Anne Gilleran Eminent09 Workshop A2

eTwinning: The community for teachers in Europe Anne Gilleran & Riina Vuorikari, EUN Eminent 2009, Lithuania

Anne who? I have been involved in many projects involving schools, teachers and school leaders I come from Ireland university lecturer school counsellor head teacher researcher on ICT for education Worked for the European Schoolnet since 2001 Pedagogical manager for eTwinning since 2005

What is eTwinning?
A Lifelong Learning Programme initiative
- Comenius action
Launched January 2005
Phase 2: September 2008

National Support Service (1 in each country) Central Support Service. Run by the European Schoolnet on behalf of the European Commission How is it organised?

D esigned to find partners ; create, manage and run school projects Launched to encourage school collaboration in Europe eTwinning 1.0 (2005 - 2007)

5,362 schools 136,000 pupils 5449 teachers 586 projects eTwinning (May 2005) – in figures

The internet phenomenon
What happened between 05-08?

February 2004
January 2005
February 2005
October 2006
February 2004 .
2006
2005/06
April 2006
Since 2005

Informal collaboration Comenius Partnerships Peer learning Sharing of resources and ideas Community building eTwinning Projects Between 05-08 eTwinning was also evolving Time to go beyond eTwinning 1.0

Informal collaboration Comenius Partnerships Peer learning Sharing of resources and ideas Community building eTwinning Projects eTwinning had achieved Time for eTwinning 2.0 Critical Mass Communications and networking beyond Projects Activities outside the Portal Sharing and exchanging

eTwinning 2.0
The heart of eTwinning is the portal:
www.eTwinning.net
www.etwinning.net

3. The TwinSpace
Private project workspace where project partners and pupils collaborate online
Where project work can be published and shared online
Project Diary Where project partners share their experience
2. The Desktop
Search tools and profiles
Where teachers get in touch and register an eTwinning project
Also a tool for communication about events
1. The Public Portal
Public Information for all
Where teachers register for eTwinning
Project ideas and kits
eTwinning Portal – 3 layers

eTwinning 2.0 eTwinning Desktop From this

eTwinning 2.0 Desktop - To this

eTwinning 2.0 Desktop
Enhanced communication tools
Internal messaging
Contacts
Guestbooks

eTwinning 2.0 Desktop
Forums
Teachers, Schools and Projects Profiles
Walls and ‘MeToos’
Enhanced communication tools
Networking and
Social networking

eTwinning 2.0 Project Diary Enhanced communication tools Networking and Social networking User generated content (project diary)

eTwinning 2.0 - Searching Enhanced communication tools Networking and Social networking User generated content Tagging and Maps

Learning resource exchange (LRE)

eTwinning 2.0 Twinspace changed From this

eTwinning 2.0 To this

The evolution of eTwinning 2.0

2009 Pilot- Learning Events Started March 2009 Podcasting Creative use of media Exploring creativity MindMapping

Learning Events – live sessions

Learning Events – live session 2

October 2009

2009 Pilot - eTwinning Groups eTwinning for school leaders Creative Classroom Maths, Science and Technology

75,000+ users 500,000+ messages 20,000+ users/day 1.8 million pupils 36,000 projects eTwinning 2.0 (2009) – in numbers 26,000+ teachers across Europe engaged in professional development through eTwinning

It is now the official partner finding tool for Comenius Partnerships
Latest Development

Offers tools, support and opportunity for professional development connective & non bureaucratic offers recognition through prizes, ambassadors network, conferences Has built in quality assurance at national and European level in the form of Quality Labels What is the appeal for teachers?

Rationale for eTwinning
Simplicity & Flexibility
SIMPLE approach
S hare
I nnovate
M otivate
P articipate
L earn
E xchange

Ongoing Monitoring programme
Understanding eTwinning Available in 5 languages as a pdf download from http://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/news/news/beyond_school_projects.htm A report on eTwinning 2008-2009
Published Oct 09

TellNet
A new Lifelong Learning Programme project under the Key activity 4 “Dissemination and Exploitation”
Starts on Dec 1 for 3 years
EUN leads
Other partners: RWTH Aachen, Open University of the Netherlands and JRC-Institute of Prospective Technological Studies
Understanding eTwinning 2010…..

Interest in studying eTwinning as a “learning network”
What are the drivers and barriers for lifelong professional development of networked teachers?
What are the mechanisms for disseminating practices within and across networks ?
Can we innovate new peer-learning approaches within a European-wide teacher networks?
TellNet - why?

Identifying the main structures , actors , sub-networks and communities of practices of a Lifelong learning network will help understand
What motivates members
How to engage and encourage them
How to create better ways to foster innovation and creativity in LLL
TellNet - why?

eTwinning will be studied using
Visualisation techniques
Social Network Analysis (SNA)
Scenario forecasting exercises for Policy-makers “Learning networks in 2020” in Spring-Autumn 2011
TellNet - how?

So what is this? eTwinning network of more than 5000 teachers

tightly connected nodes in the central

“ singletons” with no connection to the rest of the network

So what? TellNet will try to understand what does it all mean!

What next? : challenges for the future Curriculum Teaching process Assessment
Web 2.0 embedded in the curriculum
Web 2.0 part of the assessment
In - service training including Web 2.0 Three pillars of education

Thank you for your attention!
eTwinning portal:
www.etwinning.net
Contacts:
[email_address]
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