Schools partnerships in Europe through the Internet eTwinning Schools partnerships in Europe through the Internet Eugenio Rivière Gómez Directorate-General for Education and Culture European Commission
eTwinning in the eLearning Programme 2004-2006 Digital literacy European virtual campuses e-Twinning of schools in Europe and promotion of teacher training Transversal measures
What is eTwinning? Partnerships between two or more European primary or secondary schools using ICTs A flexible, teacher friendly scheme to mainstream collaborative learning European dimension project work sharing of resources and practice pedagogical use of ICT in school education, with strong focus on teachers’ professional development.
tools, support and recognition rather than funding individual projects A new and complementary approach to European action in education How does it work? tools, support and recognition rather than funding individual projects no bureaucracy different levels of support: European, national,… regional Main ingredients: support, tools, ideas, diversity, teacher development and recognition
Support at various levels Central Support Service: European Schoolnet www.etwinning.net National Support Services: Organisations appointed by the participating countries “eTwinning ambassadors”, school networks, inspectorates, regional authorities, …
The European eTwinning website www.etwinning.net Know about eTwinning: news, general information, FAQ Inspiration: examples, practice, ideas, kits Join up: school/teacher registration Find partners Carry out projects
eTwinning life cycle
Support at national level
eTwinning tools Map Twinfinder Mailbox Chat Partner finding forum TwinSpace File sharing Webpages Calendar Bulletin board
Most frequently used software tools in projects twinspace blogging e-mail PowerPoint presentations MagazineFactory ChatFiti witheboard Media Synchrone Pod casting Skype MSN Messenger Moodle…
Diversity in themes and subject areas covered by projects in communication languages in levels of complexity of the projects in project duration in ages of the students in ICT tools used
Teacher development Professional development workshops throughout Europe Annual eTwinning Conference Pedagogical guidelines Guidelines on ICT tools National and regional workshops Cross-border seminars Lots of opportunities for peer learning
Recognition eTwinning gallery National quality label European quality label National prizes European eTwinning prizes
eTwinning so far Officially launched in January 2004 15,748 schools registered in the eTwinning portal 1,749 projects registered and approved around 4,000 schools involved in an approved project 3, 300 visitors to the eTwinning portal every day More than 1,000 teachers participating in centrally organised eTwinning workshops during the school year Several thousand teachers participating in national and regional eTwinning seminars and workshops
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