1. eTwinning Ambassador meeting
Wales and South West
Date
Those in attendance

2. Agenda
2012 Review
Workshops 2012
PDWs/ Professional Development Opportunities
2012
Ambassador Contracts/Finance 2012
Lessons Learnt 2012
eTwinning Priorities 2013
Next Steps
Workplan 2013
PDWs 2013/European conference 2013
AOB

3. 2012 Review
By the end of October 2012 we had already exceeded the totals
for the whole of 2011 for new schools and project registrations!
http://infogr.am/eTwinning-UK-2012
South West- Up 85 projects compared with 2011
Wales- Up 84 projects compared with 2011
South West- Up 144 registrations compared with 2011
Wales- Up 118 registrations compared with 2011
Nevertheless, the number of registered projects is still too small a
proportion of overall school and teacher registrations, and there is still the
issue of the large number of ‘inactive users’ – those who register on the
portal but then don’t appear to do engage much further with eTwinning.

4. Workshops/Events 2012
Stonehouse Twilight (July)- Nicky
Dorset/Torbay Twilight (October)- Angela
Port Talbot Twilight (October)- Ruth
Helston Twilight (November)- James and Charlotte
Plymouth Twilight (November)- Charlotte
Flintshire Presentation (December)- Shan Owain-
Aberdare, Lampeter Twilights- Owain
Baglan, Cardiff – Lauren

5. Professional Development
Opportunities 2012
Training Events
European Conference- Berlin
Future Classroom Lab
Brussels

6. Ambassador Contracts/Finance 2012
Activity Proposal Forms
Ambassador Contracts
New Ambassador Contracts 2013
Follow up Activity

7. Lessons Learnt 2012
Feedback and comments
Suggested improvements
PDWs
Workshops

8. eTwinning Priorities 2013
To promote eTwinning teams in
schools
To foster the establishment of projects
Mobilising users- making them more
active and engaged

9. To increase and maintain participation in eTwinning in the UK: Increase
the numbers of UK schools involved in the programme, numbers of
partnerships involving UK schools, and numbers of UK teachers involved in
eTwinning. Strive to encourage teams of teachers to be formed within
individual schools.
Widening and deepening participation: Aim to ensure equitable
participation across the range of UK school contexts. Monitor participation
according to the data available on the eTwinning portal with regards to
geographical, age and subject-related information
Impact Continue to monitor and encourage the quality of eTwinning
involvement of UK teachers with a view to identifying, disseminating and
increasing the impact of the programme in areas such as pedagogical
practice, professional development, learner engagement and attainment and
overall systemic impact at institutional level.
Collaboration in a national and global context: cooperation who the
Comenius actions and other British Council programmes. Greater synergies
between eTwinning ambassadors and ambassadors for other British Council-
managed programmes, where appropriate and practical. Emphasise the
systemic impact of eTwinning a part of a whole school, global involvement in
the international dimension, target school leaders in promoting this message.

10. Next Steps

11. Workplan 2013
Workshops
Follow-up Activity
One-to-One Visits

12. PDWs 2013/European Conference
Lisbon
Future Classroom Lab
Other events
Selection criteria

13. AOB

14. THANK YOU!