How to define a good eTwinning project

Massimiliano D’InnocenzoNSS eTwinning Italia

Multilateral SeminarDubrovnik, 24-26 Oct. 2013

www.etwinning.net

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 standardsin 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:- 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:- 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 BEFORESome organization issues:

- 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:- 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

Things to do DURING

Think on the activities:- 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

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

Reorganize 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

One most important tip

Have fun!

Thanks for your attentionMassimiliano D’Innocenzo, eTwinning NSS Italy m.dinnocenzo@indire.it

A special thank to Diego Rojas, former eTwinning NSS Spain