The Students participating in this project had the opportunity to meet fellow mates from other European (Mediterranean) countries and communicate with them via e-mail or via instant messaging. They developed friendly relations with each other and shared details about their daily lives, traditions, cultures, perceptions, ideas, lifestyle.Establishing a common point of view of the past, students explored how the Mediterranean Sea is still the bridge between different cultures and religions. All students developed their English language vocabulary and skills. They also developed their intercultural skills, exchanged ideas, gifts and postcards and also made use of a variety of resources in order to upload powerpoint presentations, documents, files and images about their countries on twinspace. Last but not least students familiarised themselves with working in a virtual environment, identified and discussed the challenges they face living and working in them. The most important thing is that they made new friends and they gained insights from online school collaborations which will be valuable and worth remembering a life time.

1. VLARINA:
Vlasotince (VLA), Larissa (RI),
Messina (NA)
eTwinning project 2012-13
Συντονίστρια προγράμματος:
Βασιλική Παπαϊωάννου, ΠE06
10o ΛΥΚΕΙΟ ΛΑΡΙΣΑΣ

3. Participants
• 10o Λύκειο Λάρισας (10o Lykeio Larissas),
Ηρακλειανού τέρμα, 41447, Λάρισα,
Greece
http://10lyk-laris.lar.sch.gr/wordpress/
• Gimnazija “Stevan Jakovljevic”, Vlasotince,
Serbia
• Liceo "Ainis“, Via Fleri, Messina, Italy
www.ainis.it

5. Goals of eTwinning project:
• – Using linguistic, intercultural, financial and technical
information, vocabulary and terminology;
• – Increasing the motivation to learn foreign languages -
mainly English as a global language with an emphasis on
vocabulary and grammar (some basic Italian and Greek
words can also be introduced). Students can also learn to
develop their oral and writing skills in many languages;
• – Increasing the students’ interest in the history of their
town and its surroundings, native culture, religion,
tradition, lifestyle and their partners’ culture;
• – Developing new opportunities to use English, as a
foreign language, through working in a different context
(cooperation with foreign partners via e-learning);
• – Getting rid of prejudices against other cultures and
learning to accept them without judging in order to build an
attitude of openness and intercultural tolerance.

6. Suggested steps
• Location on the map of their country and city
• A Brief History of the city
• Places of Interest in the area
• Monuments, museums , landscapes
• Traditions
• Regional cuisine
• Cultural and entertainment and leisure activities by
residents
• Local musical preferences
• Sports activities

7. Benefits for students:
• Gaining social and intercultural skills
• Promoting English language vocabulary
and skills
• Enhancing ICT skills
• Getting to know eTwinning (web)
netiquette

8. • The students participating in this project had
the opportunity to meet fellow mates from
other European (Mediterranean) countries
and communicate with them via e-mail or via
instant messaging. They developed friendly
relations with each other and shared details
about their daily lives, traditions, cultures,
perceptions, ideas, lifestyle. Establishing a
common point of view of the past, students
explored how the Mediterranean Sea is still
the bridge between different cultures and
religions.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwJ91If0aIg

9. • All students developed
their English language
vocabulary and skills.
They also developed
their intercultural skills,
exchanged ideas, gifts
and postcards and also
made use of a variety of
resources in order to
upload powerpoint
presentations,
documents, files and
images about their
countries on twinspace.
http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v
=flWidFupITo&feature=
youtu.be
• Last but not least
students familiarised
themselves with
working in a virtual
environment, identified
and discussed the
challenges they face
living and working in
them. The most
important thing is that
they made new friends
and they gained
insights from online
school collaborations
which will be valuable
and worth remembering
a life time.

10. Benefits for teachers:
• Sharing and discussing ideas suitable for this
particular age group/supporting each other!
• Exploring/implementing ways to make
intercultural communication and friendship easier
to be developed.
• Collaborating on issues related to adolescence,
e-twinning twinspace, internet safety issues, web
tools and virtual learning environments.
• Planning, re-planning, evaluating, self-reflecting
• Being involved in Continuous Professional
Development (CPD)

11. Working with Twinspace:

14. Working with Wiziq: Online seminar about
Twinspace 24 February 2013

15. Exchanging postcards

16. Exchanging gifts

18. Exchanging information

19. Working with Facebook:

20. eTwinning spring campaign,
May 2013
Our school participated in the E-
twinning spring campaign with a poster
and activities for students.
POSTER →

21. We are eT-winning

22. Celebration of our e-twinning spring
poster campaign: process
• Students in various classes were divided into
groups of 4-5 people ready for action/discussion.
• Information about e-twinning was also given to
students who were not participating in the project.
• Students were given a few tasks to complete after
discussing and exchanging information with
students who had participated in the project.
• Colorful pens and materials were given to
students to help them with their tasks.
• Clear instructions and deadlines for tasks were
also given to students.

23. CELEBRATING Et-winning! Spring 2013 poster campaign!
Name of school: ……………….. ………………………… 12/05/2013
Being involved in an eTwinning project can be a rewarding experience for both teachers and
pupils.
Task 1: What are the benefits of eTwinning for pupils?
(Draw something, make a comment, write bulleted points, use your imagination!)
Task 2: What do you think of our VLARINA project this year?
NAME(S): ……………………………………………………………………………………………..

24. What the students did….
The students looked for pupils who had participated in the
e-twinning project this year, discussed with them about
their experiences and found out about the type and
quality of communication/interaction between cultures,
pupils and schools throughout the year. The winners’
activities were hang on the wall and were used in the
video production. Students ate lollipops and cakes as part
of the celebrations about eTwinning for schools in
Europe.
They also learnt a lot about eTwinning based on
distributed information sheets coming from the e-twinning
platform, had a look at the spring campaign poster we
created for ‘We are eT-winning’ campaign, commented on
it and said they are looking forward to new projects and
exciting/fun learning opportunities next year!

26. Students’ answers became a video!
The following video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4Bmux6-8Vo
also contains shots from our closed facebook group,
pictures that have been uploaded on twin space as well
as a small sample of pictures which were taken from
students’ group activities focusing on two tasks:
1. What are the benefits of e-twinning for students?
2. What did you think of our VLARINA project this year in
which 3 countries/schools were participating?

27. ETwinning is the community for schools in Europe.
ETwinning offers a platform for staff (teachers, head
teachers, librarians, etc.), working in a school in one of the
European countries involved, to communicate, collaborate,
develop projects, share and, in short, feel and be part of
the most exciting learning community in Europe.
The eTwinning action promotes school collaboration in
Europe through the use of Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) by providing support, tools and
services for schools.
http://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/discover/what_is_etwinning.htm
(17/9/2013)
What is eTwinning?

28. Please contact us if you need more
information about our project!
• Vasiliki: elryab@gmail.com http://
blogs.sch.gr/vaso_papaioannou/
• Biljana: vladini94@open.telekom.rs http://
about.me/biljana.pipovic
• Francesca: francesca.luppino@alice.it
THANK YOU!