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collaborative projectscollaborative projects
among schools, teachers and pupilsamong schools, teachers and pupils
in Europe and beyond!in Europe and beyond!
Massimiliano D’Innocenzo
Techno-Clil for EVO 2016

www.eTwinning.netwww.eTwinning.net
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the community for schools in Europethe community for schools in Europe
Collaborative projects
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eTwinning projects for distance collaboration among teachers and students from the
same or different countries
•Total flexibility: you choose the subject, the type and complexity of the activities and
the length of the collaboration. Almost immediate approval!
•No deadlines or bureaucratic procedures to register and activate a project!
•Once you register a project, you will have access to your own TwinSpace, a secured
online platform with ICT tools, where you can invite your pupils and other teachers to
work together
•An integrated videoconferencing tool and chat for live meetings!
•Technical & pedagogicval support, helpdesk line, quality certification
eTwinning for projects

Project
virtual
classroom
• Restricted access only for invited
pupils and teachers (login e
password)
• Possibility to manage privacy
settings (public/private pages)
• ICT tools (webpages, blog, forum,
chat, videoconference)
• Possibility to embed external apps
(e.c. Padlet, Learning Apps etc.)
• Multimedia archive (files, image
gallery, video)

Examples:
•Written text
•Files, images and videos from the Material section
•Links to forums or other TwinSpace pages/subpages
(or other external web pages)
•If there are subpages linked to the page, you may
want to add links those subpages to show the
structure (for example: page Video production
activity; subpages  group1, group2…)
•External Apps (for instance Padlet, Learningapps etc.)
can be embedded or linked (only iFrame code is
compatible with the TwinSpace for embedding)
What can you put in each page?

Plan your own TwinSpace!

And access your TwinSpace
Once logged
into eTwinning
go to
eTwinning Live
Click the
“TwinSpace” link
Once in Live select
the “Projects” tab
Sign in Visit
www.etwinning.net
and sign in here

The home page overview
Select one of your TwinSpaces
Change the language for this session
(change in your profile if you wish change to be persistent)
See how TwinSpace
looks to anyone
on the Internet
Change TwinSpace
settings
Change your Profile
Check your
TwinMail
Teacher Bulletin is
where teacher
members can write
messages only visible
to other teacher
members
Use the Project
Journal to share
project news on
the public
TwinSpace site.
Navigate to the different
sections of this TwinSpace
View or create pages,
images and videos
Start a one on
one chat with
another member
who is online.

Creating pages
Create a new
page
View pages you have archived and
therefore made invisible. These
pages can be reverted to be visible
again.
Edit selected page
Edit page order
See who created
and edited page

Creating pages: edit mode
Control who sees this page* Control who can edit this page
Format page content
Insert an
image, video
or file, these
are taken
from the
resources
uploaded in
the materials
section
Archive this page,
this means that the
page will not be
visible any longer
on the TwinSpace.
You can always
change the status
back
Cancel editing
Do not forget
to save
changes
every time
you edit a
page!
Click the title to edit
*Notice: if you make the page public make sure you have the copyright of all
pictures, videos and files. If pictures or video include minors make sure that you
have their parents permission to publish online.

Materials - Images
Create albums to
organize your images
Drag or select images
From your computer
to add them to
your TwinSpace
Search for
images,
videos or files
within the
materials section
TIP: You can insert your images, videos and files easily into the pages you create.
See slide on editing pages for more information.

Materials - Videos
Create folders to
organize your videos
Click “Add video”
to add include a
video from
YouTube or
Vimeo
Search for images,
videos or files
TIP: You can insert your images, videos and files easily into the pages you create.
See slide on editing pages for more information.

Materials - Files
Create folders to
organize your files
Drag file here or
click “Upload file”
Search for images,
videos or files
TIP: You can insert your images, videos and files easily into the pages you create.
See slide on editing pages for more information.

Forums
Forums list
Create
new forum
Latest posts in all forums
Your latest forum posts

Live
The chat window
Enter your chat here
TIP: Teachers can access the chat history for this forum. Records are deleted after 3 months.
See a list of who’s
in the chat room
Create an event for your TwinSpace
Events can include:
•Video/Audio chats
•Screen sharing
•Collaborative work
See “Live” help files for more information
on using the eTwinning Live event platform.

MembersSearch for a member Filter by member type
Member list
Change member type
Delete member
Reset pupil password
Invite new members
Send message
to all members
of this
TwinSpace

TwinMail
Compose a new message
See how many unread messages you have
Reveal more information on that message
Move message to “Trash”
See more of your messages

Profile
Edit TwinSpace profile to change your profile image and update the information displayed in your profile
See a list of all your TwinSpaces
Leave a message for this
member.
It will be visible on all
his/her TwinSpaces

Our best practices/1: «We run, we learn»
Enrica Maragliano, Liceo Colombo (Genova)
https://twinspace.etwinning.net/5293

Students presentations and games

Real and virtual activities!

Dissemination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcCc_Kr_w-U
A common assessment test!

Our best practices/2: «Mirror, Mirror…»
Patrizia Roma, Istituto Volta (Perugia)
https://twinspace.etwinning.net/2658

Involving pupils with multimedia activities

Mixed group activities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqAi2brh8ok

• First contact with English as
foreign language
• Using specific vocabulary in a
real context
• Direct involvement of pupils /
Concept of brainstorming
• Horizontal curriculum with
Literature teacher
Project “Holydays in a box” – Silvana Rampone
Direzione Didattica IV di Pinerolo
http://new-twinspace.etwinning.net/web/p34945/welcome
Best practices/3: English in a Primary school

Skills development for secondary school
Students:
-Can recognize and call each shape in the space, their representations and
the relationships between elements. [...]
-Reinforce a positive attitude on maths through meaningful experiences
-Understand how the mathematical concepts learned are useful in many real
situations.
Project “ATOM - A tast of Maths”
Video «Perspective» (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=GP3immPhBZA&feature=youtu.be
Activity “Maths is around us”
http://new-twinspace.etwinning.net/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=11535720
Best practices/4:
English & Maths

Thank you very much!Thank you very much!
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Massimiliano D’Innocenzo
m.dinnocenzo@indire.it
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