eTwinning Prizes: Winners 2007

Age Category 4-11

Runner-up

Project: Once Upon A Blog

Schools: St. Joseph, Mater Boni Consilii School, Malta
Saint Attracta's Senior National School, Ireland

Teachers: Jacqueline Vanhear (Malta)
Joseph Molloy (Ireland)

Description of project:
Students exchange myths and legends from their island nations and learn about each other’s lifestyles and attitudes using Blog and Podcast technologies.

Comments from the jury:
This project involves a lot of interaction between two primary school groups in Ireland and Malta.
The project was chosen for the wonderful interaction achieved between both pupils and teachers in both schools.

Winner

Project: Gingerbread House

Schools: Základná škola Omšenie, Slovakia
Základní škola a mateřská škola Sivice, Czech Republic

Teachers: Denysa Križanova (Slovakia)
Pavel Vrtěl (Czech Republic)

Description of project:
Students transform their school life into a fairytale one. Their fairytale worlds are expressed through drawings and then transformed into a digital audio-visual format.

Comments from the jury:
The jury was impressed that this project involved not only the entire schools but also their communities. It brought eTwinning out of the classroom and into the homes of the pupils involved.

Age Group 12-15

Runner up

Project: 24 pas - 24 βήματα

Schools: Collège Michel de L'hospital, France
Eniaio Lykeio Asklipieiou, Greece

Teachers: Véronique Drujon (France)
Anthi Theodorou and Constantin Rasias (Greece)

Description of project:
Dividing the ancient Greek alphabet in two, each class prepares twenty-four words for their partner class to translate as a base for discussion about the history of Greek and Latin.

Comments from the jury:
The jury felt that this project is an example of a project which is both pedagogically strong and technologically simple. The study of both Latin and Greek vocabulary and their influence on modern languages has given the pupils an appreciation of their common heritage. In exchanging their ideas, they have begun to understand not only their cultural differences but also their similarities.

Winner

Project: Eurofilm Factory

Schools: IES Carlos III, Spain
Prienai "Ziburys" gymnasium, Lithuania

Teachers: Libia Kowarik (Spain)
Irma Sneideriene (Lithuania)

Description of project:
Students develop together a guide of tips for film making and then put their guidelines into practice by producing their own films and writing their own reviews.

Comments from the jury:
The jury felt that project is a good example of collaborative work between two schools. The students jointly scripted and produced their film. In doing so they developed many skills, such as filmmaking, using ICT apart from perfecting their use of a foreign language and they also had a great deal of enjoyment.

Age Group 16 - 19

Runner up

Project: Wir, die Jugendlichen von heute

Schools: Liceo Linguistico Internazionale "Grazia Deledda", Italy
Puumalan yhteislukio, Finland

Teachers: Loredana Vertuani (Italy)
Kirsti Lähdesmäki (Finland)

Description of project:
Students get to know each another through an online journal and produce articles, poems, short stories and critical essays to compare their lives to those of their partners.

Comments from the jury:
This project is an example of collaboration between two schools from different countries using a third language in a most effective way as their means of communication. The jury felt that it brought a new dimension to the teaching and learning of a foreign language in a way that was topical for the pupils concerned.

Winner

Project: Young people's search for personal identity

Schools: I LO im T Kosciuszki w Mysłowicach, Poland
ITIS "A.Monaco" Cosenza, Italy

Teachers: Ewa Groszek (Poland)
Paola Lico (Italy)

Description of project:
Using numerous ICT tools, adolescent students search for their identity from both a psychological and cultural perspective as they become young adults.

Comments from the jury:
It was the opinion of the jury that this project is an excellent example of the creativity of young people and relevance to what really concerns them. The subject touches on the common experience of young people, of all countries, growing up in Europe today. Their amazing website can be used as a resource by any school who wish their pupils to take an active role in planning their own futures.
 

Editor web: Christina Crawley Publicat: 02.09.2008 Ultima modificare: 25.07.2010