National Prize - \"Future Journalists\", 2020 I uploaded images from the activities and Second National Prize - \"The Book of the Four Seasons\", products made by my students. 2020 \"Let's follow and analyze the agenda!\", 2020 The \"Talking Heads\" project was declared the winner of By getting involved in this project, both I and the National Contest \"Creators of Education\", 2020 my students have acquired new digital and session, organized by the Ministry of Education language skills. First European Prize - \"Animal Friends in an Animal- Friendly World\", 2020 Second European Prize - \"Future Journalists\", 2020 Second National Award - \"Health and Wealth from Medicinal and Aromatic Plants\", 2021 Second National Award - \"BeYouthiful Media\", 2021

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