My eTwinning Experience

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My Etwinning experience My Etwinning experience by Catherine Georgopoulou by Catherine Georgopoulou

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My Etwinning experienceMy Etwinning experienceby Catherine Georgopoulouby Catherine Georgopoulou

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At first, I looked like this…

Then things started to get better and I looked like that…

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Our project was “JOURNEY THROUGH TIME”

The purpose was to guide students, through the imaginary journey of two characters, Etwin and Ning, to discover traces that man has left in Europe in the ancient past and attempt a simple form of interpretation and historical reconstruction.

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AIMS

1. Engage the language tools for accessing different areas of knowledge.

2. Develop a communicative competence in higher dimensions and use it towards the knowledge of several languages.

3. Explain the man's past, starting from the study of evidence and going on into contemporary inquiry.

4. Encourage students to form a "critical habit", based on the ability to interpret sources and knowledge.

5. Use a number of sources such as archives, libraries, museums to reconstruct aspects of the past.

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AIMS

6. Make students aware of the history and cultural heritage they share, despite their diversity.

7. Understand and build on their cultural and historical past.

8. Increase pupils' motivation in learning.

9. Engage and enhance the different learning styles of pupils.

10. Work collaboratively with teachers and pupils of other European schools, for the creation of common products.

11. Stimulate the ability of the students to relate positively with other peoples and environments in Europe.

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Educational Objectives (according to Bloom’s taxonomy)

Analyse Investigate Interpret Discuss Recognize Distinguish Infer Compare Correlate

Observe Make assumptions Link cause and effect Recognize Communicate Revise Reconstruct Evaluate Narrate

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Tools used

Etwinning Twinspace Webquest Powerpoint presentations Web 2.0 tools:• Issuu.com for electronic publications• Hot Potatoes for quizzes and crosswords • Jigsaw planet for puzzles• Classtools.net for games• Google-maps for our collaborative European map

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The scenario

• Etwin and Ning are two pupils who want to know their origins and history. They embark on a journey to discover the traces of the ancient past in Europe. The journey begins in Italy and continues in various partner countries. The students of various partner schools follow the adventures of the two characters telling a common storytelling. At the end, they create a geographical map - of the major historical sites visited by Etwin and Ning and they test their knowledge by creating a package of educational games. 

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SOME OF THE PRODUCTS

Presentations Virtual museum presentation (3D) E-book Google maps:• http://goo.gl/maps/QPokR• http://goo.gl/maps/9Y3v8 Jigsaw puzzles:• http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=32ba537a64ea• http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=1226a465c175

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MORE PRODUCTS:

Educational games:• http://www.classtools.net/widgets/dustbin_3/

Wj8aF.htm• http://new-

twinspace.etwinning.net/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=24941093&p_p_id=20&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=1&p_p_col_count=3&_20_struts_action=%2Fdocument_library%2Fview&_20_folderId=25043313

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Results and Benefits• The main results are a digital storytelling in comics, a geo-

historical map and a number of educational games. • The project has brought Europe closer to the children improving

relationships and understanding between schools in Europe. It is a successful collaboration among 9 countries promoting multiculturalism that cultivates tolerance.

• The teachers have developed innovative teaching methods with the use of ICT tools.

• Students have learnt more about the history and the past of their country and of other countries in Europe, as well.

• They have also acquired new skills and competences (historical, cultural, artistic and communicative) through a variety of activities. The project encourages them to formulate a critical mind based on the ability to interpret sources and knowledge and enables them to use their knowledge in different learning environments.

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Now I feel more like that…

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The images are retrieved from www.google.com/images and the twinspace of the project.

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