MAVEN. eTwinning National Awards 2016

by Cesar Herrero eTwinning Awards 2015

MAVEN is a project that promotes the learning of mathematics and English in an enjoyable way by using games, acrostic creations and videos, linking mathematics to geography and making a calendar with dates of birth of famous mathematicians. It’s aimed at pupils between 12 and 15 years old, with schools in Latvia, Estonia, Romania, Poland, Belgium, Slovenia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Spain taking part. A number of mathematical problems are solved through videoconferencing with partners. Project mascots that travel to partner countries are used as the theme, taking surprises such as QR codes, crossword puzzles, questionnaires, etc. Each month it features the work of the pupils who have participated most actively in mathematics and English fields. Continuar leyendo →

Impacto de eTwinning en el IES Alfred Ayza de Peñíscola. Estudio de Caso.

by Lourdes Gozalo Interviews

WHO IS IT? eTwinning National Awards 2016

by Cesar Herrero eTwinning Awards 2015

WHO IS IT? is an eTwinning project based on a sociocultural and language (English and French) exchange between pupils aged 11-14. Through games and endless communicative and interactive activities, pupils create their own foreign language ‘learning material’.

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Everyday Situations. 2016 eTwinning national awards

by Cesar Herrero eTwinning Awards 2015

Everyday Situations is an award-winning eTwinning project in the new 16-19 category. The project, carried out at the Cuatro Caminos secondary school (Extremadura) with partners from Italy, Poland, the United Kingdom, Portugal and Ukraine, deals with the exchange of socio-cultural aspects, mostly encouraging the language proficiency of pupils. We should highlight the great interest and motivation of students. The project has led to the creation of very valuable material, reused by other teachers in future projects. Continuar leyendo →

The incredible life of Marcus Poncius Europaeus

by Cesar Herrero eTwinning Awards 2015

The incredible life of Marcus Poncius Europaeus is an eTwinning-Comenius project with schools from Spain, Italy, Turkey, France, Greece and Poland participating. The aim is to create the biography of a fictional character who travels through Europe in Roman times, but with the particularity of using the language of contemporary media. It’s an interdisciplinary project aimed at secondary education pupils aged 14-18. Continuar leyendo →

eTwinning and STEM

by Cesar Herrero Recommendations

Surely by now you’ve heard the term STEM used more than once, you might even be familiar with it. But, do you know how you can integrate this approach into eTwinning?

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Collaboration and communication in etwinning projects: example of best practice

by Cesar Herrero Recommendations

The International Communicative Twins project is being carried out in the current 2015-2016 school year between two partners, the teacher Juan Alberto Galván from the Montpellier School in Madrid and his partner Roisin Ni Dhonncha from the Le Cheile Secondary School in Ireland.

The first activity proposed in the year-long project has been to get to know the cities of the partner schools. This activity was carried out in several phases during the first term of the year, and has been a true collaborative effort between partners.

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The incredible life of Marcus Poncius Eropaeus

by Cesar Herrero Featured projects

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The incredible life of Marcus Poncius Europaeus es un proyecto eTwinning-Comenius en el que participan centros escolares de España, Italia, Turquía, Francia, Grecia y Polonia. El objetivo es crear la biografía de un personaje de ficción que viaja por Europa en la época romana, pero con la particularidad de usar el lenguaje de los medios de comunicación contemporáneos. Continuar leyendo →

eTwinning and CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) projects

by Andrea Ganchegui Sorabilla Interviews

Loli Iglesias, Secondary education adviser at the Berritzegune de Getxo (Basque Government teaching orientation centre) shows us the benefits offered by CLIL (content and language integrated learning) focussed eTwinning projects Continuar leyendo →