Anne Gilleran

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A New Path for European Schools

• Anne Gilleran

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What is eTwinning?

• Initiative of the European Commission began in
  2004

• Aim
• School collaboration across borders using ICT
• European dimension into school curricula
• Share learning resources
• Long-term partnerships involving whole school
• Improve skills of teachers

• Audience
• Teachers and school staff at primary and
  secondary schools (including. kindergarten)

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How is eTwinning structured?

• Central Support Service European Schoolnet
  (EUN)
• General information on www.etwinning.net
• Pedagogical advice and guidelines to eTwinning
• Partner finding tools and virtual communication
  platform

• National Support Services in all member states
• National promotion of eTwinning
• Monitoring of projects
• Assistance to schools and partnerships

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eTwinning life cycle
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Quality Label
Awarded to the school by the NSS based on certain
criteria.
Sustainability Use of ICT within the
project Results and benefits
Curricular integration European dimension
Innovation/creativity Overall quality
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Step 8. Professional Development Workshops

• November 2005 - June 2006
• 10 Workshops across Europe.
• Hungary Czech Republic
• Italy Greece
• Malta France (May)
• Uk Norway (May)
• Germany Austria (June)

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Professional Development Workshops 2

• 75 Teachers
• 25 from host country 50 from other countries
• Aims
• Inform
• Train
• Motivate
• Encourage partnerships

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Professional Development Workshops 3

• 4 are for mixed audience
• 6 are audience specific
• School Leaders (Italy)
• Science Teachers (Hungary)
• Primary Teachers (Malta)
• Language Teachers (UK)
• Teachers of French (France)
• Teachers of Arts and Humanities (Greece)

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• Aim by 2007
• 35,000 schools involved in eTwinning

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www.etwinning.netEntry Page