seminario nazionale etwinning, reggio emilia 6-7/04/2009 results from the varna “six thinking hats...
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Seminario nazionale eTwinning, Reggio Emilia 6-7/04/2009
Results from the Varna “Six Thinking Hats workshop”
Alexandra TosiUnità Nazionale eTwinning ItaliaAgenzia Scuola
Chania PDW 1-3 October 2009
Seminario nazionale eTwinning, Reggio Emilia 6-7/04/2009
What is the role of eTwinning Ambassadors
in the eTwinning Community?
Seminario nazionale eTwinning, Reggio Emilia 6-7/04/2009
Green hat results (creativity)
• Teachers’ training and support (T&S)
• Promotion and information activities (P&I)
• New activities ideas for Ambassadors (A4A)
Seminario nazionale eTwinning, Reggio Emilia 6-7/04/2009
Teachers’ training and support (T&S)
Seminario nazionale eTwinning, Reggio Emilia 6-7/04/2009
Help organize and act as speakers, trainers, moderators during European level events, such as:• European conference• PDW• Seminars and other events• eTwinning Summer School
This will help develop multilingual aspects of the eTwinning Community!
T&S
Seminario nazionale eTwinning, Reggio Emilia 6-7/04/2009
T&S
Moderate and animate the eTwinning online Community:• moderating eTwinning thematic groups• organizing online Learning Laboratories• tutoring new comers• Taking part to other online events
Seminario nazionale eTwinning, Reggio Emilia 6-7/04/2009
T&S
Help identify, document and showcase best practices and case studies
• Interviewing teachers
• Writing articles
• Monitoring projects
• Detecting most frequent problems and ways to overcome difficulties
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T&S
• Lead an European study of issues commonly facing schools involved in eTwinning (this could be a basis for developing future Learning Events)
• Survey of needs at ground level in order to inform policies at European level
T&S
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eTwinning promotion and information
(P&I)i.e. eTwinning Back to School Campaing
and eTwinning 5th Anniversary
Seminario nazionale eTwinning, Reggio Emilia 6-7/04/2009
• Help organize competitions (video, e-cards, games, calendars etc.)
• Organize coordinated promotional events with other countries during eTwinning weeks (e.g. eTwinning marathonon Czech’s model)
• Present case studies at Head teacher meetings
P&I
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P&I• Help organize European Events that involve
pupils and the whole school community, run locally but within a common European framework. Two examples:– eTwinning Bus starting from the European
Conference in Seville and travelling across Europe)
– Competition for the best eTwinning birthday cake
Seminario nazionale eTwinning, Reggio Emilia 6-7/04/2009
There should be some official recognition of Ambassador on the national and maybe international level (e.g. a label, certificate).
Activities for Ambassadors(A4A)
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A4A
• More face to face meetings for ambassadors,
for instance during the European eTwinning
Conference
• Summer Camp for ambassadors run by
ambassadors (peer to peer)
Seminario nazionale eTwinning, Reggio Emilia 6-7/04/2009
A4A
• Create and share a database of European ambassadors’ expertise and specific professional interests to foster exchange and collaboration
• Organize international exchanges of ambassadors (e.g. bilateral) for training and development (both as speakers and experts in other nations’ events, and as job shadowing)
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A4A
Develop and better structure the online ambassadors’ community: – Introducing a ‘Buddy’ system whereby experienced
ambassadors mentor inexperienced ones, across countries;
– Creating online groups based on FAQs – moderated by ambassador/group of ambassadors per country per month (‘hot seat’ idea);
– Developing learning events and working groups only for ambassadors
– Getting people together at given moments with a scheduled calendar.
Seminario nazionale eTwinning, Reggio Emilia 6-7/04/2009
You will continue the work your colleagues started in Varna during the last workshop, where you will work on some of these ideas!
Thank you!