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21st century skills and eTwinning

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It was a great honour for me to be one of the invited speakers at the national eTwinning conference, held in Zagreb, on Friday 26th. Even more so, when among the invited speakers is Bart Verswijvel , who is not only my co-host of the virtual TeachMeets and StudentsMeets , but also one of the best and most confident speakers who I have ever listened to (and I've listened to many, many distinguished speakers worldwide). At the conference, four Croatian teachers were awarded for their eTwinning projects carried out in 2011/2012. It was fascinating to hear how they implemented their wonderful ideas and how their students loved such innovative ways of learning. One of them is Tea Horvatic , who has written a wonderful post about the conference and whose excellent etwinning project about mini hotels can be found here . Our faithful teachmeeter, Nataša Ljubić Klemše ,  was also awarded for her excellent project My first ICT hello . We also had a wonderful opportunity to hear about am

Festivals of learning

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As November is getting closer, we're all getting super excited about the three events that we're organizing in Croatia: two teachmeets and a studentsmeet will be a real treat for the edu community in Southeastern Europe. The calls for proposal are open for all these events. If you happen to be in Croatia in the week between 12-17 November, don't hesitate to join us for these grand festivals of learning: TeachMeet CUC in Rijeka on Tuseday, November 13, TeachMeet INFO in Zagreb on Saturday, November 17 and StudentsMeet INFO in Zagreb on Saturday, November 17.