using etwinning to enhance your comenius project today’s session will begin at 430pm please check...
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Using eTwinning to enhance your Comenius project
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Agenda
• Webinar basics• eTwinning: introduction• Benefits of using eTwinning• Next Steps
Session Agenda
• Webinar basics• eTwinning: introduction• Benefits of using eTwinning• Next steps
32 European Countries
23 languages
Over 140,000 teachers in Europe have joined the community
More than 13,000 teachers in the UK
Over 12,000 active projects
eTwinning Headlines
Aims of eTwinning• Facilitate collaboration between teachers
in different countries in Europe
• Allow teachers and pupils to work together online using various tools
• Make it easy to use ICT in education
Why eTwin?
• Benefits of Using ICT in the classroom…
• Real Audience, motivating for pupils
• Personalised learning
• 21st Century Learning – dynamism
• Safe virtual learning environment
Synergies between eTwinning and Comenius
• eTwinning provides a partner-finding tool specifically for those who want to find Comenius partners.
• The Twinspace is a useful place to put outcomes of their Comenius work (powerpoints, photos etc.) and also plan Comenius activity.
• eTwinning provides professional development on the ICT side of things, which will be useful to any teacher in a Comenius project.
What is eTwinning?• Strand of the European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme that
allows European schools to engage in collaborative projects using the internet and ICT
• eTwinning began in 2005 and became an sub-programme of Comenius in 2007
• Does not offer funding to schools, but provides tools and support to make project work possible
• It’s free to the end user: schools, teachers and pupils
• It’s a website: the centrepiece of eTwinning is the portal…
3 layers to eTwinning.net• The Public Portal
– Information and inspiration for all– Where teachers register to eTwinning– News, interviews, blogs and example projects
• The Desktop– Search tools and profiles to find a partner– Where teachers get in touch, communicate and share– and register an eTwinning project
• The TwinSpace– Private, secure and free project workspace– Where project partners and pupils collaborate online– Where project work is/can be published and shared online
Any Questions?
3 layers to eTwinning.net• The Public Portal
– Information and inspiration for all– Where teachers register to eTwinning– News, interviews, blogs and example projects
• The Desktop– Search tools and profiles to find a partner– Where teachers get in touch, communicate and share– and register an eTwinning project
• The TwinSpace– Private, secure and free project workspace– Where project partners and pupils collaborate online– Where project work is/can be published and shared online
Partner finding tips• Write clear and concise project ideas on
your profile • Be proactive, use the search filters and
send messages to make contact• Use the partner finding forum• Remember that you are working with other
teachers• Don’t give up!!
Any Questions?
Your Projects
page
Create your new project
Select the one partner that you want to set the
project up with
Project Description Page – these are details for the project
as a whole not just your school, you are writing on
behalf of your partners too so don’t be UK-centric.
3 layers to eTwinning.net• The Public Portal
– Information and inspiration for all– Where teachers register to eTwinning– News, interviews, blogs and example projects
• The Desktop– Search tools and profiles to find a partner– Where teachers get in touch, communicate and share– and register an eTwinning project
• The TwinSpace– Private, secure and free project workspace– Where project partners and pupils collaborate online– Where project work is/can be published and shared online
Agenda
• Webinar basics• eTwinning: introduction• Benefits of using eTwinning• Next Steps
What can eTwinning do for your Comenius Project?
• Help deliver aspects of your project plan
• A way to let unsuccessful partners play an active role in the partnership
• Carry on your project after it finishes and the funding stops
• Find partners for future/other European projects
• Other classes & staff in your school to get involved in the project or have their own European projects
How does it fit with your existing project?
• As a communication tool: Teacher to teacher; pupil to pupil
• As a planning tool
• As a place to store and share your work
• As a tool to disseminate (“publish”) your work: within your school; within your partnership; to the local community and beyond
• As an evaluation tool: teachers and pupils
• Enhances funding applications – score bonus points
Agenda
• Webinar basics• eTwinning: introduction• Benefits of using eTwinning• Next Steps
What Next?
1. Register Yourself on eTwinning
2. Get your partner to register
3. Enter you project plan
4. The British Council approves the project
5. Happy eTwinning
eTwinning Training Opportunities
• Webinars – interactive online seminars• Workshops and Twilights• Professional Development Workshops • European PDW• Ambassador training and associated CPD
Contact Us
We offer a helpdesk service within office hours:
[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@britishcouncil.org
www.britishcouncil.org/etwinning
www.britishcouncil.org/etwinning-events
http://etwinninguk.wikispaces.com
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