Tourism projects with eTwinning

Ibolya Kalocsa

eTwinning ambassador, Hungary

About me

• German teacher

• Vocational Secondary School „SSZC Porpáczy Aladár” in

Fertőd/Hungary

• Vocational education sectors in our school: tourism, economics

• eTwinning ambassador since 2012

Reisen ist unsere Leidenschaft! Travel is our passion!

• 2014/15

• from November till April

• 5 partners: Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Turkey

Project aims

• To introduce the own area and thereby discover the touristic and

cultural values

• To get to know other regions of Europe and their touristic values

through cooperation

• To learn how to make travel offers and where to get tourist

information locally and on the internet

Main steps of the project

• Introductory videos

• Building of mixed international travel groups

• Chat sessions: Wishes for travel?

• Writing of travel requests

• Planning of detailed itineraries

• Sending tourist brochures by post

• Writing of travelogues about imaginary journeys into a partner country

Twinspace – Reisen ist unsere Leidenschaft!

Our magazine with Madmagz

Hungarian eTwinning Contest 2015 1st Place

Lust auf eine Reise? Interested in a journey? • A shorter version of Reisen ist unsere Leidenschaft!

• 2015/16

• 10 weeks

• Without post sent packages and travel offer

• More own pictures about the region

• New steps and tools: Logo competition, Pearltrees, video conferences

Twinspace – Lust auf eine Reise?

Hungarian eTwinning Contest 2016 4th Place

ArchitekTouren

• February – April 2019

• New tools and ideas: Bookcreator, Tourcreator, Mystery Skype

• 18-19 year-old students

• Art history – part of the curriculum in tourism

Main questions

What similarities and differences characterize our architecture in the different ages?

How do architectural styles appear in different countries?

What was being built at the same time in different countries?

ArchitekTouren - Project steps

1. Introduction with Mystery Skype

2. Briefly stylistics about art history – result: 5 Books with Bookcreator

3. Virtualy tours with Tourcreator

4. Evaluation, presentations

How could we make it better?

• Cooperate with profession

teachers

• Involve other colleagues (history,

geography)

• Interdisciplinarity

Thank you for your attention!

Ibolya Kalocsa

kalocsa.ibolya@oh.gov.hu