Learning with eTwinning - European Commission - Europa

Interview: Maria José Silva and Anna Karidi Pirounaki12345Firstly, the teachers made an annual activity plan, which outlined the pupils’activities.This was modified with new ideas that came up while developing this project.We believe that ICT is an important tool for cross-curriculum work. For thatreason, we tried to work in a way so that whole school could benefit from this,offering a spontaneous, interactive and fun way of learning from each other, asour project title says.The interesting cooperative work we developed in a creative way, gave theopportunity to children aged 5-6 to realise not only the potentialities of ICT,but also what the European Dimension really is.Our pupils realised from the very first day of our contact (through photos andvideo conferencing) the similarities and differences between our two cultures.When pupils of 6 years-old ask why Murillo came from Africa to Portugalor why so many Albanians live in Greece, we can easily develop manydiscussions about these issues.They also have the opportunity to gradually inquire, understand and acceptdiversity as natural.We both had an interesting and challenging reason to work further beyond ourdaily class, with more flexibility and creativity, aiming to promotein the classroom the desire to learn from partner friends.We are more experienced in the use of ICT in our classroom, exploringthe pupils’ and teachers’ limits in a creative way.6Try to enjoy the whole running of the project: it’s good to be smiling inthe classroom!45