eTwinning
www.etwinning.net
Michael O’Donnabhain
eTwinning Project Manager
British Council
Aims of eTwinning
Facilitate collaboration between teachers
in different countries in Europe
Allow teachers and pupils 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
eTwinning Headlines
32 European Countries
Over 85,000 teachers in Europe
Over 7,500 teachers in UK
809 teachers in London
Over 5,500 active projects in the UK
Approx. 150 eTwinning ambassadors
Benefits of using ICT
Real Audience
Motivation
Personalised learning
21st Century Learning
Most important of all: Collaboration
Reasons to use 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
3 layers
The Public Portal
– Information and inspiration for all
– Where teachers register to eTwinning
The Desktop
– Search tools and profiles
– Where teachers get in touch, communicate and share
– 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
Project ideas and examples
Magic Christmas Trees and Wishes:
Link to Twinspace
Schoolovision 2009:
http://schoolovision2009.blogspot.com/
Partner finding tips
Write clear and concise project ideas on
your profile
Be proactive
Use the partner finding forum
Be flexible
Don’t give up!!
Support
michael.odonnabhain@britishcouncil.org – Your local
eTwinning contact based in London
etwinning@britishcouncil.org – Main team in Belfast
On the web –
www.britishcouncil.org/etwinning - UK site
www.etwinning.wikispaces.com – eTwinnning UK
Wikispace
www.etwinninguk.typepad – eTwinning UK Blog
A version of this presentation can be found at:
http://www.slideshare.net/OwainWright
Outside of www.etwinning.net
Blogging www.blogger.com
Video-conferencing
http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/ & www.elluminate.com
Wikispaces www.wikispaces.com
Google docs http://docs.google.com
Wordle www.wordle.net
Animoto www.animoto.com