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Anne Gilleran: eTwinning: the community for schools in EuropeScientix European Conference, Brussels, 6-8 May 2011
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eTwinning: opportunities for teachers
Anne Gilleran – pedagogical manager
eTwinning Central Support Service
I have been involved in many European Schoolnet projects involving schools, teachers and school leaders
I come from Irelanduniversity lecturerschool counsellorhead teacherresearcherexpert in ICT for education
Worked for the European Schoolnet since 2001
Pedagogical manager for eTwinning since 2005
Anne who?
The question……..The context……….The details……. eTwinning & ScientixSome reflections and considerations
Topics
What is eTwinning?
A Lifelong Learning Programme initiative- within the Comenius action
Launched January 2005
2005-2008 Phase 1
2008-2013 Phase 2
Key Facts about eTwinning
• 33 countries participate• Each of those countries has a National Support
Service NSS• Overall coordination by the Central Support
Service Run by European Schoolnet on behalf of the EU Commission
•It all happens on the eTwinning Portal www.eTwinning.net
The Context………
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European key competencies
Lifelong learning strategiesLifelong learning strategies
Quality of Learning
Personal perspective:• Personal fulfilment• Social
inclusion/citizenship• Employability/careers
Social perspective:• Constructive
democracy
World of work perspective• Skills for innovation
Life
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school
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Life-wide learning
formal
non-formal
informal
Life
lon
g learn
ing
21 Century Literacy Debate
4 suggested literacies
What happened in 2005 or….
The Internet context
Within two years………..
February 2004
January 2005
February 2005
October 2006
February 2004.
20062005/06
2005 – 08 eTwinning also changed!Evolved from a solely a project based activity between two teachers to…..
Providing a social network platform that allows for teacher exchange on practice and experience in a variety of different ways
+An improved dedicated collaborative working space for projects
+ Extended opportunities for professional development
eTwinning 2.0
3 main elements– Informal social network– Online collaborative work– Continuing professional development
The eTwinning Portal
The heart of eTwinning is the portal:
www.etwinning.net
Examples
Desktop tools………….
19
20
News from the eTwinning world
Suggests resources based on your profile
Informs on upcoming events
Personal profile
21
Personal content
Contacts & projects
Journal
Teacher Rooms
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Designed as places to invite other people to discuss topics over a short period of time
Collaborative working tools……..
TwinSpace
Teachers
Pupils
•Chat•Image Gallery•Document folders•Publishing tools•Blog•Wiki
And professional development……….
eTwinning Groups34 Groups now active
Learning Events
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15 Learning events in 2010
20,000 + teachers involved
Is eTwinning successful?
133,000 users
1million messages
20,000+ users/day
3 million + pupils
53,941 projects
eTwinning (May 2011)
Professional Development numbers
eTwinning & Scientix
Compliment each other
Scientix provides you with unique subject resources, contact with research and new developments in science education
eTwinning provides you with a communications platform for collaborative project work, formal and informal contact with other teachers and an alternate set of professional development opportunities
Sir John Holman
‘Science and art belong to the whole world and before them vanish the barriers of nationality.’ Goethe
‘Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.’ Henry Ford