Short term joint staff training events:“eTwinning e TwinSpace: our platform to collaborate, cooperate and disseminate”

1. The community for schools
in Europe
WINGS Wellbeing Improvement for New
Generations at Schools
ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME
KA2-Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good
Practices- KA229 School Exchange Partnerships
Short-term Joint Staff Training Event
Kalampaka, Greece
13th
September 2018
Mrs. Maria Rosaria Grasso
Italian eTwinning Ambassador

2. eTwinning Story
2005 Officially launched in January
2007 Officially integrated in LLP (Lifelong
Learning Program 2007 -2013)
2014 Firmly integrated in Erasmus Plus ( the
European programme for Education, Training,
Youth and Sport 2014 - 2020) as the foundation of
all European cooperation between schools

3. What is eTwinning
• eTwinning is a virtual community for schools in
Europe
• Promotes school collaboration in Europe through
the use of Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT)
• Offers a platform for European teachers:
To communicate
To collaborate
To develop projects
To share good practices and ideas
For professional development

4. eTwinning Tools
Public
Portal
1. Public Portal
Public Information for all
Where teachers register for eTwinning
Project ideas and kits

5. eTwinning Tools
eTwinnin
g Live
2. eTwinning Live
Search tools and profiles
Where teachers get in touch and register an eTwinning project
Also a tool for communication about events

6. eTwinning Tools
Twin
Space
The TwinSpace
Private project workspace
Where project partners and pupils collaborate online
Where project work is/can be published and shared online

7. Workshop Programm
Discover eTwinning Portal
How to use eTwinning Live:
- Finalize your entry, show who you are (profile editing)
- Communicating: discover what’s happening, connect with people
- Collaborating: create a project, general project management (edit
project description, image gallery, add/manage partners, project
card)
TwinSpace Management:
- Setting (general/profile/language) and participants
- Content:
1. how to create and manage pages and subpages
2. how to insert images, video, files
3. how to embedd web 2.0 tools
4. how to use Forum, Chat, TwinMail, Project Journal, Teacher
Bulletin