etwinning uwic may 10th 2010
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Presentation used at PGCE session at UWIC May 10th 2010TRANSCRIPT
eTwinningwww.etwinning.net
Owain WrighteTwinning Project OfficerBritish Council Wales
What is eTwinning?
The Community for Schools in EuropeFacilitate collaboration between teachers in different countries in Europe using ICT and the internetAllow teachers and pupils to work together online using various toolsPartner findingProject work
32 European Countries
Over 90,000 teachers in Europe
Over 8,000 teachers in UK
Over 550 teachers in Wales
Over 5,000 active projects
eTwinning Headlines
How this fits into educational strategies & initiatives…
The Global Citizenship element of ESDGC
Curriculum Cymreig
School Effectiveness Framework
In England Children’s Plan, Sustainable Schools Framework, Community Cohesion etc
Enrich curriculum work
What it can do for your pupils…
Native speaker contact
Real Audience
Widen focus
Celebrate different cultures
Motivation
Develop ICT skills
What it can do for you…
CPD opportunities: – Local ICT based workshops– European Professional Development
Workshops– Trans-national partner finding workshops
Part of a community of peersExciting and interesting way to workDevelop your ICT skills
How you can get involved…
Register yourself & your school at www.etwinning.net
Find partner schools to work with
Work on projects together
Project ideas & Examples
Culture In A Box
Exchange ‘Mascots’
A Day In The Life
Digital Fairytales
Language Exchange
Sport and Leisure
Music
Outside of www.etwinning.net Blogging www.blogger.com
Video-conferencing www.skype.com,
http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/ & www.elluminate.com Wikis www.wikispaces.com
Podcasting www.podomatic.com Wordle www.wordle.net
Animoto www.animoto.com
[email protected] – Your local eTwinning officer based in [email protected] – Main team in Belfast
On the web – www.britishcouncil.org/etwinning – UK sitewww.etwinning.wikispaces.com – eTwinnning UK Wikispacewww.etwinninguk.typepad – eTwinning UK Blogwww.twitter.com/etwinninguk – Follow us on Twitter
This presentation can be found at:http://www.slideshare.net/OwainWright