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Introducing teachers to the possibilities of eTwinning.
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eTwinningwww.etwinning.net
Owain WrighteTwinning Project OfficerBritish Council Wales
After today’s workshop you will:
Understand what eTwinning is
Be registered on the portal
Have contacted at least one potential partner on the site
Have some project ideas
Know what to do next
Aims of eTwinning
Facilitate collaboration between teachers in different countries in Europe
Allow teachers and pupils to work together online using various tools
Provide a multilingual platform for online work in 23 languages
Make it easy to use ICT in education
32 European Countries
Over 80,000 teachers in Europe
Over 8,000 teachers in UK
Over 550 teachers in Wales
Over 4,500 active projects
eTwinning Headlines
3 layersThe Public Portal– Information and inspiration for all– Where teachers register to eTwinning
The Desktop– Search tools and profiles– Where teachers get in touch, communicate and share– and register an eTwinning project
The TwinSpace– Private project workspace– Where project partners and pupils collaborate online– Where project work is/can be published and shared online
Reasons to use eTwinning:
It is a free resource
Safe online environment
No application form or lengthy admin process
Could be your 1st step or could enhance an existing link
Real context for learning
Develop ICT skills
Outside of www.etwinning.net Blogging www.blogger.com
Video-conferencing http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/ & www.elluminate.com Wikispaces www.wikispaces.com
Google docs http://docs.google.com Wordle www.wordle.net
Animoto www.animoto.com
Project ideas and examples
Travel Buddy Project:
http://www.iscacollege.devon.sch.uk/
Schoolovision 2009: http://schoolovision2009.blogspot.com/
Partner finding tips
Write clear and concise project ideas on your profile Be proactiveBe FlexibleUse the partner finding forumRemember that you are working with other teachersDon’t give up!!
[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
