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eTwinning is an initiative of the European Commission that allows teachers and students to collaborate on projects online across Europe. It started in 2005 and now includes 33 participating countries. The key aspects of eTwinning are that it provides an online space for collaboration between schools, opportunities for continuing professional development for teachers, tools to recognize work done, and support from national and European services. Teachers can find partners, work on joint projects, and participate in professional development activities all through the eTwinning portal.
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- 1. Introducing eTwinning –Teacher and student collaboration in Europe Anne Gilleran Central Support Service, Brussels eTwinning Seminar for Primary Teacher Training Institutes May 22 – 24 2014, Manchester
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- 3. A Lifelong Learning Programmeinitiative - within Comenius up to 2013 Launched January 2005 Now a transversal action in Erasmus+ until 2020 eTwinning started as……
- 4. 33 countries participate Eachof those countries has a National Support Service (NSS) Overall coordination by the Central Support Service (CSS) Run by European Schoolnet on behalf of the EU Commission 4 Key Facts about eTwinning
- 5. 5 main elements 5 eTwinninghas …. • It is an informal social network • It supports online collaborative work • It provides continuing professional development • It incorporates inbuilt recognition for work done • It is the most supportive action for teachers and schools
- 6. All this happenson the Portal: www.etwinning.net 6
- 7. 1.Public – www.etwinning.net 2.Whenyou register – eTwinning Desktop 3.If you register a project - TwinSpace 7 Portal has 3 Levels
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- 9. News from the eTwinningworld Notifications regarding your eTwinning activity Information about upcoming events 9
- 10. Personal content Contacts &projects Journal 10 Personal profile
- 11. 11 Partner finding tools Quicksearch Advanced search Forum announcement
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- 13. TwinSpace Teachers Pupils •Chat •Image Gallery •Document folders •Publishingtools •Blog •Live Communication 13 A safe closed environment where you have total control
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- 15. eTwinning Groups 15 Groupsnow active 15
- 16. Learning Events 20 Learningevents in 2013 Approx. 2,500 teachers involved 16 Communication in eTwinning eTwinning & the Creative Classroom Using Google Earth in Teaching Education of the future Using mobile devices in teaching Video Conference as a teaching tool Art, history and philosophy for eTwinning projects Using iPads in the class Quality Label Criteria – How to achieve them Effective use of Social Media in teaching Planning a project http:learninglab.etwinning.net
- 17. Other Professional Developmentactivities eTwinning Annual Conference – 500+ teachers European Seminars – More than 50 in 2013 ( 1000+ teachers) FCL workshops for eTwinning Webinars….etc. etc. etc. 17
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- 19. National and EuropeaneTwinning prizes National Quality Label European Quality Label
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- 21. Central Support Service NationalSupport Service eTwinning Ambassador network
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- 23. 25,000+ users/day 121,951 schools 6,833active projects 250,000+ users eTwinning (May 2014) 23
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- 29. In September 2014……….. eTwinning –will begin to promote project work between schools from the same country!
- 30. eTwinning is notonly about technology…. eTwinning is about: Shared professional development Support for educational ideas Exploring educational ideas together Teachers professional network
- 31. eTwinning is about……. EDUCATION –Exploring pedagogical methodologies such as project based and inquiry based learning
- 32. eTwinning is about…. Learning –Intercultural learning – Authentic learning – Contextual learning – Personal learning
- 33. eTwinning is about……… Skillsand competency development – Team working – Researching – Choosing – Analysing – Creating
- 34. A video example:The Rainbow Village Watch on YouTube
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- 36. How do youget involved? Register on www.eTwinning.net
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