The winners of Bookfest 2021, the first edition of the eTwinning competition for students

 

Numele și prenumele elevilor premiați/Rezultatul obținut/Premiul (titlul/ autorul/ editura)

1.STANCIU M. ELENA ANDRA

Premiul I la Concursul de prezentare online a personajului literar preferat

Jane Eyre/ Charlotte Brontë/ Vintage Classics Library

2. ARICIU D. DAIANA-LAURA

Premiul I la Concursul de prezentare online a personajului literar preferat

Jane Eyre/ Charlotte Brontë/ Vintage Classics Library

3. MOAGHER F. ȘTEFAN-ROBERT

Premiul I la Concursul de prezentare online a personajului literar preferat

The Great Gatsby/F. Scott Fizgerald/ Vintage Classics Library

4. VASILE S. DARIUS-VALENTIN

Premiul I la Concursul de prezentare online a personajului literar preferat

The Great Gatsby/F. Scott Fizgerald/ Vintage Classics Library

5. ZOTA  A. BIANCA-MIHAELA

Premiul I la Concursul de prezentare online a personajului literar preferat

Jane Eyre/ Charlotte Brontë/ Vintage Classics Library

6. CISMARU M. ROXANA-ANAMARIA

Premiul al II-lea la Concursul de prezentare online a personajului literar preferat

Emma/ Jane Austen/ Vintage Classics Library

7. POPESCU GH. ELENA ROXANA

Premiul al II-lea la Concursul de prezentare online a personajului literar preferat

Emma/ Jane Austen/ Vintage Classics Library

8. STĂTESCU V. ANDRA-ȘTEFANIA

Premiul al II-lea la Concursul de prezentare online a personajului literar preferat

Tess of the D'Urbervilles/Thomas Hardy/Vintage Classics Library

9. MIRICĂ F. LAURENȚIU ANDREI

Premiul al II-lea la Concursul de prezentare online a personajului literar preferat

The Great Gatsby/F. Scott Fizgerald/ Vintage Classics Library

10. ȘINDRILARU G.T. TRAIAN-ȘTEFAN

Premiul al II-lea la Concursul de prezentare online a personajului literar preferat

The Great Gatsby/F. Scott Fizgerald/ Vintage Classics Library

11. TONCU C. IULIANA-MARIA

Premiul al II-lea la Concursul de prezentare online a personajului literar preferat

Emma/ Jane Austen/Vintage Classics Library

 

12.BULFEI GH. ELENA-BIANCA

Premiul al III-lea la Concursul de prezentare online a personajului literar preferat

The Beautiful Cassandra/ Jane Austen/ Penguin Little Black Classics

13. TIȚĂ M. ANDREEA

Premiul al III-lea la Concursul de prezentare online a personajului literar preferat

The Beautiful Cassandra/ Jane Austen/ Penguin Little Black Classics

14. PIȘTEA C.S. FLORENTINA-LUCIA

Premiul al III-lea la Concursul de prezentare online a personajului literar preferat

The Beautiful Cassandra/ Jane Austen/ Penguin Little Black Classics

15. PĂNCULESCU I.V. ANDREEA-TEODORA

Premiul al III-lea la Concursul de prezentare online a personajului literar preferat

The Beautiful Cassandra/ Jane Austen/ Penguin Little Black Classics

16. ANDREI I. ANA-MARIA

Premiul al III-lea la Concursul de prezentare online a personajului literar preferat

The Beautiful Cassandra/ Jane Austen/ Penguin Little Black Classics

17. BĂRZOIU G.G. MARIA-PATRICIA

Premiul al III-lea la Concursul de prezentare online a personajului literar preferat

The Beautiful Cassandra/ Jane Austen/ Penguin Little Black Classics

18. BADEA I. DANIEL-NICOLAE

Premiul al III-lea la Concursul de prezentare online a personajului literar preferat

The Great Gatsby/F. Scott Fizgerald/ Vintage Classics Library

 

Bookfest 2021 - The first edition of the online competition for 10th grade students

BOOKFEST 2021- An eTwinning transdisciplinary project

Bookfest 2021 is a short-term transdisciplinary project whose main aim is to identify and integrate knowledge, skills, innovative teaching, learning and assessment techniques transgressing disciplinary practice in order to tackle the educational challenges of a class of Romanian students at the end of the 2020-2021 school year and improve their digital literacy, critical thinking, problem-solving skills and creativity.

Bookfest 2021 started when the two project coordinators- Mrs. Adelaida Iorga and Mrs. Emilia Frinculeasa- decided to apply and promote the knowledge and experience they had recently gained as a result of their participation as beneficiaries in the national training programme for Romanian teachers CRED - „Curriculum Relevant, Educație Deschisă pentru toți/Relevant Curriculum, Education Open to All".

The eTwinning project allowed the 35 sophomores enrolled in the humanities class at “Radu Vlădescu” Theoretical High School located in Pătârlagele town, Buzău county, Romania, to experience a more holistic vision of education, of the world and of life in general by taking advantage of the opportunity to initiate, conduct and participate in activities meant to actively and collaboratively engage them in their own learning and personal development while self-assessing and evaluating key competences, attitudes and value systems.

The main competences aimed at by this project follow 6 out of the 8 key competences for lifelong learning for European schools: literacy competence, multilingual competence, digital competence, personal, social and learning to learn competence, civic competence, cultural awareness and expression competence.

The main activities of this transdisciplinary project held between May and June 2021 include:
- padlet introductions of the participants’ favourite novels in Romanian and English;
- the first edition of the online competition of power-point presentations entitled “My Favourite Literary Character”, created by the 10th grade students (Teacher’s example requested by the students: https://youtu.be/DJq55PR_jlg);
- reviews of the best/worst book ever read;
- Literary Quotes Illustrated – virtual posters created by groups of students using original photos/drawings;

The project Twinspace is public and English has been used on the eTwinning platform to facilitate understanding and the exchange of pedagogical experience and good practices between European educators. The Twinspace includes a portfolio of photos, videos, presentations, websites and other material evidence from the activities.

The 4th edition of the International Symposium "Together in Europe", a great opportunity to promote our current eTwinning projects

 

Sharing Favourite Books & Quotes - one of the activities of the eTwinning transdisciplinary project "BOOKFEST 2021"

 

The final evaluation meeting of the eTwinning project "From European Volunteering to Global Solidarity" (27/05/2021)

The evaluation meeting of the eTwinning project "From European Volunteering to Global Solidarity" was attended by 33 participants - teachers and students - from 4 countries and 7 partner schools. One of the main aims of the meeting was to measure the level of achievement of the project activities, the quality of its implementation, the impact and sustainability of its outcomes.

The participants shared some of their most successful project activities, the most valuable lessons learned both in terms of civic participation of the students and curriculum integration planned and executed by the teachers, emphasizing the role of the eTwinning project in the development of the key competences for lifelong learning which are essential to our modern society, leading to active citizenship and social inclusion, benefitting the younger generations of students not only in terms of personal development, but also as a means of identifying their aptitudes, strengths and needs and building really strong 21st century skills in order to fulfil their potential.

The team members reflected on the project aims and discussed about the opportunities created for the school communities to experience active participation in the civic life and social welfare of their local and extended communities through international collaboration, the impact of its activities in raising awareness of volunteering in all the partner schools and beyond as a result of the dissemination activities.

Last, but not least, the project team (which includes 5 schools from Moldova, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey that have already been awarded the prestigious eTwinning School Label) suggested further ways of promoting the eTwinning partnership based on youth leadership, student agency, initiative, social inclusion, empathy, charity, tolerance etc. as stepping stones for global solidarity against contemporary challenges. The unanimous decision was to create and popularize a brochure with the best practices identified by the participants and facilitate future opportunities of collaboration, including the preparation of an Erasmus+ 2021 application to reach the next logical step in the evolution of the project and promote its continuity and sustainable development at the environmental, social, civic, economic and educational levels.