1. 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

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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

5. Support at various levels
Central Support Service: European Schoolnet
National Support Services:
Organisations appointed by the participating countries
“eTwinning ambassadors”, school networks, inspectorates, regional authorities, …

6. The European eTwinning website
Know about eTwinning: news, general information, FAQ
Inspiration: examples, practice, ideas, kits
Join up: school/teacher registration
Find partners
Carry out projects

7. eTwinning life cycle

8. Support at national level

9. eTwinning tools Map Twinfinder Mailbox Chat Partner finding forum
TwinSpace
File sharing
Webpages
Calendar
Bulletin board

10. Most frequently used software tools in projects
twinspace
blogging
PowerPoint presentations
MagazineFactory
ChatFiti witheboard
Media Synchrone
Pod casting
Skype
MSN Messenger
Moodle…

11. 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

12. 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

13. Recognition eTwinning gallery National quality label
European quality label
National prizes
European eTwinning prizes

14. 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

15. Thank you for your attention