How to define a good eTwinning project

How to define
a good eTwinning project
By Massimiliano D’Innocenzo (IT NSS)
George Glass (UK) - Alessandra Pallavicini (IT) - Camilo Rodriguez (ES)
A workshop about…
Project management and teamwork…
What does it mean in eTwinning?
A good or great project has…
What is quality and impact in eTwinning?
Improving quality and raising student standards
in a project….
How to do that in eTwinning?
Three tips for a new project to start…
1. At the beginning, relax and look forward
2. During the project, relax and look around
3. At the end, relax and look back
Things to agree BEFORE
Detect your needs:
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What you are not happy with in your teaching
What you want to improve
What you want to try
What you can learn from each other
Things to agree BEFORE
Involve your students:
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What they’d like to do
How they’d like to learn
What they already know
What they can teach you
Ask them! Negotiate with them!
Things to agree BEFORE
Some organisation issues:
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Number and age of students
Time to work in the project per week/month
Holiday periods
Timing
School ICT facilities
Number of schools involved
Teachers/subjects per school
Things to agree BEFORE
Set the objectives:
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Concrete
Realistic
Measurable
What final products are expected?
How these products relate to the objectives?
How will they be evaluated?
Things to agree BEFORE
Done?
Now, try to point out
the strengths and weaknesses of your plan…
and Revise!
Aim at quality!
A quality project doesn’t have to be
spectacular,
difficult,
complex,
long,
or sophisticated.
A quality project just has to be EFFICIENT
Ask your NSS for quality criteria before starting
BEFORE – keyword
Planning
Practice 1 (15 min.)
Work in groups of 3-4 Ambassadors
1. Define some objectives for your project idea
2. Assign an expected concrete results/final product to each
objective
3. Try to say how will you assess them
Use this PADLET http://padlet.com/wall/rltmimbspz
Things to do DURING
Think on the activities:
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Are they motivating?
Are they relevant?
Do they require collaboration?
Do NOT choose the tools first. Think upside
down!
Things to do DURING
Monitoring:
-
Use the Project Cards
Evaluate
How will you evaluate? Use rubrics
Reflect, rethink, revise
What is a rubric?
Adapted from: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/tidepoolunit/rubrics/collrubric.html
DURING – keyword
Collaborate
Practice 2 (15 minutes)
Work in groups of 3-4 Ambassadors
1. Design an activity for which collaboration is
necessary
2. Do you already know which tool could be used in
this activity?
3. Describe #2 here
http://etwinningit.titanpad.com/1
Things to make you think AFTER
Evaluate the project (remember the rubrics?):
- Ask students and teachers
- Check objectives and results
- What would you change in further projects?
Things to make you think AFTER
Reorganise material:
- Can a third person follow the development of the
project?
- Is the TwinSpace clear?
- Is there enough documentation?
- What should be public and what should be kept
private?
Things to make you think AFTER
Are you satisfied?
Then, why don’t you go for a Quality Label?
- Ask your NSS
- Create a “visitor” for evaluators
- QL application is only a guide for evaluators: if you have more
documentation, add it in the TwinSpace
- Put yourself in the place of an evaluator: is everything clear?
AFTER – keywords
Reflect
&
Share
Co-operative working
Independent learning
Building self confidence
Developing a sense of community
Understanding local and global
citizenship issues
Effective communication using ICT
Ability to function within a variety of
learning and teaching styles
Equality of opportunity for every pupil
Provides opportunity and a framework to
be creative and innovative
A context for teaching & learning from
basic engagement to cutting edge
Product +
Successful learners
Confident individuals
Responsible citizens
Effective contributors
Practice 3 (15 minutes of discussion)
- Which
of the 6 quality criteria will be the most
difficult to reach? And the easiest?
- Does talking about sustainability/ transfereability
make sense in an eTwinning project?
- Collaboration is only “communication”?
- Pedagogical innovation: is possible and different in
each project?
http://tricider.com/multiBrainstorming/CGQY
One most important tip
Have fun!
Thanks for your attention
Massimiliano D’Innocenzo, eTwinning NSS Italy m.dinnocenzo@indire.it
George Glass, eTwinning Ambassador UK georgejglass@googlemail.com
Alessandra Pallavicini, eTwinning Ambassador Italy alessandra1507@gmail.com
Camilo Rodríguez Macias, eTwinning Ambassador Spain camiloyrosa@gmail.com