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The eTwinning Portal
Tatjana Gulič, eTwinning ambasadorSlovenia
CS Workshop – 14. oktober 2010Reims, France
Brief introduction to the eTwinning Portal and its three levels
Introduction of the new eTwinning Desktop
Introduction to the TwinSpace
Practical exercises and opportunity for questions
What is the eTwinning Portal?
The central area for eTwinning activities to take place– www.etwinning.net (http://desktop.etwinning.net/)
A platform for information, networking and collaboration
Public Portal, Desktop, TwinSpace – Learning Lab, Groups
All information available in 23 languages
Public Portal
Private desktop
In other words…
eTwinners (registered users) have access to:
• Networking tools• An environment to share
ideas• A platform to access and
contribute to educational resources
• Tools to collaborate• And much more…
TwinSpace – secure place, public as members want to
set language
News from CSS
News from NSS
Project description•Title •Short description •Communication language(s)•What is the age range of the pupils to be involved in the project?•How many pupils altogether are going to participate in the project?•Subject areas •Tools to be used•Aims•Work process•Expected results•Is your project based on an eTwinning Project Kit?
tatjana.gulic@guest.arnes.si
Tatjana Gulič
OŠ Preska
Medvode
Slovenia
Beyond projects…
- The Portal also offers additional professional development opportunities to gain inspiration and exchange ideas
- Learning Events (webinars)- eTwinning Groups
TwinSpace – secure place, public as members want to
1. A set of collaboration tools for pupils and teachers
What does the TwinSpace offer?
Blogs
Forums
Wikis
File archives
Photo galleries
Web pages
2. Areas for planning and discussing
Staff room
Pupils’ Corner
Chat
3. Possibility for sharing and publishing results
Published TwinSpace with project URL
Try the Desktop out…
Partner finding:– search for contacts– search for your neighbour– add a contact– accept a contact
Profiles:– Update your ‘Quick Profile’ (in
the new Desktop: ‘About Me’)– Ready for a Comenius School
partnership?– Add a photo to your Profile– Add photos to your gallery -
personal and school profile– Write on a ‘wall’ (in the new
Desktop: reply to someone's ‘journal’ posting)
Project - start the registration process?
You need to Login
Quick access to other project TwinSpaces
click
Quick jump between projects
TwinSpace look
Add activities: only with administrative rights
To add new activities
first click on Project Activities
than Add Application
For new Activities (sections) in TwinSpace
Write down the name of new page
To Publish or Hide
or delete
Applications are
Cooperative applications– Blog– Forums– Wiki
Applications to organize files, photos,…– File archive– Picture gallery– Web page
Applications
Staff room – only for the teachers, pupils can’t see it
Pupils can have Forums, File archives, Galleries, web pages, wikis
Chat, on-line one by one in private rooms or all together
When we Login, we can see last logins and last changes…
Project diary…
Settings…
Left mouse click Copy Link Lication
How to put video in Blog
For flash video…
Paste url here
eTwinning tools
Enhanced communication tools
Networking and Social networking
User generated content (Project Diary)
Tagging and Maps
Involving pupils: eTwinning Projects
eTwinning TwinSpace
Virtual classrooms where eTwinning projects run their activities
• As a staffroom• As a classroom• As a portfolio• As a showroom• User generated
content (Project Diary)
User generated content (Project Diary)
Everyone has a role…
Roles scheme: – Teacher Administrator:
full project partners– Teacher Member: support
teachers– Pupil Administrator:
project coordinators – Pupil Member:
participants– Visitor: guests (to private
TwinSpaces)
Let’s get started!
tatjana.gulic@guest.arnes.si
tatjanagulic@gmal.com
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