eTw Athens, 2016.

Annual eTwinning Conference Athens, 26-29th October, 2016.

Made by: Milica Andonovic

585 teachers , school heads and educators

from more than 40 countries took part.

The main topic of the conference was digital citizenship

Winners of eTwinning European prizes 2016. for special and age categories were announced as well as the overall winner which went to the project "Mirror, mirror" made by partners from Poland, Italy and France.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0l5C57baXU&t=103s

44 different workshops were offered to participants to choose from including the following topics:- e-safety- gamification- coding- social media in learning- muticultural approach to teaching- integration of migrants- teachmeets and many more.

One of the workshops I attended was Ignacio Cassados "Who are you online?" which inspired me to do something similar with my pupils and colleagues back home.

Another workshop was Christine Redeckers "Digital competence as a lever for students digital citizenship". She is drafting a European Digital Competence Framework for educators. We discussed the ways of promoting ethical use of technology and empowering teachers, organizations and children to be better digital citizens.

A very interesting presentation of Tommaso Della Vecchia and his "Coding for all" motivated us to introduce coding and make learning and teaching fun!

Members of the eTwinning group "Creative Classroom" agreed to meet during the conference and celebrate its 5000th member. We also brought souvenirs from our countries and exchanged them. I was given a beautiful traditional Spanish music which I often listen to. This was a great opportunity to meet some colleagues from all around Europe and exchange experiences and ideas.

Serbian team presented our Etwinning projects at the Teachmeet to other colleagues from Europe...

This conference enabled us to meet many colleagues and future partners. I met a colleague from Croatia and we agreed to start and collaborate in a new project "Lets be e-citizens". The project is in full swing at the moment as is our friendship.

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After the workshops, we went sightseeing and visited some of the beautiful historical spots in Athens. This conference enabled me and my colleagues to learn a lot of new and useful things and apply them in our schools, meet new colleagues , start new projects, get new ideas and update on the current trends in education.

https://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/highlights/etwinning-2016-annual-conferen.htm

Thank you eTwinning for enabling this event and Greece for the extraordinary organization and hospitality !