Eräjärven koulun 5-6 lk oppilaat osallistuvat lukuvuonna 2024-2025 eTwinning-projektiin "First steps to Europe for students". Projekti sisältää kymmenen pientä projektiaktiviteettia, kolme videopuhelua kumppanikoulujen kanssa. Projektissa kumppanikoulujen oppilaat tuottavat yhteisen projektituotoksen yhdessä. 

"First steps to Europe for students" -projektissa on mukana kouluja Suomesta, Tanskasta, Turkista ja Puolasta. Projektin teemana on "Citizenship and European values", mikä on myös eTwinningin vuoden 2025 vuositeema. 

Projektityöskentely käynnistyi 5.12. ensimmäisellä videopuhelulla projektikumppanien kanssa.

Step 1: Our eTwinning project
Our first project step is to get to know the project, its aims and learning outcomes. We have agreed together on our eSafety rules, distribution of tasks and our timeline. Each project partner is asked to explain how the project is helps to reach the learning objectives of the local curriculum. 

Step 2: This is us
Our second project activity is to get to know each other. We have created a TwinBoard where all the project partners are asked to post a text and a photo or video to introduce themselves. There's also a possiblity to ask questions from the project participants. 

Step 3: Our lessons
This project offers us the possibility to get to know people from all around Europe. In this activity, we post photos and texts presenting the daily life in our school. We capture the moment of one lesson and share it with our project partners via TwinBoard. 

Step 4: Our languages
We all have some really funny words in our languages. In this activity, we share these funny words and their explanations with each other. 

Step 5: Our online meetings
eTwinning is about collaboration and meeting online. We organize online meetings where project partners have the possibility to chat with each other. We also evaluate the project work together. 

Step 6: Our European project partners
This project is designed for pupils of all different ages. In this activity, we offer project partners the possibility to find same-aged partners and to start some activities with a single partner class.

Step 7: Our Europe
In this activity, project partners present their home countries and explain what their country is well known for in Europe. Project partners can prepare texts, videos or other presentations to introduce their own home country to other project partners. 

Step 8: Our European values
Do you know what the European values are? What is the most important value for you and why? These are the questions the project partners are asked to answer. Every partner publishes their answer by posting a text on the TwinBoard. 

Step 9: Our collaborative work
eTwinning is about learning and creating something together. We haven't decided yet what we are going to produce together. At the moment, we are waiting for ideas from all project partners! 

Step 10: Thank you for the project!
Did you enjoy the project work? Did you make new friends in Europe? Did you learn to work on TwinSpace? At the end of the project, all participants are asked to share their thoughts on the project work and let us know what they enjoyed the most by answering an online survey.

Tutustu tarkemmin projektin aktiviteetteihin täältä: 
https://school-education.ec.europa.eu/en/etwinning/projects/first-steps-europe-students/twinspace/pages/project-timeline

Projektin TwinSpace: 
https://school-education.ec.europa.eu/en/etwinning/projects/first-steps-europe-students/twinspace