eTwinning Projects Planning and their connection with

Erasmus + Key Action 2Tsvetelena Taralova (Bulgaria), Nataša Ljubić Klemše

(Croatia), Barbara Maciejewska-N'sir (Poland), Marcin Hościłowicz (Poland), Julie Elbourg (France)

In the session:

Good practices in planning eTwinning and Erasmus+ projects

PlanProject Team: • Create a school project team – colleagues who are

interested, skilled and motivated;• Have your school board’s support;• Choose your partners carefully, use online events

to work with people before you start a project (have no more than 5 partners, with too many partners you cannot achieve real collaboration).

Before the projectAll partners should agree on the aims - concrete, connected with students’ competences:E.g. • learn about European cultures and discover what

young Europeans of today have in common;• intercultural dialogue & intercultural competences -

to participate in increasingly diverse societies.Action-oriented approach - perform concrete and complex tasks.

Before the projectWork processDecide on:• the schedule;• the main activities and collaboration; • the final products;• the meetings.

Tsvetelena

YEWS (Young European Writers Society)

• Project based on intercultural dialogue and competences;• Students write short stories based on artistic sources - pictures,

sculptures, photographies;• The final product - an e-book of short stories written and illustrated by

students;• The Book of Knowledge (a blog on which students publish research

and information - http://yewsbookofknowledge.blogspot.bg/);• Creative Writing Workshop (tool blog -

http://yewscreativewritingworkshop.blogspot.bg/);• Creation of the Hall of Fame (a blog of photos with ceremonies of

awarded short stories -http://yewshalloffame.blogspot.bg/).

YEWS Young European Writers Society 1.Pedagogical Innovation• Choose an interesting theme• Plan according to your students’ needs • Have your students’ interests and ideas in

mind

YEWS Young European Writers Society

2. Curriculum Integration• Literature• English• ICT• Art

YEWS Young European Writers Society

3. Communication• Have regular communication -

e.g. in eTw live• Create a regular meetings

timetable – once a week/ twice a month

• Plan the activities for each meeting

YEWS Young European Writers Society 4. Collaboration

• Create international groups - e.g. in eTw live;

• Plan the activities for each meeting

• Another activity to make them look through the work again - drawings, feedback, etc.

YEWS Young European Writers Society 4. Collaboration

• Give students rights and responsibilities - student administrator

• Ask them to vote and evaluate

• Give Awards

YEWS Young European Writers Society

5. ICT tools• innovative ICT tools• eSafety• copyright issues

E-book:http://online.fliphtml5.com/yvta/xdui/#p=1

YEWS Young European Writers Society

6. Results, evaluation, impact • Create tasks to motivate your students use the

TwinSpace • Involve parents and locals – hosting, traditional dinners• Disseminate good practices - reading competition in

Bulgaria, publications• The project blog:

http://theyoungeuropeanwriterssocietybg.blogspot.bg/

English Learning FriendsM. Ed. Nataša Ljubić Klemše, teacher counselor

eTwinning ambassador, Croatianatasa.ljk@gmail.com; @NatasaLJK

ELF PROJECT

• An example of a good practice• Present:• the synergy between Erasmus+ and eTwinning• how important eTwinning is – in the sphere of

Erasmus+• the necessity of eTwinning in communication and

collaboration between pupils, schools, countries• the possibility to vertically connect pupils from

the 1st grade and involve them in project activities

• The project was developed and based on the eTwinning project “WALL – Wizards At Language Learning”

• The project is very successful; awarded with 14 European Quality Labels (three in Poland, four in Latvia, two in Greece, four in Romania, two in Croatia); with special award in Croatia – the acknowledgement European Language Label and with the highest award in Greece national competition (Age 5-12).

• Erasmus+ Key Action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

• Erasmus+ KA2 project – Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only

• Duration: two years 2015 – 2017

ABOUT ELF

• Coordinator: Croatia• Partners: Poland, Finland, Czech, Greece, Italy

and Turkey (met on eTwinning platform)• eTwinning platform – the base of

communication (in 1st year, continuing in 2nd year)

• Pupils from the 1st grade are involved in the project

CROATIAN TEAM

• Three experienced eTwinning teachers (two English teachers and primary school teacher)

• School team for international cooperation (background)

• The support of school principal

PROJECT AIMS AND TASKS

• To develop basic and transversal pupils’ skills using innovative methods of teaching and learning

• To improve the quality of teaching and learning with the help of new and innovative models, including ICT

• To develop pupils' key competences which are essential for young Europeans to succeed not only in today's modern society but also in their personal lives

• To offer interesting ways of learning• To promote learning and knowledge of a foreign

language• To promote language learning with ICT and new

technologies

• To improve communication between pupils, between pupils and teachers

• To teach children communication in a secure online environment (eTwinning) and direct them to secure social networks

• To develop interculturality• To develop and improve tolerance and mutual

understanding• To improve the European dimension

WORKING METHODS

• Implementation into school curriculum (through regular lessons and extracurricular activities)

• Working in national and international teams• National teams – ELF clubs (in Croatia – 3 clubs)• International teams – heterogeneous, variable,

depending on the task, tool and student’s age• Working in real-time and online

• eTwinning – the base of cooperation• All activities, instructions, materials, results,

dissemination activities are shared on the TwinSpace

• Pupils in ELF clubs work and collaborate on the TwinSpace

• Project diary on TwinSpace

ACTIVITIES in the 1st year

• Introduction – Padlet and Voki• “ice breaking” activity – Kahoot quiz (checking

pupils' knowledge of the partner countries)• ELF mascot – choosing the name and gender –

Answergarden

ELF mascot – choosing the best

and official – VoiceThread

• Elf mascot travel – visiting all the partner countries and bringing some coded tasks for the pupils (QR codes)

• ELF mascots Travel Log (created cooperatively in VoiceThread)

• Elf (Santa) – choosing the name of island where he lives – VoiceThread

• Santa's mystery island with imaginary animals (pupils collaboratively design its scenery, describe animals, their habitats and the climate) – SwitchZoo, WikiaMaps, Colorillo à ebook – Mixbook

• an online monthly magazine created by international teams – created 5 numbers of “ELF World”

• 1 special issue – about short-term exchanges of groups of pupils in Croatia

• 2 online books about Elf created by pupils collaboratively– for younger pupils made in ZooBurst, for older in BoomWriter

• “ELF Week” – competitions for the best Elf costume, creating posters promoting the project and Erasmus + programme

• booklet with WebQuest lessons plans (WebQuests on each country prepared for 'the Country of the Month events)

• VoiceThread presentations with Survival Kits in each language. The team with the best pronunciation of the foreign words is chosen at the end of each month.

• extensive research and interviewing pupils in relation to appearance, habits and hobbies of pupils involved in the project, the ELF clubs – data processing

• result: a model of an average participant of the project à made in Croatia, during short-term exchanges of groups of pupils

• 36 videoconferences

• online games and quizez – Fun zone for pupils à TwinSpace

EVALUATION

• a set of evaluation surveys regarding the project (parents, pupils and teachers) and presentation of the results

MEETINGS

• Transnational meeting in Prague, Czech, October 2015

• Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils in Bjelovar, April 2016

• Transnational meeting in Alexandroupoli, Greece, October 2016

• Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils in Lappeenranta, Finland, February 2017

• Transnational meeting in Valenzano, Italy, May 2017

RESULTS (in 1st year)• Common blog on English

http://englishlearningfriends.blogspot.hr/• Blog on Croatian http://elfcroatia.blogspot.hr/• Seven blogs in native languages promoting activities• Web site on English

http://englishlearningfriends.weebly.com/• project TwinSpace on Twinning platform• Facebook project page

https://www.facebook.com/ELF-882105685176119/?fref=ts

• Twitter project account @ELF_project_

DISSEMINATION

Very important!

• eTwinning – public project TwinSpace

• Form Class• Project day (week,

cycle) – in school• Presentations• Workshops

• Parent’s meetings• The pupils Council• Teachers Council• School Council

• Media: regional TV station, national TV, regional radio, regional and national newspapers

• Social networks (take care about safety)• Exhibitions• Competitions• Printed contents (posters, newsletters)

• Other promotional activities (flashmob)

eTwinning & Erasmus+ KA2

CONCLUSIONS:

eTwinning – the place where:• the partners meet

• the partners communicate

• the partners attended Learning Events about ICT

• the partners share activities, instructions, materials, results and dissemination activities

• pupils learn about e-safety, about ICT

• pupils communicate with peers on foreign language

• pupils learn English using ICT

• We will ensure the transferability and sustainability of our project.

WALL OF FAME

THANK YOU!

Barbara M-N’sirLower Secondary School teacher in Poznań, Poland

Information about “Call me maybe”

Students were working in international teams (using Random Group Creator) on different topics connected with mobile phones and Internet use.

MAIN IDEA: 4 TEACHERS SUPERVISORS = 4 INTERNATIONAL TEAMS

= 4 DIFFERENT THEMES

TEAM 1: SMS- language/ Polish supervisor Barbara M-N’sir

•Students had to give examples of sms-shortcuts and their translations into native languages. They wrote also short messages, created the multilingual dictionary.

•Trying new applications such as Popplet and Mind2Maps.

TEAM 2: Survey about phones and Internet use/ Spanish supervisor Ana Arias Castro

•Students were working on the questionnaire connected to phones and Internet use.

•Then, the online form was distributed among all the participants of the project and filled out.

TEAM 3: History of the telephone/ Lithuanian supervisor Neringa Lemežienė

•Students created an online presentation with information about the history of the telephone and their first phones.

•Trying Voki program and creating students’ avatars with information about their first phones.

TEAM 4: Phones of the future/ Ukrainian supervisor Halyna Mohyliak•Students were working together on an

online presentation and using their imagination have created phones of the future with descriptions and photos.

•Final product: the blog

Survey and evaluation

Thank you!

Music Makes The People Come Together

Marcin Hościłowicz - High School 3 Suwalki, Poland

WHAT• understanding cultural

diversity through songs• building awareness of

mutual help in the context of migration

• raising confidence of cooperative work to achieve a common goal

WHOPOLANDLATVIASERBIABULGARIAFRANCE

WHY

• no music classes upper-secondary schools

• the choice of students• the experience in doing

music and charitable projects

• the love for music• help can travel thousand

miles • poverty has no borders

WHENChristmas 2016 New Year 2017

HOWkey activities• discussing the issues of charity and

help• singing songs with a message of

partner countries` mother tongues• choosing the families in need• collecting a package for the families• making a videoclip of We Are The

World • singing together this song at the

common gala ceremony - live streaming

Julie : Colored by the sun,United by the sea Common activities between partners: music,song and visits

The end :)