eTwinning:
Opportunities for educational innovation
Christina Crawley
Communications Manager
eTwinning Central Support Service
Topics
1.eTwinning – how it developed
2.The Internet phenomenon
3.eTwinning - a social network
4.Professional development
5.Some 21st century educational
considerations
What is eTwinning?
Launched January 2005
A Lifelong Learning
Programme initiative
- within the Comenius action
2005-2008 Phase 1
2008-2013 Phase 2
Central Support Service.
National Support Service
(1 in each country)
Run by the European
Schoolnet on behalf of
the European
Commission
eTwinning 1.0 (2005)
Launched to
encourage school
collaboration in
Europe
Designed to find
partners; create,
manage and run
school projects
Since 2005
February 2004
April 2006
January 2005
October 2006
February 2004.
February 2005
2006
2005/06
eTwinning has become……..
The community
for schools in
Europe
where teachers:
Find each other
and get in touch
Share practice
and ideas
Are engaged in
informal learning
Set up & run projects
with their pupils
In 23 languages…
eTwinning 2.0
=
eTwinning as a Social Network
eTwinning 2.0
The heart of eTwinning
is the portal:
www.etwinning.net
eTwinning Portal – 3 layers
1. The Public Portal
Public Information for all
Where teachers register
for eTwinning
Project ideas and kits
3. The TwinSpace
Private project workspace
Where project partners and pupils
collaborate online
Where project work is/can be
published and shared online
TwinBlog Where project partners
share their experience
2. The Desktop
Search tools and
profiles
Where teachers get in
touch and register an
eTwinning project
Also a tool for
communication about
events
Layer 1. Public
In terms of professional development…
eTwinning Learning Events
AeTwinning
network providing
Groups
opportunities for formal &
informal
European Professional
Continuing Professional
Development Workshops
Development (CDP)
21,000 teachers
were
Regional
workshops
involved in the formal
aspects of CDP through
eTwinningexchange
in 2009
Informal
&
reflection
Timeline eTwinning professional development opportunities
Oct 2010
Teacher Rooms
Jan 2009
Learning Events, Groups
Jan 2008
Regional workshops
Sept 2006
Dec 2005
Jan 2005
National training
European-wide
Professional Development workshops
eTwinning projects
What else is in it for the school?
Recognition: Quality Labels
(1) Pedagogical Innovation
and Creativity
(2) Curricular Integration
Recognition of
(3) Collaboration
between
quality
is based
partner schools
on (4)6 Creative
criteria
use of ICT
(5) Sustainability and
Transferability and (6)
Results and Benefits
Quality Label
National Quality Labels
European Quality Labels
Visibility
eTwinning Prizes
National Level
European Level
Is eTwinning successful?
eTwinning (Sept 2010) – in numbers
99,000 users
43,261 projects
2,475000 pupils
1000000 messages
20,000+ users/day
And….
It’s free!
We are 21st Century Learners!
Thank you for your attention!
eTwinning portal:
www.etwinning.net
Contacts:
christina.crawley@eun.org