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eTwinning Prize finalists announced
Author: EUN News

Following the success of the first eTwinning Prizes in 2006, the 2007 edition has raised considerable interest among European schools as 350 high-quality projects were submitted for the prize. The competition is now in their final evaluation phase at the European level and the finalists have been announced.

Three winning projects will be awarded with a four-day ICT camp at the end of April (venue to be confirmed) for teachers and students to meet their project partners face to face, learn more about online collaborative projects and have fun with friends from across Europe. Three runners-up will be invited to participate in one of the European networking and development workshops taking place until June 2007.

Both winners and runners-up will receive their awards during an award-giving ceremony at the eTwinning Conference 2007 which will take place in Brussels from 23-25 February 2007.

www.etwinning.net

Category 1: Age 4-12
Once Upon a Blog
Students exchange myths and legends from their island nations and learn about each other’s lifestyles and attitudes using Blog and Podcast technologies.
  • Malta: St. Joseph, Mater Boni Consilii School (teacher: Jacqueline Vanhear)
  • Ireland: Saint Attracta’s Senior National School (teacher: Marie Dolan)
Gingerbread House
Students transform their school life into a fairytale one. Their fairytale worlds are expressed through drawings and then transformed into a digital audio-visual format.
  • Slovakia: Základná škola Omšenie (teacher: Denysa Križanova)
  • Czech Republic: Základní škola a mateřská škola Sivice (teacher: Pavel Vrtěl)       
Category 2: Age 13-15
Eurofilm Factory
Students develop together a guide of tips for film making and then put their guidelines into practice by producing their own films and writing their own reviews.
  • Spain: IES Carlos III (teacher: Libia Kowarik)
  • Lithuania: Prienai “Ziburys” gymnasium (teacher: Irma Sneideriene)
24 pas - 24 βήματα
Dividing the ancient Greek alphabet in two, each class prepares 24 words for their partner class to translate as a base for discussion about the history of Greek and Latin.
  • France: Collège Michel de L’hospital (teacher : Véronique Drujon)
  • Greece: Eniaio Lykeio Asklipieiou (teacher: Constantin Rasias)
Category 3: Age 16-19
Wir, die Jugendlichen von heute  
Students get to know each another through an online journal and produce articles, poems, short stories and critical essays to compare their lives to those of their partners.
  • Italy: Liceo Internazionale Linguistico (teacher: Loredana Vertuani)
  • Finland: Puumalan yhteislukio (teacher: Kirsti Lähdesmäki)
Young people’s search for personal identity
Using numerous ICT tools, adolescent students search for their identity from both a psychological and cultural perspective as they become young adults.
  • Poland: I LO im T Kosciuszki w Mysłowicach (teacher: Ewa Swiatkowska)
  • Italy: Elettronica-Elearning-Meccanica (teacher: Paola Lico)