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"I think life-long learning is the aim of a modern teacher. Trying new methods to make lessons interactive and facing this digital period which forces teachers to keep up with technological progress."

The benefits of Collaborative learning are:

Souces:
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/
http://www.curriculumdecisions.com/project-based-learning/
http://www.bie.org/
https://www.edutopia.org/

1. Develop face to face connections.

2. Build your PLN through Professional Support Networks and Associations. 

3. Develop your virtual PLN

Mindmap: https://www.mindmeister.com/it/883015076/possible-virtual-pln-components?fullscreen=1

I teach English as a Foreign Language in a Secondary School in Rome. I've been teaching English for 16 years. I'm specialized in developing ICT in the classroom.  

I like learning new things, I think life-long learning is the aim of a good teacher. 

I like trying new methods to make my lessons interactive and I believe this digital period forces us to keep up with technological progress and I want to be at the forefront. 

My website: https://emilianarufo.wordpress.com/

The videos for flipped classroom are short and focused on a specific topic rather than on a whole lecture. The visuals are prepared to interact with the students while they are watching the video. That's why before asking students to watch the video at home, teach them how to watch it. Students can pause the video, watch it as many times as they need to understand the content, discuss and give feedback.

Stories can be about everything. Some stories are told for entertainment and others - for educational purposes.

There are many reasons why to use storytelling in English foreign language classroom (EFL). For the English language teachers the goal is obvious: to develop the students’ linguistic skills: speaking, reading, listening and writing and  interaction. But you can find much more reasons why storytelling should be carried out in your English lessons. Here are some of them:

Characters: The people/animals/things the story is about. The author reveals the characters through their thinking, actions, feelings.

Setting: When and where a story takes place.

Conflict: A problem character faces in the story and struggles with.

Theme: What is the story about?

1. Overcoming the Monster:  In this kind of stories the hero must fight and destroy an evil force.

2. Rags to Riches:  While in the beginning of the story the hero is insignificant and dismissed by others, at end he/she is respected by them.

3. The Quest: The hero of the story will go on a long and dangerous journey to obtain a great prize that is located far away. 

4. Voyage and Return: The hero leaves the safety of his home and goes out into the unknown land, faces challenging obstacles and overcoming them.

5. Comedy: This story is made up of comic events caused by mistaken identity, confusion, misunderstanding and miscommunication.

6. Tragedy: As you can guess, this story plot doesn’t end happily.

7. Rebirth: In this plot type the hero falls under a dark spell. He/She is imprisoned in the state of living death until the redemption by another hero.

https://www.google.com/docs 

https://www.storyjumper.com/  

https://app.edu.buncee.com 

The Programme is made up of three main Key Actions (KA) and two additional actions. KA1 – Learning Mobility of Individuals, KA2 – Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices, KA3 – Support for policy reforms, Jean Monnet and Sport. They are managed partly at the national level by National Agencies and partly at the European level by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). The European Commission is responsible for Erasmus+ policies and oversees the overall programme implementation.

Erasmus+ offers opportunities for:

​Erasmus+ also supports teaching, research, networking and policy debate on EU topics. There are other bodies that support Erasmus+, such as eTwinning and the European Commission's School Education Gateway portal.

EACEA manages the selection of projects under:

The Actions under KA2 make it possible for organisations from different participating counries to work togetherm develop, share and transfer practices and innovative approaches in the fileds of education, training and youth.

The following actions are managed by EACEA as part of the general call for proposals and described in details in the Programme Guide.

eTwinning Quality Labels are granted to teachers with excellent eTwinning projects. They indicate that the project has reached certain national and European standards. You can find more information on the criteria for quality labels: