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eTwinning www.etwinning.net. etwinning@britishcouncil.org. What is eTwinning?. eTwinning is a free, flexible, easy to use resource for enhancing the use of ICT across all areas of the curriculum. Public Pages: project ideas and resources.

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  1. eTwinningwww.etwinning.net etwinning@britishcouncil.org

  2. What is eTwinning? eTwinning is a free, flexible, easy to use resource for enhancing the use of ICT across all areas of the curriculum.

  3. Public Pages:project ideas and resources Desktop: personal profile, partner-finding tool, project registration Twinspace: Your project’s own virtual classroom with communication tools and a place to share your work for your project

  4. Resources: Hundreds of categorised project ideas publically available for working with students aged 3-18 across various subject areas e.g. ‘Statistics and You’, Maths and Sciences, Age group 3-13 Safe environment: Online community of over 160, 000 teachers from 32 countries Partner-finding tool: Once registered you can search online for partner schools and create joint projects Project space: Once you’ve registered a project your project will be given it’s own virtual classroom where you can upload files, photos, videos, blogs, and wikis etc and use the live chat facility Support: There is a complete package of free online resources available to support partnerships Awards: Schools can apply for a Quality Label for their project and can use this work as part of their application for the International Schools Award Professional Development opportunitiesAs well as online networking with other teachers online, there are online learning opportunities and webinars

  5. 32 European Countries • 25 languages • 182,000 teachers • 25000+ projects

  6. Aims of eTwinning Facilitate collaboration between teachers in different countries in Europe Allow teachers andpupils 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

  7. Reasons touse 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

  8. eTwinning in the UK • Over 15,000 teachers in the UK • Approx. 100 eTwinning ambassadors across the UK

  9. The ingredients to a successful eTwinning project The existing curriculum New ICT skills Cross Curricular skills Student initiative Teacher collaboration A finished product (Collaboration)

  10. What eTwinning can do for You CPD opportunities: Local ICT based workshops Webinars European Professional Development Workshops Part of a community of peers Exciting and interesting way to work Develop your ICT skills

  11. Further eTwinning training Online training:http://www.britishcouncil.org/etwinning-events.htm

  12. Support etwinning@britishcouncil.org On the web: www.britishcouncil.org/etwinning- UK site www.etwinning.wikispaces.com– eTwinnning UK Wikispace www.etwinninguk.typepad – eTwinning UK Blog

  13. Comenius In-service Training Comenius Assistants Comenius Bilateral Partnerships Comenius Multilateral Partnerships Comenius Regio Fullbright UK/US Programme Schools Online International Schools Award British Council Schools Programme http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/

  14. http://etwinning.wufoo.com/forms/workshop-feedback/

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