Conference Workshop Str4 Platform

eTwinning Conference 2008 – 15 March 2008, Bucharest

Santi Scimeca Christina Crawley

eTwinning Conference Workshop Your eTwinning

The Portal


Objectives of this workshop

Get feedback from real users about the current portal

Help conceive and design the new platform

Get feedback about the new ideas related to the new Platform


How does this workshop work?Part 1

Brief introductionIntroduction to the main features of the

current platform (portal, Desktop, Twinspace)

Groups discussion Feedback from groups

Guidelines are on the table


Introduction to the main features of the new platform (Portal, Desktop, Twinspace)

Groups discussion Feedback from groups

How does this workshop work?Part 2

Guidelines are on the table


1. The Public Portal


Key Elements of the Public Portal

• What is eTwinning?

• Registration area

• Who is involved? – Schools, projects

• Ideas and examples of good practice

• What’s new


2. The Desktop


Key Elements of the Desktop

• Main aim: To find partners and register your project

– Use tools to find partners – Communicate with prospective project

partners– Manage your personal, school and project

details– Register your project


TwinFinder: To search for partners


Forum: to post and answer


Email: to send messages


Chat: to discuss in real time


Resources: share your work


My Candidates: to manage interesting possible partners, to register your projects


What else…

• Profile: To update your personal, school and project details

• Label: To access and apply for your eTwinning labels

• Progress Card: To share up-to-date information on the state of your project with your NSS and others


3. The TwinSpace


Key elements of the TwinSpace

• Main aim: To provide your project with a customised online workspace

• To communicate (email, chat, forums)• To plan (calendar, bulletin board)• To post information (webpages, photo

galleries, files)• To publish and share


To plan: calendar, message board


To post: photos, files, text


To share: to publish


And now…

• What do you think about the Platform?

• In groups, take time to go over questions on either:– The Portal– The Desktop– The TwinSpace

Then let’s report back together!


The new Platform



Map by country


New Desktop elements


New User profile


New TwinSpace Home


And now…

• What do you think of these ideas?• Do you have some more?

• In groups, take time to answer questions and discuss– The Portal– The Desktop– The TwinSpace


Your feedback about..New Portal

• New layout

• Information accessible from the Home Page

• Information not important

• Something which is missing


Your feedback about..New Desktop

• eTwinning Desktop as a social networking platform

• Your profile: share or not to share

• Widgets (podcasting, walls, etc.)


Your feedback about..New TwinSpace

• TwinBlog replacing Progress Cards

• Share resources from TwinSpace

• Which collaborative platform you would like the TwinSpace to look like

• TwinSpace used for Groups: which ones would you like to have?

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