Italy: Elisabetta Meda

  • STEP ONE:

    GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER

     

    I INTRODUCE MYSELF TO OUR eTWINNING PUPILS...

    CLICK

    on the following picture:

     

     

     

    ...AND I WANT TO LEAVE THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE:

    "Walking together,

    we walk very far away..."

     (proverb from Kenya)

     

     

     

    TEAM IN PROGRESS

     

     

    WELCOMING NEW PARTNERS

     

     

     

    THE STORYTELLER IS STARTING HIS JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD, TO COLLECT LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS...

     

    IN THE WILDERNESS 

    IN TIMES SQUARE, N.Y.

    ON KREMLIN, MOSKOW

    UNDER THE FLOOD

    IN THE HOTTEST COUNTRIES

    ON RIVERS AND LAKES

    AMONG STREET-ARTISTS

    AT NIGHT

     

     

    THE POWER OF A TEAM-WORK

     

    THE TEAM IS COMPOSED, AT LAST!

    READY TO START

    "BORDERLESS WORLD" : PROCEDURE

     

     

    THE NEW STORYTELLER'S RECEPTION ROOM: click on the picture

     

    ITALY'S LOGO PROPOSAL, waiting for pupils' suggestions...

     

    ITALY'S LOGO PROPOSAL, refined after pupils' suggestions...

     

     

    THE STORYTELLER IS COMPOSING HIS BALLADS

     

     

    PICTURED PROJECT MINDMAP SPECIAL FOR KIDS

     

    THE STORYTELLER' S FRIENDLY BUBBLES

     

    THE STORYTELLER'S HISTORICAL BUBBLES

     

    SOME FUNNY BUBBLES "CONTAINING"

    MY ITALIAN CLASS-COLLEAGUES

    PUPILS ENJOY AVATARS!

    (and...privacy is safe!)

    SIX EXAMPLES:

     

     

    THE STORYTELLER CREATING BALLADS

     

    PROCEDURE OF THE STORYTELLER CREATING BALLADS

    WELCOME FERNANDO, PARTNER FROM SPAIN!

     

    LET'S CELEBRATE

    "THE EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES"!

    The message of an ancient philosopher:

    WE ALWAYS NEED COLLABORATION.

    UNITED FORCE IS STRONGER

    MY INTERPRETATION

    Good morning - Buon giorno
    Goodbye - Arrivederci
    Good evening - Buona sera
    Good night - Buona notte
    Welcome - Arrivederci
    Please - Per favore
    Thank you - Grazie
    Sorry - Mi dispiace
    Hi - Salve
    My name is...Il mio nome è...
    I live in...Io vivo a ...
    I am from...Vengo da...

     

     

    PUZZLES OF THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS:

    EASY, AVERAGE, DIFFICULT


     

    COLLABORATIVE TEACHING UNIT

    ITALY-POLAND

     

     

     

    COLLABORATIVE TEACHING UNIT

    ITALY-TURKEY (MANISA)

     

    COLLABORATIVE TEACHING UNIT

    ITALY-TURKEY (ALTINDAG)

    I INTRODUCE THE PROJECT TO MY SCHOOL-COMMUNITY

     

     

    5th OCTOBER: TEACHERS' DAY

    THE DAY AFTER...

     

    THE CAKE IN THE SKY

    I'm a dreamer,
    but I dream not only for me:
    I dream a pie in the sky,
    to give a little to you.
    A chocolate cake
    as big as a city,
    coming from space
    at low speed.
    At first it may seem a cloud,
    it will land on a square,
    we will give a look,
    curious from the terrace ...

    But when it falls,
    as sweet as a comet,
    there is enough for all
    to have a complete feast.
    Each one gets a slice
    with a candied cherry,
    and who will not say "good!"
    certainly will say "delicious!"

    Then, you will know
    (and it will be more comic)
    that someone had tried
    to throw an atomic bomb,
    but instead of the deadly mushroom...
    the explosion caused
    (For now,… in my dream)
    a chocolate cake!

    GIANNI RODARI, ITALIAN POET FOR CHILDREN, translated from Italian into English.

    The dream of Gianni Rodari is a wish, a hope: that all bombs give life to chocolate cakes, symbol of feast and joy, to make all children happy, and ...may their burden of death and destruction disappear from the earth, forever!
     

     

    WHAT IS eTWINNING FOR ME?

    eTWINNING: a fantastic adventure!

    Day by day the close contact with teachers of highly skilled labor enriches me: our project is like a colorful mosaic, whose tiles are represented by the individual competences.

    This common mosaic is becoming more and more magic, it conveys emotions and dreams.

    Our professionalism increases while working together, our contacts become less and less virtual, and more and more friendly. We feel that we can rely on one another, there is no competition, only COLLABORATION. Everyone offers experience and sensitiveness.

    When a teacher is so deeply motivated, the pupils feel that LEARNING IS FREEDOM: beyond grammar rules, tests, heavy homework, they find a magic corner where they can release their creativity, their need to communicate emotions and ideas.

    This is eTwinning for me.

    Thanks my dear partners and friends! You make me live a dream!

     

    eTwinning poem

     

     

    Our countries are so far apart...

    but we're joined by mind, feelings, heart.

     

    No walls divide our lands:

    all the world we keep in hands.

     

    We find nice words for this sensation:

    FREEDOM, CREATIVITY, COLLABORATION.

     

    But the best of all, is a magic one:

    FRIENDSHIP, burning like a shining sun.

     

    Hands in hands, a merry-go-round,

    singing voices have a cosy sound!

     

    All together, we are so clever...

    eTwinning project is a dream forever!

     

    Your friend Elisabetta