My eTwinning experience…
Once upon a time… The great stories always start with once upon a time. I was at home, surfing on the Sceren website to buy a book for my class, when I saw a flag saying : « Do you want to motivate your student and open their mind ? »
“Do you want to motivate your student?” “Yes, I want !” And I signed in for eTwinning.
I had to wait a whole year until I found my first partner : Rossana, she was from Italy. At first we just decided to help chidren understand each other’s culture.
The second year, we built a clue project and I discovered how eTwinning can motivate the student. At the end of the year, they came during lunch time to finish a short movie for eTwinning.
The third year is one of my favourite because children created something together and I learned what European collaboration means.
Year after year, I meet new teachers, new students here or elsewhere in Europe. With each encounter I learn more about education, but also about myself as a teacher; what I want for my students, what I can try, how I can help them…
I can’t imagine a year without eTwinning, because it would be an empty one. I don’t know how to explain what you bring to me : teachers, and students. I became a teacher with eTwinning, I learn so much with patient teachers and « always on the go for eTwinning » students.
I hope it will last another ten years and spread from class to class until every child has got the chance to work in.
Isabelle Dufrêne, eTwinning ambassador in France
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Une bien belle aventure que tu mènes de “main de maîtresse” pour le bien de tes élèves…Le meilleur! Bravo.
Que ton souhait se réalise un jour, Isabelle!
Lovely post, my sentiments exactly.