Learning with eTwinning - European Commission - Europa

Young People's Searchfor Personal IdentityeTwinning Prize Winner 2007Schools:Teachers:ITIS "A. Monaco" Cosenza, ItalyI LO im T Kosciuszki w Mysłowicach, PolandPaola Lico (Italy)Ewa Groszek (Poland)Age range: 15-19Duration:1 school yearThemes:Cross-curriculumLanguage: English, Italian, PolishTools:Email, audio conferencing, forum, MP3, Powerpoint, video,pictures and drawings, virtual learning environment, webpublishingURL:www.highschoolmonaco.eu/etwinningDescriptionThe idea of our project is to help young people search for identity in the broadestsense of this word: from psychological to historical, regional and cultural aspects.This theme is crucial to adolescents, especially in a time and age full of challengessuch as the enlargement of the EU, globalisation and environmental problems.We would like our pupils to be given a real opportunity to improve theirpersonalities, reflect on their life achievements and assess their values and goals.We also want our pupils to find their place in an ever-changing world of newtechnologies and to use them competently. For this reason, ICT facilities are putinto use in all areas of the project work with the help of very skilled teachers.Pedagogical ValueEnjoyment and motivation are important because they foster learners’ attendance;they also contribute to learners’ long-term positive attitude towards languagelessons and learning in general, empowering them to take over their ownlearning. For teachers, the project allows them to be involved in an opportunityto cope with group management and transform their discipline and conflictmanagement skills by promoting emotive intelligence. In this way, ‘affectiveeducation is effective education’ (Moskowitz, 1978).80