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The results we got from our students after completing Assessment 1

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Koldo Mitxelena

The eTwinning project is carried out in the English lessons of the three classessof Batxi 1 at Koldo Mitxelena. The project itself is 20% of their final mark each term and other % that is included in the different competences we work. For example, 10% of their oral competence, 20% of their comprehension competence, etc.Students felt really enthusiastic at the beginning of the project creating their rucksacks having in mind they would meet students from other schools in Europe. They enjoyed  the activity to get to know each other using the chat and finding and sharing things they share in common. In addition, the live sessions held at Koldo Mitxelena were top one as they mentioned it offered them real communication opportunities. Students reported that the Micro:bit activity offered them the opportunity to share coding within the class and involve students who don't have IT subject as an optional subjects. They felt comfortable with the activities and talking about their own life compass. Although most of the students are new eTwinners, some of the students had worked on a science eTwinning project when they were younger, so they were astonished by the fact that the new platform was not working properly. 

Anselmo de Andrade

Amanda Gorman's Compass was the perfect kick-off for this project: students were looking for a place to innovate and learn to find their inner compass. They enjoy working on the project and collaborating with their partners in this joint pursuit. The activities with the rucksacks and on Flipgrid stood out since they triggered their creativity and allowed them to express themselves. As experienced eTwinners, the new platform has been demotivating, though. Still, getting to know students from other countries and places seems to be an asset to the project, whereas communication in English and digital skills were also mentioned as relevant.

8 Marzo K. Lorenz

The start of the project was marked by Amanda Gorman's poem, "Compass," which dealed with the students' desire to explore new horizons and discover their inner compass. Working on the project and collaborating with their partners was a source of great enjoyment for the students. In particular, they found the activities involving rucksacks and Flipgrid to be especially stimulating, allowing them to unleash their creativity and express themselves freely. Despite being experienced eTwinners, the new platform proved to be discouraging for the students because it is really slow. Nevertheless, the opportunity to interact with students from other countries and cultures was viewed as a valuable aspect of the project. English communication and digital skills were also identified as key areas of development by the students.

IES Cantabria

The project is embedded in the Philosophy and in the ICT curricula. The work of my students in the project has a 20% weight in the mark of each term, as stated in our subject planning. It is being an engaging and motivating project for my students and for us, and, as there are a wide range of activities. students have the opportunity to improve many skills and to show different talents. I would highlight the detailed work process and the commitment of both teachers and students. 

For most of our students at IES Cantabria, this is their first eTwinning project and it´s being very motivating and challenging. During the first months of the schoolyear, we used our school platform and external tools to complete the first activities, as the eTwinning platform was not available yet. Once our students were registered, it took some time to learn how to use the platform.

In Assessment 1, students reported that they completed almost all the activities and they were enjoying taking part in the project. Students liked the rucksacks activity and found motivating Going North tasks: recording Amanda Gorman´s poem, translating other countries´poems, microbit challenge,... Students have also developed many competences so far: digital skills, team work, autonomy, entrepreneurship... They loved the online meeting we held with Kopernik students from Rybnik-Poland.

"I have really enjoyed all these cooperative activities. I have made some Polish friends during the live session to get to know them and then make an infographic".  Sara

Obchodní akademie, Tábor
 

 In the first part of the project the students learnt about its structure, we talked about copyright and e-safety during online work. The students enjoyed preparing backpacks, chat with students from Mirano and later joining a particular international team according to their choice. They also had online sessions with their partners from Hungary, Poland and the Basque Country (Teams, G Meet), which were very popular because of talks in real time.

"I enjoyed doing all kinds of Comp@ss activities, but the thing I liked the most were probably online sessions with other students from so many different countries. It was really nice to meet new people and talk with them about what we have in common, what is different in their country or just about ordinary things in life." Věra

11th Junior High School of Ilion

"I learnt a lot of new things having fun. Each day was a surprise. For example, we have worked in images in google slide to make our backpack thinking about the things that suits our character and life. Then we had chat with Spanish students searching their backpacks and finding out things we have in common. We had work in poetry with recording our voices and working on google presentations having the voice in. We have used AI tools for teaching us how to pronounce well some parts of the poem. We had met students from Hungary on videoconference. We had so much FUN with all!"

Katerina' s feedback in assessment 1 expresses in the best way the joy my 3 ICT classes (a total of 36 students) had of their participation in the project. 

Comp@ss was fully embedded in the ICT curriculum. Students have worked in google slides in-depth and the use of AI tools (text to voice). This was a very good opportunity for an introduction to AI and for a brainstorming of possible risks (deep fake). Also,in this section, the students had the opportunity to communicate in a foreign language, in some cases using google translator, to find out that they share common interests with their partners abroad and be proud for managing the collaborative tasks. An excellent activity for the ICT class was the code week activity that Ilion has proposed to tha partners. The students had used the micro:bit as a compass for a brainstorming on the basic concepts of the project.  It was a great activity for the introduction of the basic algorithmic structures and the students had enjoyed it very much. Overall, an excellent start of the school year and for the project!

Mehmet Çelikel Lisesi,9th grade students

The project is follewed by 9th grade students during English classes. The students have the chance of practising their second language and improve their digital skills. Studetns use their smart phones during the activities of the project. In the beginning of the project, we discussed about etwinning projects. There are new etwinners among my students. They learned abpout the project and  netiquettes. Students prepared their bagpacks and we carried out online session with Italian students. They like it very much. Students learned to log in new platform. The students participated code week activity.  

KOPERNIK, RYBNIK, PL

The Comp@ss eTwinning project is conducted during English lessons. First-year students from 3 different classes have been invited to the project by their English teachers. Having no experience in eTwinning, they were really amazed by this innovative method of learning in collaboration with foreign partners. Just the very introduction to the project: watching the introductory vvideo and teachers’ presentation made the students really excited about the project. They were absolutely engaged when packing their eTwinning rucksacks and looking inside their partners’ ones, when reading and recording the ‘Comp@ss’ poem as they could feel they were doing something new and were using new tools to achieve goals. All the students also mentioned, in the self-assessment reflections, the importance of meeting their peers online via Meet or Teams.