eTwinning Online Conference – Launching the EMME Curriculum during ErasmusDays 2024

 eTwinning Online Conference – Launching EMME Curriculum During ErasmusDays 2024
October 18, 2024 | Zoom/eTwinning 

As part of the official ErasmusDays 2024 celebrations, Liceul Teoretic „Avram Iancu” Brad hosted an international eTwinning online conference dedicated to launching the innovative EMME Curriculum – Memory of the Earth, developed through the Erasmus+ project EMME – Exchanging Memories, Memory of the Earth.

Held on October 18th, 2024, the eTwinning digital event brought together a wide network of teachers, curriculum developers, students, and environmental specialists from the project’s partner schools and geoparks. The conference focused on how geological heritage, local culture, and sustainability can reshape teaching practices across Europe.
The event ensured broad accessibility and participation, gathering guests from across Romania and from partner institutions in Portugal, Croatia, and Slovakia. Throughout the conference, participants explored the collaborative work behind the curriculum and were invited to discover its five interdisciplinary modules:
I. Geology & Paleontology
II. Ecology & Biodiversity
III. Environmental Stewardship
IV. Local History & Culture
V. Mapping & Spatial Skills

The online session featured presentations from the project team, contributions from UNESCO Global Geoparks experts, live interactions with teachers and students involved in pilot activities, and an engaging Kahoot quiz testing participants’ knowledge of Earth’s memory and geoscience concepts.

The conference concluded with a shared commitment to disseminate the EMME Curriculum more widely through eTwinning and beyond, ensuring that the project’s values—sustainability, geoscience awareness, and place-based learning—continue to grow in European schools.

This eTwinning event marked the official conclusion of Work Package 2 and demonstrated the impact of Erasmus+ partnerships in co-creating meaningful educational resources, all while celebrating ErasmusDays in a spirit of European cooperation. For more information, please check out our project page on the eTwinning platform: https://school-education.ec.europa.eu/en/etwinning/projects/exchanging-memories-memory-earth/twinspace/pages/etwinning-conference-work-package-2