This document provides information about eTwinning, which is a free online platform that allows teachers and students from different European countries to collaborate on projects together. It outlines the benefits of eTwinning, which include facilitating international collaboration, providing online tools and resources to support project work, and professional development opportunities for teachers. The document also provides examples of different types of projects that can be done on eTwinning and explains how teachers can get involved and find project partners. Contact information is provided for getting additional support and information about eTwinning.

1. eTwinning
www.etwinning.net
eTwinning Ambassador
John Warwick
Regional Officer:
Florence Anderson
florence.anderson@britishcouncil.org
Project Manager:
Liz Arriens

2. ME !
Background
School
ICT
Web 2 technologies
International education/understanding
eTwinning / Comenius

3. Outline of the workshop
Intro to eTwinning
Example of projects
Practical task(s)
Other British Council Opportunities
Next steps
Evaluation

4. Your Aspirations ?

5. What is eTwinning?
eTwinning is a free, flexible, easy to use
resource for enhancing the use of ICT across all
areas of the curriculum.

6. Resources: Hundreds of categorised project ideas publically available for
working with students aged 3-18 across various subject areas e.g. ‘Statistics
and You’, Maths and Sciences, Age group 3-13
Safe environment: Online community of over 160, 000 teachers from 32
countries
Partner-finding tool: Once registered you can search online for partner
schools and create joint projects
Project space: Once you’ve registered a project your project will be given
it’s own virtual classroom where you can upload files, photos, videos, blogs,
and wikis etc and use the live chat facility
Support: There is a complete package of free online resources available to
support partnerships
Awards: Schools can apply for a Quality Label for their project and can use
this work as part of their application for the International Schools Award
Professional Development opportunities As well as online networking with
other teachers online, there are online learning opportunities and webinars

7. Aims of eTwinning
Facilitate collaboration between teachers
in different countries in Europe
Allow teachers and pupils to work
together online using various tools
Provide a multilingual platform for online
work in 23 languages
Make it easy to use ICT in education

8. 32 European
Countries
25 languages
163,000
teachers
5100+ active projects

9. eTwinning in the UK
Over 9,300 teachers in UK
Approx. 150 eTwinning ambassadors

10. eTwinning Homepage

11. Why eTwinning ?

13. Benefits of using ICT
Real Audience
Motivation
Personalised learning
21st Century Learning
Most important of all: Collaboration

14. A first project
Email
Powerpoints
Webcam conferencing
Christmas cards

15. Another project
Topical issues
MFL
Using video conferencing

16. And Another
Healthy Living
Blog
Video creation
Podcasts
VC

17. Reasons to use eTwinning:
It is a free resource
Safe online environment
No application form or lengthy admin
process
Could be your 1st step or could enhance
an existing link
Real context for learning

18. What eTwinning can do for You
CPD opportunities:
– Local ICT based workshops
– Webinars
– European Professional Development
Workshops
Part of a community of peers
Exciting and interesting way to work
Develop your ICT skills

19. eTwinning Homepage

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

21. eTwinning Homepage

22. eTwinning Desktop

23. Twinspace (virtual classroom)

24. Tasks

25. Curriculum Integration
Action Aid – Climate Change – Global
warming
Fair Trade
Social Enterprise – raising money for
items to send to Africa
Assemblies led by students
Whole school International Days
World Peace Days etc etc

26. Outside of www.etwinning.net
Blogging www.blogger.com
Video-conferencing
http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/ & www.elluminate.com
Wikispaces www.wikispaces.com
Google docs http://docs.google.com
Wordle www.wordle.net
Animoto www.animoto.com
???? Lots of others

27. Comenius In-service Training
Comenius Assistants
Comenius Bilateral Partnerships
Comenius Multilateral Partnerships
Comenius Regio
Fulbright UK/US Programme
Schools Online
International Schools Award
British Council Schools Programme

28. What next ?

29. Support
Florence.anderson@britishcouncil.org – Your
local eTwinning contact based in London
etwinning@britishcouncil.org – Main team
On the web –
www.britishcouncil.org/etwinning - UK site
www.etwinninguk.wikispaces.com –
eTwinnning UK Wikispace
www.etwinninguk.typepad – eTwinning UK
Blog

30. Most importantly…
REMEMBER TO ENJOY YOUR ETWINNING !