eTwinning: A roadmap of development

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eTwinning A roadmap of development

• Anne Gilleran
• Pedagogical Manager eTwinning Central Support
  Service

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What is eTwinning?
Launched January 2005
A Lifelong Learning Programme initiative -
Comenius action
September 2008
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Central Support Service. Run by the European
Schoolnet on behalf of the European Commission
National Support Service (1 in each country)
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eTwinning 1.0 (2005)
Launched to encourage school collaboration in
Europe
Designed to find partners create, manage and run
school projects
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eTwinning (2009) in figures
60,000 schools
12,000 projects
100,000 pupils
500,000 messages
20,000 users/day
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eTwinning Projects
Many things were happening In eTwinning...
Above... and below the surface
Informal collaboration
Comenius Partnerships
Time to go beyond eTwinning 1.0
Peer learning
Sharing of resources and ideas
Community building
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eTwinning Projects
eTwinning has evolved
Critical Mass
Informal collaboration
Comenius Partnerships
Communications and networking beyond Projects
Peer learning
Activities outside the Portal
Sharing of resources and ideas
Sharing and exchanging
Community building
Time for eTwinning 2.0
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eTwinning 2.0
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eTwinning 2.0
Enhanced communication tools

• Internal messaging
• Contacts
• Guestbooks

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eTwinning 2.0
Enhanced communication tools
Networking and Social networking

• Forums
• Teachers, Schools and Projects Profiles
• Walls and MeToos

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eTwinning 2.0
Enhanced communication tools
Networking and Social networking
User generated content (TwinBlogs)
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eTwinning 2.0
Enhanced communication tools
Networking and Social networking
User generated content (TwinBlogs)
Tagging and Maps
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eTwinning 2.0
School/Project search
Tagging and Maps
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eTwinning is social
Find each other and get in touch
The community for schools in Europe where
teachers
Share practice and ideas
Are engaged in informal learning
Set up run projects with their pupils
Get together and attend learning events
In 23 languages
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eTwinning schools
eTwinning projects
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Glimpse of the future
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Learning Events
Started March 2009
Podcasting
Creative Media
Exploring Creativity
Mind Mapping
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eTwinning Shifting Worlds
Formal
Informal
Closed
Open
Top down
Bottom up
Teaching
Learning
Consumption
Creation
Curriculum driven
Life as curriculum
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Web 2.0 Enablers
Cooperation the driving force
Enablers
Enthusiasm of children
E confidence of teachers (overcome of the
isolation of teacher)
Safety
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What next Challenges for the future
Curriculum
Web 2.0 embedded in the curriculum
Three pillars of education
Teaching process
Assessment
Web 2.0 part of the assessment
In-service training including Web 2.0
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Assets and challenges for eTwinning
eTwinning
Multilingual
Simple
Reliable and secure
Project centred
Practice oriented
Supported by adapted tools
eTwinning
Community building
Open to school cooperation Synergies
Worldwide recognition
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Rationale for etwinning
Cooperate with colleagues from other European
countries

• SIMPLE approach
• Share
• Innovate
• Motivate
• Participate
• Learn
• Exchange

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eTwinning Continues
To be connective non bureaucratic
To offer recognition
To be supportive and offer opportunity for
professional development
To have built in quality assurance at national
and European level in the form of Quality Labels
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And.
Its still for free!
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Conclusion
We are all part of the problem of global
warming. Let us all be part of the solution.


Ban ki-Moon
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Thank you for your attention!

• eTwinning portal
• www.etwinning.net
• Contacts
• Anne.Gilleran_at_eun.org