PPT for week 9 TED

1. eTwinning
Professional
Development

2. 1 European Workshops
3 Annual Conferences
4 Contact Seminars
5 National Workshops
6 National Conferences
7 Learning Events
8 Groups

3. 1. European Workshops
◊ when? every school year
April 25- 28 2013: Sofia, Bulgaria
◊ where? across Europe Teachers from Kindergarten to primary
◊ what? workshops + school level
This workshop will explore the good
cultural program
pedagogical practices for the development
◊ how long? two and a half of key competencies, and will be in
days English, German and French.
◊ how many teachers? 70-
May 16-18 2013: Bratislava, Slovakia
120/workshop Teachers from secondary school level.
◊ what language? This workshop is about competencies and
their relationship to a successful project.
English/German/French

4. LEARNING EVENTS
17 - 30 April: Creative Drama in
Learning Events are short intensive eTwinning
online events on a number of themes. Expert: Irene Pateraki
They are led by an expert and include Language: English
active work and discussion among Applications open 10 April
teachers across Europe. The event will be facilitated by Irene
The idea of a Learning Event is that it and members of the Creative
is a short intense course that offers you Classroom Group.
an introduction to a topic, stimulates
your ideas, helps develop your skills 19 April - 2 May Moving to Maths
and does not require a long-term 2.0
commitment in terms of your time. It Expert: Irene Vasilescu
is also designed to be an enjoyable Language: English
learning experience. Applications open 12 April
Each learning event lasts 4-5 days of The event is focused on a few ways to
active work and discussion, followed by enhance the degree of pupils’
4-5 days of reflection and personal involvement in projects involving
work. The materials are online and you Maths, which have specific features and
may access them during your own are often perceived to be ‘arid’.
time.

5. ETWINNING GROUPS Visibility of eTwinning projects
eTwinning Groups are private http://groups.etwinning.net/web/
platforms for eTwinners to discuss visibility-of-etwinning-
and work together on a specific topic projects/welcome
or theme. Moderated by an Moderator: Daniela Arghir
experienced eTwinner, each Group This group focuses on the importance
sets out activities and tasks for and ways of making eTwinning project
teachers to do and discuss. Topics work visible on a larger scale, in a safe,
vary from languages teaching and responsible and effective manner.
collaborative writing to experimental
sciences. The aim is for eTwinners to
share practice examples, discuss
teaching and learning methodologies Creative Classroom
and find support for professional http://groups.etwinning.net/web/creativ
development. e-classroom/welcome
Moderator: Irene Pateraki
The “Creative Classroom” group is
created to support teachers towards this
direction: implementing creativity in
everyday teaching and eTwinning projects
in an effective and professional way.

6. AWARDS
Participating in an eTwinning project means that
you are an individual who wishes to provide his or
her pupils with the best chances of succeeding by
offering them the possibility to exchange, to share,
to cooperate and to broaden their horizons.
By running this type of project you are making a
specific contribution to improving the quality of
teaching. Maybe you are not aware of it, but the
practices you carry out in your projects, whether
they are simple or complex, are teaching treasures
and techniques that deserve to be shared, and
should be made known and recognised by the
whole of the European educational community.
There are 2 types of public recognition available in
eTwinning.
The European eTwinning Prizes
http://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/progress/awards/european_prizes.htm
The Quality Labels
http://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/progress/awards/quality_labels.htm

7. TRAINING
The Comenius-Grundtvig Training Database offers a range of
training opportunities that complement and enrich your eTwinning
activities and professional development.
In addition to workshops and learning events organised within the
eTwinning Action, the Comenius-Grundtvig Training Database is
an excellent resource to find out about other training opportunities
across Europe.

8. As a conclusion,
eTwinning has become
a complex social
network for teachers
who are keen to the
SIMPLE approach.

9. Questions for discussions:
• What kind of networks for teachers to share,
innovate, exchange and collaborate are there in your
country?
• How would you describe a lifelong learning teacher?
Are you one of them?
• What kind of recognition do the teachers in your
country get for pedagogical innovation through
projects?
• Please share with others interesting portals or
networks for teachers here:
http://titanpad.com/n47afKuIK9

10. Questions for discussions:
• What kind of networks for teachers to share,
innovate, exchange and collaborate are there in your
country?
• How would you describe a lifelong learning teacher?
Are you one of them?
• What kind of recognition do the teachers in your
country get for pedagogical innovation through
projects?
• Please share with others interesting portals or
networks for teachers here:
http://titanpad.com/n47afKuIK9