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eTwinning and MFL
Helena ButterfieldHead of MFL St. Michael’s RC SchooleTwinning AmbassadorLinks into Languages Trainerhttp://helenabutterfield.net [email protected]
Why?
• Celebrate different cultures
• Native speaker contact
• Authentic material
• Real audience
• Widens focus
• Motivation
What is eTwinning?
•Enables teachers, pupils and students in 32 European countries to work together using ICT.•European Commission’s partner finding and online collaboration tool. •Schools and colleges (working with pupils and students between the ages of 3 and 20) can register details, create a profile, search for partners and engage in online partnerships •Short or long term partnerships•Collaborate on a range of curriculum based projects in any subject area •No administration process or time restriction •Free!
www.etwinning.net
Register for eTwinning
Find a partner school
Submit your project idea for approval
Submit your project idea to your NSS (British Council)
Project kits
Project is approved and eTwinning Label awarded
Twinspace
• Similar to VLE
Ideas that have worked
Blogging project with France
Wiki project (in English) with France, Italy, Turkey,
Romania, Poland
Project on our local area in German
On going GCSE project with France
Realtime communication
• Online Chat
Twinspace Chatroom
Skype chat
• Video conference
Realtime face-to-face communication
Awards and Recognition
Quality Labels: Recognition of outstanding projects from the UK NSS (British Council) and the European CSS (EU)
UK eTwinning Awards
European eTwinning Awards
More information
• The Langwitch Chronicles: http://helenabutterfield.net
• eTwinning: www.etwinning.net
• British Council: www.britishcouncil.org
• Twitter: @langwitch
