E-TWINNING: KURZE SKIZZIERUNG

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1 E-TWINNING: KURZE SKIZZIERUNG Wer die Einführung nicht benötigt, findet konkrete Infos und Anleitungen direkt unter:

2 E-TWINNING Based on various presentations by Anne Gilleran and Christina Crawley PDW Zaandvort, Netherlands 5/6 Feb 2009

3 What is??

4 etwinning is An initiative of the European Commission to give an opportunity to as many EU children as possible to communicate with other children in other EU countries using Information and Communication Technologies at school.

5 Official Definition etwinning : Promotes school collaboration in Europe through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). It provides support, ideas and tools to make it easy for schools to set up partnerships and start collaborative projects in any subject area.

6 6 Was ist etwinning? Aktion im Rahmen des Programms für lebenslanges Lernen ( ) Teil der Aktion Comenius Ziel: langfristige Online-Partnerschaften zwischen europäischen Schulen Teilnahmeberechtigt: Kindergärten, Primar- und Sekundarschulen aller Schultypen aus den EU-Ländern (+ Island und Norwegen) in allen Unterrichtsfächern! Schwerpunkt: Einsatz von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT)

7 Ausgewählte Pluspunkte von 7 etwinning Ideale Vorstufe, Ergänzung oder Fortsetzung eines klassischen Comenius-Projektes Flexible, unbürokratische Aktion (keine Fristen, keine Beschränkung der Projektdauer, fast keine Voraussetzungen) Entwicklung und Förderung digitaler Kompetenz

8 4 Gründe für etwinning: etwinning ist einfach und unbürokratisch etwinning bietet eine Arbeitsplattform in 22 Sprachen ( etwinning bietet Präsenz- und Onlineschulungen etwinning macht Europa IKT-fit 8

9 etwinning Officially launched in January Officially Integrated into the Life Long Learning Programme Due to run until this date

10 What has happened in etwinning since 2005? September active users February active users Active projects run at approximately 15% of this figure

11 Central Support Service. National Support Service (1 in each country) Run by the European Schoolnet on behalf of the European Commission

12 Image of the network of connected etwinning schools in Europe

13 Widening horizons: etwinning is not just about projects. Projects are the outcome of a much larger process The process of community Social Networking!

14 Precondition: To benefit from a media you must have the skills to understand a media

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17 etwinning continues.. To be connective & non bureaucratic To offer recognition To be supportive and offer opportunity for professional development To have built in quality assurance at national and European level in the form of Quality Labels

18 etwinning tools: Aktueller Überblick:

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20 Aims - Make it easy to use ICT in education - Facilitate collaboration between teachers in different countries in Europe - Allow pupils to work together online using various tools - Provide a multilingual platform for online work in 23 languages

21 The main areas The Public Portal Information and inspiration for all Where teachers register to etwinning The Desktop Search tools and profiles Where teachers get in touch, exchange, share, rate 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 The TwinBlog Where project partners share their experience

22 Modules The Public Portal General information: what is etwinning, why get involved, etc People and projects: see who is registered, what projects are running Inspiration: ready-made kits, short modules, project galleries, ideas Support: guidelines, help, contact

23 Modules The Desktop Personal private area to Create and update personal, school and project profiles Search engine for interesting contacts Forum to find partners and share similar interests Chat and exchange with other etwinners

24 Working together - TwinSpace What is it? The TwinSpace is a virtual classroom where etwinning partnerships run their projects

25 The TwinSpace 1. Secure, private area to work collaboratively (teachers AND pupils) Inbox Calendar Chat Forum File folders Publishing

26 How the TwinSpace can be used As a staffroom As a classroom As a portfolio As a showroom

27 Ice breakers 1 The TwinBlog (Linked to Desktop, replacing the former Progress Card ) Another way to share work with their NSS or others Project partners (only) can post and publish their work easily Can be private, semi-private or public Registered etwinners can comment

28 Reasons to use the TwinSpace Multilingual (23 languages) Safe Created for etwinning: planning, communicating, working together and publishing

29 And. It s still for free! Gratis Gratuit

30 Important links: space.htm uidelines.htm