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Plans for the new eTwinning Desktop (for September 2010)
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The NEW eTwinning Desktop
Christina Crawley
eTwinning Central Support ServiceEuropean Schoolnet
eTwinning Professional Development Worshop (PDW)Villasimium, Sardinia, 28 May 2010
What can all eTwinners do?
Have a profile
Search for people
Register new projects
Join existing projects
Upload resources
Post messages in forums
Communicate (mailbox, walls, ‘me toos’, etc.)
Join Learning Events and Groups
The New Desktop
September 2010
New Desktop: Navigation
- Merging existing sections
- Create new ones
Home | My Profile | Find eTwinners | Projects | Teachers Rooms | Resources
Home | My Profile | Partner Finding | My Projects | My Contacts | Resources
Homepage
Only users can see it (as before)
Shortcuts to personal information
News from CSS and NSS new
What’s happening in eTwinning (Rooms, Groups, Learning Events) new
Resources new
We go from this…
To this…
MyProfile
Core of eTwinning social networking
Access to my Projects, Contacts, Teachers Rooms
eTwinning and me: My Journal– Online portfolio– Sharing of things– Interaction with other eTwinners
Profile now…
MyProfile
MyProfile
NEW… Teachers Rooms
A Teachers Room is a way to interact and share on a specific topic within a limited timeA Room can be created by any eTwinner and does not require any approval. By default it has:– A description and a timeframe (2 months: it can be
extended to another 2). Rooms created by CSS/NSS are public (no need to join) and have no timeframe
– a multi-threaded forum– a public chatroom
Teachers Rooms: membership
The creator can invite other users to join from his/her contacts.Users invited must accept the invitation. Once they do so, they are members of the roomUsers may request to join. Once the request is done, users are automatically members of the room. The can delete themselves at any time.Users can be deleted by the creator.
A Teachers Room…
New Resources Area
Finding eTwinners
Search people more prominent than forum
Forums in a separate page– 3 forums for 3 age groups– 1 forum for Comenius Partnerships– Messages can be tagged– Better search– Messages can be reported
Projects
No real changes
Still the area to:– Create new projects– Manage existing/closed projects