International eTwinning project ‘Heartbeats’

  The Lithuanian team joyfully took part in the celebration of International Dot Day. To begin, the students watched the inspiring short film “The Dot” by Peter H. Reynolds, which encouraged them to believe in their creativity and to express themselves without fear. After the video, they shared their thoughts and impressions about the message of the story and discussed why this day is celebrated around the world. To mark the occasion, the students created their own colorful dots and brought them to life using the augmented reality app Quiver. The moment when the drawings transformed into 3D animated creations was truly exciting and filled the classroom with surprise and joy. It was a wonderful experience that combined creativity, art, and modern technology, leaving students inspired to keep exploring their talents.

Every year on 26 September, we celebrate the European Day of Languages, an initiative that highlights the rich linguistic and cultural diversity of Europe. The aim is to encourage language learning, foster curiosity about other cultures, and promote mutual understanding among people.  Through our collaborative project, students have the opportunity to explore and share their own languages while discovering the languages of their peers across Europe. By working together on creative activities, they become more aware of the value of multilingualism and the joy of communication beyond borders. Watch our presentation :  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1J-KTMHLbOwuDq3i9MRzVBK8cSyNThi9Hb2Nu4pOjRc8/edit?usp=drivesdk

Celebrating the  European Day of Languages , my students created  Multilingual Passports  on Canva, adding words in their native languages and discovering how they sound in our partners’ languages! 🌍 https://www.canva.com/design/DAGy27f3NiY/buVauRpnk_V3mfUiBrjHaA/edit?utm_content=DAGy27f3NiY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Exploring Languages Together!  🌍

To mark the European Day of Languages (EDL), Lithuanian team's students took part in creating a short video where they greeted everyone by saying “HELLO” in their native language. Hello! - Labas!

🌟 International Dot Day 🌟 On September 15th, we celebrated International Dot Day — a day that inspires creativity, self-expression, and the courage to make your own mark in the world! Inspired by Peter H. Reynolds’ book “ The Dot ”, our students let their imagination shine as they created beautiful dot art, wrote inspiring messages, and shared their unique ideas about confidence, kindness, and teamwork. Through this activity, we discovered that every small dot can be the beginning of something great — as long as we believe in ourselves and dare to start! 🌟 Let's keep creating, imagining, and leaving our marks! 🎨✨ Click here to view our activities  Click here for our 3D dots with Quiver AR

 At first my students got acquainted with  netiquette  — learning how to communicate  respectfully and safely online . 🌐 Then collected  the essential   rules of netiquette , learning how to   communicate kindly, responsibly, and safely in the digital world . 💻 Lastly,  explored a joint presentation featuring  partners’ ideas about netiquette rules , learning how to  be respectful and responsible online together . 🌍

Cypriot students had so much fun with interactive icebreaker games all about countries, capitals, and flags ! Through laughter and teamwork, they learned more about our partner countries while making new friends. Matched flags with their countries in record time 🏁 Guessed capitals in fast-paced quiz rounds 🏙️ Shared smiles 🌍 A joyful start to our international collaboration — full of curiosity, laughter and learning! 💙 Flags Capitals Teamwork Fun

In  September , the  Greek team  enthusiastically took part in a series of  icebreaker activities  as part of the  Heartbeats Project . These fun and educational sessions helped the students get to know the  partner countries  better by exploring their  flags and   capital cities.  Through games and quizzes participants not only learnt geography but also strengthened teamwork and communication skills. It was a great opportunity to start the project with energy, curiosity and a spirit of collaboration! 🇬🇷 Getting to know our Heartbeats partners 

My students got acquainted with our project partners. 

For  International Dot Day , our students explored the inspiring book  “The Dot”  by  Peter H. Reynolds  and embraced its message:  “Just make a mark and see where it takes you.”  They expressed their creativity by coloring unique, colorful dots and then used  augmented reality  to watch their artwork  come to life . A joyful and inspiring activity that celebrated  creativity, imagination and self-expression ! 🎨✨

 Our team had a great time playing  Get-to-Know-You Games  today! The activities focused on our  project partners, their cities, capitals, and flags  — a fun and engaging way to learn more about each other and strengthen our team spirit!

Today we had the first eTwinning project teachers’ meeting, where we got to know each other, discussed the project goals and the upcoming activities.