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Contents

01 Welcome                               11 My Country, Your Country
02 Beyond the Borders                    12 Past Generations, New Innovations
03 Easter Traditions                     13 Stamp Stories
04 Friends en Forme                      14 Stories & Art Together
05 I’ve Got a Frog in my Throat          15 Street Art Talks
06 Let’s Create a Book                   16 Top 10 Disappearing Treasures
07 Love It or Hate It                       of Europe
08 Making Friends                        17 Transmission for the Global
09	Ealaín an Ghothaíochais agus an     18 We Are Europe
     Renaissance san Iodáil & i Sasana   19 You Can’t Judge a Book by its Cover
10 Mi Vida Y Yo                          20 Contact

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Welcome                                                                                             01

The eTwinning National Quality Label ( N Q L )   This e-book provides details of the 18 N Q L
provides concrete recognition for teachers and   winners in Ireland in 2018. As you will see,
students who have achieved excellence through    the projects vary widely in theme and content
an eTwinning project. N Q Ls boost motivation,   but the commitment to digital collaborative work
and are public affirmation of a school’s         and pedagogical innovation is common to all.
commitment to quality and openness               We are very grateful to the teachers who have
in European collaborative work.                  allowed us to feature their work in this booklet
                                                 and we hope its readers are inspired to apply
                                                 some of these innovative approaches to
                                                 their own projects in the future.

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Beyond the Borders                                                                                                                                 02
Ronan O’ Sullivan, Davis College, Mallow

The design and goals of this project were            Following a ‘flipped classroom’ methodology,       logo contest and Kindness Tips as gifts in
based on the belief that a culture of inclusion      students were given resources, videos              an original Christmas advent calendar.
is a key factor for the development of global        or texts to analyse at home, ahead of              Teachers communicated regularly via the
citizenship. Through a Project Based Learning        class discussions where they aired their           eTwinning teachers’ bulletin board and
approach, the teachers involved attempted to         interpretations in small groups and, eventually,   frequent emails to plan the project, monitor,
find an inclusive, universally satisfying project    at a whole class level. Finally, students          adjust, and evaluate the project’s progress.
for their diverse classrooms.                        exchanged ideas and opinions with their            From product design to use of I C T to
Students had a lot of autonomy throughout            European partners by writing in forums, on         organisation, this project called for a wide
this project. They engaged in communicative          Padlet or on other tools.                          and varied skillset, which gave every student a
digital activities like introductory videos, Q & A   There was a great amount of communication          role to play and the opportunity to make their
sessions, taking part in surveys, interviewing,      between the partners through all stages of         personal contribution to the final product.
commenting on and reacting to others’ posts,         the project. The students got to know one          One of the most-cherished outcomes among
and expressing opinions. They also practiced         another through editing profiles, writing wall     all classrooms was a song named ‘Beyond
important interpersonal skills like teamwork         posts, taking part in the discussion forum         the Borders’ that some students created, and
and collaboration; and improved their digital        ‘Meeting space’, participating to the              others sang.
competence by using a variety of I C T tools.

                                                     “The project was well integrated with the school
                                                      plan on inclusion and it allowed an interesting
                                                      exchange of practices with the partner schools.
                                                      It created a positive and empathetic environment
                                                      for all the students.”
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Traditions de Pâques / Easter Traditions                                                                                                            03
Siobhán Daly, Our Lady’s Secondary School, Castleblayney

This project was initiated at an eTwinning            words’ relating to Easter. Students worked        roles to one another throughout the process.
seminar in Poitiers, France. Working alongside        independently using the Twinspace forums to       All new information they gathered was
teachers from France and Austria, it was              discuss their own experiences with Easter.        shared with their class, generating great
decided the classes would create a project            Each group then worked together to                discussion during lessons and contributing
based on Easter traditions in each respective         compare their own experiences of Easter           to the students’ cultural awareness of their
country. The project was organised under four         with the international students in their group,   partner countries. The information also
headings: traditions, religion, holiday, activities   communicating their results on the shared         allowed for easy integration into other subject
and food. The groups were mixed, with children        platforms.                                        areas eg. baking a French ‘Easter cake’ in
from Ireland, France and Austria in each.             The project fit well into the new Junior Cycle    Home Ec. The parents followed the updates
Students, in the target language of French,           French Curriculum, particularly under the         of the project on the school’s Twitter page.
used Padlet pages and eTwinning Forum Pages           headings of Cultural Awareness, Active Learning   French pronunciation and overall literacy of
to introduce themselves and to collaborate            and ICT. Students enjoyed the independent         the students improved over the course of the
on projects. Each group brainstormed ‘key             learning experience and happily assigned          project, according to class teachers.

                                                      “As a teacher, it was excellent to see students
                                                       present in the target language to the best of their
                                                       ability. As well as improving their French literacy
                                                       skills it also encouraged a natural understanding
                                                       of French culture. The most successful result,
                                                       in my opinion, was witnessing the students’
                                                       confidence growing.”
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Friends en Forme                                                                                                                                04
Annemarie O’ Donovan, St. Michael’s Church of Ireland NS, Cork

The project was a shared experience between      The project began with the creation of an          By use of personal artefacts and the Europa
St. Michael’s Church of Ireland NS in Ireland    introductory video, where the children shared      website, the classes learned about the
and Ecole Saint Joseph in France. The project    some basic information about themselves.           geography of their partner country. They used
encouraged pupils to, firstly, share the         From here, each school took it in turns to         personal artefacts to convey cultural and social
games and rhymes they play at break time         upload weekly videos detailing a song/game         aspects of their home country and engaged
and, secondly, to stay active at school. The     they enjoyed, as well as instructions on how to    in an artefact exchange ­— some hurleys were
variety of activities and teaching approaches    play for their partner class. The classes would    sent to France and boules were sent to Ireland.
used throughout ‘Friends en Forme’ directly      attempt to learn each song/game and discuss        These were a big hit in both schools! The project
correlated with elements of the Active Flag,     differences and similarities, as well as the key   continues to expand, with a new idea to share
Digital Flag and Bluestar Curriculum.            phrases, in each language.                         poetry, songs and drama activities using skype.
The teachers first met and began planning the    The children interacted with each other            The class’s exploration of Blackrock was shared
project at an eTwinning event in Newcastle.      via Twinspace, and posted each other               on St. Michael’s homepage.
Their correspondence then moved to email and     Christmas gifts. These gifts (handmade cards       The project was reported to be a great success
other online platforms where they collaborated   and decorations) were displayed in their           in Ms. O’  Donovan’s multi-grade classroom
on their shared and personal project goals.      respective schools.                                who commented that the age-diverse
                                                                                                    groupings allowed for lots of shared learning
                                                                                                    between the pupils.
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I’ve Got a Frog in my Throat                                                                                                                   05
Karen Murnane, St. Patrick’s NS

The project was a short project for European     adding them to the eTwinning platform. They        ( used as a voting tool for the project’s logo
Day of Languages, focused on idioms from         made oral presentations of their idiom to their    competition ). Each partner participated in the
around Europe. The project saw students          classmates before working, in groups, to create    European Day of languages — a PowerPoint
exploring idioms from their own country and      a digital image of their idiom using the Picasso   presentation was shown to the class and the
comparing them with their international peers    App. They used a school email account to           children learned how to say hello in several
via Twinspace. The children began the project    send their finished images to the school           European Languages. At the end of the
by taking digital images of their school and     Flickr account. A class Padlet was created to      project, the participants voted on a theme for
working in groups to create a class PowerPoint   communicate ideas to other project partners.       the idioms and, finally, an ebook was created
presentation which they shared with their        Other communication was carried out through        where each participating school had a page.
partner countries. Next, they researched         use of apps like Dotstorming ( used to compare     A comprehensive document charting the whole
local / national turns of phrase, and began      idioms between countries ), and Tricider           project was also shared in the Twinspace.

                                                 “This has been a mind-opening experience for
                                                   both pupils and teachers in our school. We
                                                   learned about many new online tools that we had
                                                   not previously experienced. The children gained
                                                   an in-depth knowledge of idioms and learned how
                                                   to explain them in simple language. The pupils
                                                   got to see that idioms are common throughout
                                                  Europe, that many are similar to the ones in
                                                   Ireland but there are also some quite different.”
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Let’s Create a Book! Nuestro Libro                                                                                                                06
Amy Ní Chofaigh, Gaelscoil de h Íde

Throughout this project the Irish      The languages English, Spanish        Chruthaigh na páistí as an Spáinn     agus cumas cur i láthair na
and Spanish pupils collaborated to     and Irish were promoted throughout    agus as Éirinn leabhar scéalta        páistí chomh maith. Phriontáil na
create a storybook over a period of    the project and also during the       le chéile. Bhain siad an-úsáid        múinteoirí an leabhar amach chun
8 months. Under teacher guidance,      live Skype meetings. The teachers     as an eTwinning TwinSpace,            taispeáint do na dáltaí go léir sna
they used Twinspace, Microsoft         created thematic project pages        Microsoft Word agus an aip:           dhá scoil.
Word and the Book Creator App.         and the pupils actively contributed   Book Creator. Chum na páistí, ag      Feabhsaíonn eTwinning tuiscint na
The project began with story           to these. The Irish pupils also       obair i ngrúpaí beaga, tús scéal      múinteoirí agus feasacht na ndaltaí
collaborations. The pupils worked      welcomed a visit from children’s      agus chríochnaigh a gcairde sa        ar chursaí cultúir. Bhain na páistí
in small groups of 2/3 to compose      news television programme RTE         Spáinn é. Tháinig an clár téilifíse   an-taitneamh as bheith páirteach i
half a story, and their counterparts   News2Day and were featured on         News2Day ar cúirt go dtí an           Ríomhcleamhnas idir Scoileanna!
abroad finished them. The pupils       the national evening news on 18       Gaelscoil chun foghlaim faoin
also contributed to Padlet pages,      January, 2018.                        dtionscadal. Bhí an píosa cúrtha
project journals and sent home-        The children produced a               amach ar an nuacht ar an 2
made Christmas and Easter cards        storybook which was shared on         Feabhra, 2018.
to each other. They also used the      the eTwinning forum. The book         Tríd an tionscadal spreagadh
Twinspace live chat feature.           was printed by both schools so it     agus forbraíodh scileanna
                                       could be shared and enjoyed by        teicneolaíochta nua-aimseartha
                                       all of their pupils and the wider
                                       school communities.
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Love It or Hate It                                                                                                                              07
Elaine Sweeney, Our Lady of Mercy College

This project looked at the positive and         Over the course of a year, the students          Apart from developing key competencies,
negative effects of digital communication in    compared their technological habits with         the pupils had an opportunity to practice
modern society. It saw young Europeans from     those of their peers ( at home and abroad ).     soft skills: taking initiative, being friendly, and
Ireland, Poland, Italy and the Czech Republic   The students participated in a variety of        producing high quality work. They discovered
interacting and collaborating to identify the   interactive communicative activities: guessing   innovative and exciting ways of using
risks associated with digital communication,    games, brainstorming and forum discussions.      technology to express their personalities,
social networking and overdependence            They collated the information and analysed       style, and ideas through a variety of media.
on technology. They tried to come up with       the results, looking for solutions while         They used a combination of words, pictures
possible ways to break bad or unhealthy         working cooperatively in mixed groups.           and videos to convey their thoughts.
digital habits and to become safe, confident    They reflected in groups and as a whole class
and critical users of technology.               on their results before sharing thoughts
                                                on Padlets and creating short films as a
                                                response to their findings.

                                                “This project has contributed to improve
                                                  our students’ digital, linguistic and social
                                                  competencies and having a real international
                                                  audience of peers made the students’ work
                                                  more meaningful and increased motivation.”

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Making Friends                                                                                                                                        08
Glenda Mc Keown, Our Lady of Fatima Special School

This project was born out of the Move2Learn,        The project began with the teacher-designed           Prior to the visit, the classes collaborated on
Learn2Move award, which Our Lady of                 activities in the shared online spaces: the           a request to visit the President of the Junta de
Fatima, Wexford had earned through a                Spanish group elected a series of monuments           Extremadura in which they would describe
previous eTwinning project ( Holidays &             in Mérida, drawing them and creating puzzles          their eTwinning projects and present the book
Celebrations in European schools ). The theme       with the Jigsaw Puzzle tool. The Irish Group          ‘The Odyssey of Max’, which was the product
had been integrated into the classroom’s            had to make the puzzles and find out what             of the previous eTwinning project. Max is a
Junior Certificate curriculum, as part of the       monument each was. Once this activity was             rubber foam puppet figure who travelled to
‘Friendship’ module, and was completed              finished, the Spanish students created a video        different European countries, including both
throughout the school year. The project was         with drawings and descriptions in English of          the Spanish and the Irish schools, where Max
designed as a lead into an eventual trip to         the monuments. The students became real               stayed and experienced a national festival.
visit their partner school in the city of Merida,   actors of the project, developing their creativity,   The classes also requested permission to visit
Spain. In preparation for the visit, the classes    responsibility and autonomy, and making very          the Mayor of Merida, where both the Spanish
corresponded via Twinspace and a shared             exciting footage for the Irish students.              and Irish students, as well as their teachers,
online blog.                                                                                              would interview the Mayor in English. Both
                                                                                                          requests were granted and a video was made
                                                                                                          documenting these interviews and the various
                                                                                                          other activities the students participated in
                                                                                                          from the 20 to 26 June 2018.

                                                    “The visit to politicians in Spain (President of region
                                                      and the Mayor of Merida) was a great part of the
                                                      experience for both schools, and which has been
                                                      excellent in highlighting to them the impact of
                                                      eTwinning projects such as ours.”

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Léargas na hÉireann, Phoblacht na Tuirce agus na h Úcráine ar Ealaín                                                                                  09
an Ghothaíochais agus an Renaissance san Iodáil agus i Sasana
Maria O’ Donovan, Meánscoil San Nioclás

Bhí an tionscadal seo dírithe ar théama an             Trí fhíseáin a chruthú dá ndánlanna agus            Chruthaigh siad lógónna dá dtionscadail
Renaissance agus an Ghothaíochais. Trí obair           scannánú a dhéanamh ar mhórán mórshaothar,          agus d’oibrigh siad le chéile chun deacrachtaí
thionscadail, cuairteanna ar dhánlanna agus            thóg a bpiaraí Iodálacha na scoláirí ar ‘turais     cumarsáide a shárú agus roinn siad liosta de
staidéar ar ailtireacht, rinne na daltaí iarracht an   fhíorúla’. Ansin thóg daltaí Mheánscoil San         shainfhoclóir Renaissance Iodáilise atá fós in
tionchar a bhí ag ealaíontóirí agus smaointeoirí       Nioclás a gcomhpháirtithe ar ‘turais fhíorúla’ ar   úsáid sa Bhéarla ar Twinspace.
Renaissance ar fhorbairt chultúrtha agus               Dhánlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann agus ar Áras
shochaíoch gach tír a bhí rannpháirteach.              Nua-Ealaíne na hÉireann ag Ospidéal Ríoga Chill
Thosaigh daltaí trí thaighde a dhéanamh ar             Mhaighneann (atá ina foirgneamh Renaissance).
thopaic na dtionscadal leo féin sula ndeachaigh        Rinne na daltaí machnamh agus d’ fhreagair
siad i dteagmháil lena bpiaraí ón Iodáil,              siad do shaothair agus do thionscadail aonair
ó Phoblacht na Tuirce agus ón Úcráin, trí ardán        a gcomhpháirtithe agus iad ag roghnú saothar
an ríomhnasctha.                                       chun taighde breise a dhéanamh orthu.

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Mi Vida Y Yo                                                                                                                                 10
R. Stokes, Dominican College, Sion Hill

This project, carried out entirely in Spanish,   These included: My Profile, Getting to          Communication was carried out mainly
involved 103 students in five classrooms         Know You, Describing People and Places,         through Twinspace. Instructions were placed
around Europe: Spain, Italy, France, Germany     Hobbies and Homes, Our Schools.                 here for each project task and on-going
and Ireland. The students were the same          Through the use of a wide range of technology   feedback was provided by teachers and also
age and the partnership enabled them             and teamwork techniques, the students           by peers. Impressive work was produced
to get to know each other and to explore         improved their language levels, interpersonal   here, with Ms. Stokes commenting that the
other countries and cultures. I C T ( Digital    and communication skills, digital technology    feedback function improved her students
Technology ), Citizenship and Languages were     competencies and creativity. Using apps like    ‘attention to detail and productivity’.
the core subjects chosen by the five teachers.   Padlet, PicCollage, Powtoons, Avatar-makers     The students enjoyed communicating
                                                 and 3-D Planners, as well as audio-visual       through eTwinning messages and, in
For the Dominican College Sion Hill              recording on iPads, students produced and       some cases, video calls. Twinspace
participants, the project aimed above all        uploaded slideshows, videos, cartoons,          was especially beneficial for student
to increase the students’ fluency in the         questionnaires and dream-home plans, all        collaboration. The teams, comprising
Spanish language. Themes for the project         in Spanish.                                     students from each of the five countries,
were selected from the M F L curriculum.                                                         were able to quickly reach a consensus
                                                                                                 before beginning each task, updating on
                                                                                                 progress and uploading their creations.

                                                 “I think the school benefited as the students
                                                   increased a wide range of skills, learned lots about
                                                   new cultures and also became more motivated
                                                  to improve their Spanish. For me, the most
                                                   successful result was the students’ increased
                                                   confidence and motivation in using the Spanish
                                                   language at all times.”
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My Country, Your Country                                                                                                                          11
Laura Mc Namara, St. Joseph’s College
Pupils age 13—19

‘My Country, Your Country’ explores and             The stages and deadlines of the project were    motivating factor throughout the project.
compares Italian and Irish cultures. The            established and respected by the students       The students used the information they had
children were led to discover the cultural          throughout the project. They selected           gathered to create multimedia productions
heritage of the two countries. The project          appropriate resources to produce multimedia     on various aspects of their partner’s culture,
included a live event, online presentations,        presentations using software such as            including ‘Tips for a real traveller’, ‘Where to go
sharing on Twinspace and journal writing.           Animoto, Stupeflix, Kizoa, and Power Point.     and what places to visit’ and ‘Do’s and Don’ts’.
The project began with a brain- storming            They read posts and posted on Padlet, and       The project culminated in a face-to-face
session via the learning tool ‘answer garden"       corresponded with their Italian peers on the    meeting between the Irish and Italian students
where the pupils reflected on prejudices            Twinspace forum using their target language.    in St. Joseph College, Lucan where they
and stereotypes of the partner’s national           In the classroom, they participated in the      played bilingual games using the multimedia
culture. From here, the students took to their      preparation of questionnaires, the review of    presentations they created. This was, by all
Twinspace forum to reflect collaboratively on       the presentations, and to live events. They     accounts, a highly exciting and joyful affair!
the results, and to review the ‘current’ cultural   developed a wonderful curiosity about the
image of their partner country.                     culture of the partner country and this was a

                                                    “Without technology this project would have been
                                                      impossible. Technology allowed me to go beyond
                                                      traditional didactic and transform the learning space
                                                      creating new areas for collaboration, experimentation
                                                      and creativity. Moreover, my students were fortunate
                                                      to experience the mannerism, the thoughts and
                                                      feelings of the Italian students through on line
                                                      exchanges and during their meeting.”
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Past Generations, New Innovations                                                                                                                  12
Jenny Bell, Whitecross School

The priority of this project was to instil a          They took part in various traditional activities   St. Patrick’s Day) and the blog ‘Past
‘sense of place’ into learners by focusing            including weaving, baking, sports and              Generations New Innovations’. The children
on the traditions and folklore of their local         playground games. Some videos of these             also decided on items to include in time
community. The project looked at buildings,           activities can be viewed here. The children        capsules which will be opened in 2038.
the lives of people living in the area through        shared their work in a number of ways.             Ms. Bell had the opportunity to travel to
the years, local myths and legends, sports,           Displays and questions sheets were organised       participating countries and experience the
arts and craft, food and customs. The project         in the school, while updates and questions         culture and heritage for herself and has said
had the further aim of integrating classroom          were aired communally via Twinspace,               that the teachers a hopeful that they will work
learning with digital technology.                     Facetime or Skype. The students also sent          together on new projects very soon. The
The project integrated easily into English,           letters and cards to each other via An Post.       students are equally excited about maintaining
Art, History, Geography and Developing                Many collaborative e-products were created         contact with their new friends through
Citizenship ( S P H E ). The children went on local   during the process. These included a               Facetime, Skype calls and penpal letters.
excursions, interviewed parents, grandparents         recipe book, a dictionary, presentations
and retired members of the community.                 about local / national festivals ( Hallowe’en,

                                                      “This project has had a major positive impact on our
                                                        pupils and whole school community. The pupils
                                                        have actively engaged in our local community and
                                                        begun to appreciate what came before. Technology
                                                        has been an essential part of our project. It has
                                                        allowed us to take the project to another level and
                                                        really brought it to life for the children.”

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Stamp Stories                                                                                                                                   13
Carol Fynn, St. Colman’s College

‘Stamp Stories’ examined stamps from           on the Twinspace platform, while the stamps          Students decided within Framapad software
Germany, France, Spain and Ireland, and led    that came on the envelope were studied and           who would write the introduction, history,
to a further study of monuments throughout     researched in groups of 8 ( 2 students per           present use and other relevant facts of each
Europe. The collaborators met originally in    country ).                                           monument. The Framapad tool was found
Munich at an eTwinning conference. ‘Use        Together, the students produced text for 12          to be particularly useful as each country’s
of Stamps’ was decided as the focus of the     stamps. In addition, the students individually       contribution was colour coded for ease of
project, and ‘Daily Lives’ was assigned as     wrote a story from the perspective of the            communication. Students then researched
the theme.                                     artefact / building on their particular stamp. All   their area in pairs and posted their text back
The project began with each classroom          these stories were published in an e-magazine.       into the Framapad for publication in the
introducing their home country and school      Finally, each student chose a monument and           e-magazine.
through an online quiz. The classes then       wrote about it on an e-map.                          Padlet was also utilised during the project as
worked in groups to produce ‘A Day In Our                                                           a means of sharing stories and for students to
Lives’ photo collages, The accompanying text                                                        say goodbye to each other. The final page was
was written in their second language. The                                                           printed off and given to each participant as a
stories were compared online and displayed                                                          farewell parting gift.

                                               “This was such a great cross curricular project, which
                                                 occurred by default. Not only did my students enjoy the
                                                 various activities and see their amazing productions, but I
                                                 learned along the way too! I have experienced a
                                                 wealth of technology and it has revolutionised
                                                 my teaching. We are planning a visit to out
                                                 Spanish partner school next year!”

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Stories and Art Together                                                                                                                         14
Sara Freeman, Ballinspittle National School

‘Stories and Art Together’ is a collaborative      The main areas of focus for the project were     Next, the children created characters,
art and story-telling project created to improve   oral language development and improved           assigning them with unique interests and
creativity, oral language skills and critical      planning and critical thinking skills.           personality traits. They shared these with their
thinking skills between pupils in Cork and         The project began with the students              partner school via Twinspace.
London. The partners originally met at an          brainstorming facts about their own              They set up their own avatars and profiles
eTwinning Seminar in Dublin, where they            immediate surroundings. This information was     so that they could log in at home, show their
came up with the idea of the project and           used to create a large scale shared-picture of   parents the progress of the project and view
created a timeline of work.                        a story setting, using a wide range of drawing   and comment on each other’s work.
The children were encouraged to focus on           materials. They brainstormed story lines and     The students worked in groups to script and
their talents and channel their creativity into    exchanged ideas before working in groups to      record films which were aired, along with the
creating stories, without worrying about the       record different scenes on a school iPad.        videos of their partner school, in Ballinspittle
conventions of more formal story writing.                                                           National School during Friendship week.

                                                   “My students all regard this experience as a
                                                    highlight of their school year 2017– 2018. They
                                                    loved every minute of being creative and working
                                                    together collaboratively with students from
                                                    different classes.”

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Street Art Talks                                                                                                                           15
Maria O’ Donovan, Meánscoil San Nioclás

In this project students from Ireland and         Sa tionscadal seo chomhoibrigh scoláirí       Agus iad ag obair ar bhonn aonair, ina
France collaborated to complete a project         ó Éirinn agus ón bhFrainc le chéile chun      mbeirteanna, i mbuíonta beaga nó mar
on street art — researching its origins,          tionscadal ar an ealaín sráide a chur i       ghrúpaí ranga, chuir na daltaí iad féin in
early / modern examples, famous street            gcrích-trí thaighde a dhéanamh ar a bunadh,   aithne, phléigh siad saothair éagsúla ealaíne
artists, art materials and mediums used.          ar shamplaí luath / comhaimseartha, ar        agus rinne siad taighde ar ealaíontóirí sráide.
They worked collaboratively to design             ealaíontóirí sráide cáiliúla, ar bhunábhair   D’ oibrigh siad i gcomhar le chéile ar
and complete works of public street art.          ealaíne agus ar na meáin ar baineadh          Twinspace trí iris an Tionscadail agus
They studied artists including Bansky,            úsáid astu. D’ oibrigh siad i gcomhar le      trí ghné an ‘chomhrá’. Bhí Padlets,
Shepard Fairey and Novice. Irish students         chéile chun saothair iomlána ealaíne sráide   Powerpoint agus PDFanna leabaithe sa
went to a Street Art Festival, saw the            poiblí a dhearadh agus a chur i gcrích.       Twinspace Ríomhnasctha agus cuir i láthair
work of street artists from all over the          Rinne siad staidéar ar ealaíontóirí a raibh   as Gaeilge agus as Béarla á gcruthú.
globe and got to discuss and share this           Bansky, Shepard Fairie agus Novice ina
experience with the French Students.                                                            Chomhoibrigh Scoláirí Éireannacha le chéile
                                                  measc. D’  fhreastail daltaí Éireannacha      chun coincheap físiúil do shráid phoiblí
The collaborated on the Twinspace, through        ar Fhéile Ealaíne Sráide, chonaic siad        allamuigh a cheapadh as a cruthaíodh
the Project Journal and also through the ‘chat’   saothar ealaíontóirí sráide ó gach cearn      múrphictiúir ina scoileanna. Bhain siad
feature. Padlets, PowerPoint and P D Fs to        den domhan agus fuair siad an deis an         taitneamh comh mór sin as go bhfuil tosnaithe
create presentations ­­— in both English and      taithí a roinnt leis na Scoláirí Francacha.   acu ar mhúrphictiúr nua arís i mbliana.
Gaeilge — were embedded into the eTwinning
Twinspace. They enjoyed it so much, the
students have begun a new mural this year.

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Top Ten Disappearing Treasures of Europe                                                                                                       16
Ronan O’ Sullivan, Davis College, Mallow
Pupils ages 13­­­—19

This project, stemming from a meeting in            The teachers adopted a Project Based           Students communicated through the
Serbia between eTwinning Ambassadors,               Learning approach to this project. Students    Twinspace and through collaborative online
sought to bring to life ‘the forgotten              were given the broad outline of the project    tools. These tools allowed great room for
and disappearing treasures of Europe’.              and were expected to research and              collaboration and democracy among the
Incorporating both formal and informal learning     develop their ideas from there. I C T was      students, who used them to share ideas
environments, the project hit on areas of the       used to develop these ideas through apps       and vote on topics. The students created
History, Geography and C S P E curricula.           including Quizlet, Tricider and Padlet.        projects, videos and written pieces of work
Through investigations of historical sites,         The project began with online meetings for     over the course of the project and these were
monuments and traditions, as well as flora, fauna   teachers via Twinspace. This led to some       uploaded and shared on the Twinspace.
and natural resorts, the classrooms created         email correspondence, before a detailed work   By participating in the project each
the Top Ten list of lost treasures of Europe.       schedule was created in the Twinspace.         institution became familiar with the different
                                                    The teachers communicated here                 educational systems and pedagogical
                                                    using the eTwinning teacher bulletin,          practices of their partner schools. All
                                                    online meetings, email, and phone.             participants agreed that the project was an
                                                                                                   important part of establishing a European
                                                                                                   and intercultural dimension in their school.

                                                    “There is now the exciting possibility that teachers
                                                      will be challenged to create learning environments
                                                      that promote independent thinking, conceptual
                                                      understanding, innovation and lifelong learning.
                                                     This idea is really at the heart of this project:
                                                      students realised that there is no one size fits all
                                                      approach to education.”

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TransMission for the Global Goals                                                                                                              17
Elaine Sweeney, Our Lady of Mercy College

The aim of the TransMission project was to        of global issues in their own countries and        The radio station featured a podcast for each
introduce sustainable development goals to        finding out how these were addressed by their      goal and was scripted, edited and sound-
young people and unite them in action. The        governments. They researched individually,         tracked by the students.
project involved students from Spain, France,     brainstormed their findings, carried out surveysThe UN Global Goals are viewed as important,
Poland, Italy, Turkey and Ireland. The students   in their community, and analysed the results.   world-changing objectives that will require
worked together in teams, exchanging ideas on     Their findings were then shared creatively and  cooperation among governments, international
different challenges they are currently facing,   comprehensively with their international peers  organizations and world leaders. The teachers
and attempted to work out what kind of world      via Twinspace.                                  leading the project hoped that the participation
they will face in 2030.                           They students expressed their thoughts through of the students in discourse on current global
The students began the project by studying        a variety of media including artwork, logos, an challenges would encourage awareness of the
the U N Sustainable Development Goals in          e-magazine and a radio channel: TransMission. current threats to global stability and inspire
their own classrooms ­— finding examples                                                          them to stand up for a better future.

                                                  “The use of technology, besides allowing working
                                                    together at distance, produced a higher level of
                                                    students’ engagement and triggered their creativity
                                                    in the multimedia products. We hope the students
                                                    have understood the importance of taking action
                                                    and also how demanding their mission is to
                                                   ‘Transform’ the world is.’”

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We Are Europe                                                                                                                                   18
Carol Fynn, Terence McSwiney College

This wide-spanning project was a combined         with the eTwinning platform. Questions that        In Ireland, he arrived by tractor and left by
effort between Czech Republic, Austria,           arose along the research path were aired and       rowing boat. The students were involved in all
Poland, France, U K, Germany, Republic of         addressed by the students in the Twinspace.        aspects of the film-making process and the
Moldova, Serbia, Spain, Slovakia, Belgium and     They spent one session per week on the             music was voted on in democratic election.
Ireland.                                          project.                                           In the classroom, the pupils created a collage
The idea came about in Munich at an               Next, the students watched a Youtube video         of Rufus’ adventures. Through this they
eTwinning conference. The teachers decided        and learned how to make mascots from old           inferred lots of information about each other
the project would take place over one             towels. The winning mascot ‘Rufus’ then            — fashion, food, climate etc.
year and would be guided generally by the         physically travelled to each of the 10 countries   Overall the project was hugely successful
following questions: What makes our country       to see for himself how varied / similar each       in teaching children about other European
different / the same? What makes Europe           European culture was.                              cultures and in forging friendships. At
great? How can Europe improve?                    A 1 min video of the mascot tour was also          Christmas, each school sent a parcel
The project began with each country sharing       created. Rufus’ means of transport in each         anonymously to another school. A class pass-
a class photo and a description of their school   country became a particularly exciting             the-parcel video was created to show the other
on the Twinspace. Through various games and       element, with every class trying to choose a       schools how their gift was opened.
quizzes the students familiarised themselves      mode which reflected their culture best.

                                                  “I know my class enjoyed the project because they
                                                    were always asking me what we were doing next.
                                                   The whole film brought Rufus together with our
                                                    school in a perfectly timed, perfectly trimmed,
                                                    perfectly edited clip. We’re delighted with the result
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You Can’t Judge a Book by its Cover                                                                                                                   19
Elaine Sweeney, Our Lady of Mercy College

This project allowed students to explore the         They began to recognise the diversity of            They created imaginative, unique pieces of
themes of inclusion, tolerance, acceptance           literary and social voices within each country      work including striking ‘black out poetry’,
and equality as part of their European Studies       they twinned with. Hearing these international      which can be viewed on their Padlet page.
class. The collaborating schools, from Poland,       voices for the first time allowed the students      As well as apps and software, the children
France, Greece, The Netherlands and Ireland,         to relate with the project title ‘You Can’t Judge   utilised electronic equipment during the
via the world of literature, attempted to attain a   a Book by its Cover’. They shared these             project including smartphones and school
deeper understanding of each other’s culture.        observations as a class, and as an international    recording equipment to create content and the
The project took place over the academic year        community via their project Twinspace.              school’s interactive whiteboard to screen video
2017 / 2018.                                         Having broadened their knowledge of                 calls with partners.
Students developed an appreciation of how            international literature, the students began        The project culminated in creation of a book of
language and genre can shape the meaning             writing their own poetry and prose.                 illustrated poems / short stories, followed by an
and message of a written piece.                                                                          audio book / dramatisation of selected pieces.

                                                     “The greatest success of this project was
                                                       seeing my students’ growing appreciation
                                                       for cultural differences. The have learned to
                                                       appreciate each other’s differences and grow
                                                       together as a team. I truly think they will no
                                                       longer ‘Judge a Book by its Cover!’”

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Contact the National Support Service                                                                                                           20
for eTwinning in Ireland
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