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School partnerships in Europe

School partnerships in Europe. Heads of School Meeting, National Curriculum Centre, 23 January 2005. What is eTwinning?. Officially launched by the European Commission is a core part of the eLearning programme on 14 Jan 2005 Promotes school partnerships in Europe

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School partnerships in Europe

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  1. School partnerships in Europe Heads of School Meeting, National Curriculum Centre, 23 January 2005

  2. What is eTwinning? • Officially launched by the European Commission is a core part of the eLearning programme on 14 Jan 2005 • Promotes school partnerships in Europe • School partnerships in Europe are • increasingly common practice • gaining widespread recognition • proven to improve student learning • Aim is to have 30,000 twinned schools by 2007

  3. More about eTwinning • Collaborative work • pedagogical, social and cultural benefits • opportunity to motivate young people to learn about • each other - their school culture • their faimilies - the world • practising their ICT and language skills • enhancing pedagogy • a worthwhile activity that adds value to conventional learning

  4. What are the activities? • Language, ICT and collaborative work are common to all projects • Any project that you or your teachers can think of! • Probably it will be... ... more interesting and motivating ... more successful

  5. How can I participate? • Forget forms, documents and red tape! 3 4 1 2 Register your School Gain access to online tools Find or be found! Discuss possible project/s eTwin!

  6. Registration • By registering: • Demonstrate interest in participating • Select preferences for partnerships • Teacher/School Admin/Librarian • Languages/Themes • Country/ies • Open to multiple partnerships? • Your preferences will be added to the database

  7. Registration is through the eTwinning Portal TwinFinder eMail Chat Forum Helpdesk Online Tools European eTwinning Portal Malta eTwinning Portal

  8. 6 Maltese Schools Dun Salv Portelli Primary School – San Lawrenz Qormi St George Primary School Nadur Primary School Filippo Zammit Primary School - Qrendi Margaret Mortimer Girls’ Junior Lyceum 'Guzeppi Agius' Primary 'B' - Paola 717 Registered Schools 18 Partnerships You can view these on the eTwinning Map Registered Schools European eTwinning Portal

  9. Maintenance • Each eTwinning partnership will be monitored by the NSS and the CSS • The ‘Progress Card’ • This is to measure the successfulness of the project • To refine the support needed • To reward and disseminate good practice

  10. What do I stand to gain? • Your students’ gain: • Pedagogical, Cultural, Social • ICT use in authentic situations • Language development • Collaborative teaching & learning • School Recognition – eTwinning Label • eTwin&Win – National Competition • eTwinning Prize 2005

  11. Competitions... • National competition • collaborative projects among schools • promoting pedagogical approaches • promoting the development and use of digital resources • Submissions – March-December 2005 • Ceremony in Brussels early in 2006

  12. Language ICT eMail Chat File Sharing Websites Digital photos Electronic Presentations Spreadsheets Video Conferencing Digital Video Exhibitions Project Books Tools

  13. A project does not need to be huge Teachers often realise the potential by starting with a small project The relationship will grow if it works Eventually involving more teachers... ...ideally the whole school Can be coupled with town twinning programmes Or Comenius projects Start small...

  14. Cross-curricular Mono-curricular Activity-Based Many schools out there wishing to find partners in Malta! Added value - projects can come from both schools Examples of eTwinning projects Example

  15. “We are a primary school with 256 pupils and we are interested in eTwinning with a primary school in Malta to support our current Primary Seven (11/12 yo) class project on the local impact of WW2 in the Highlands. We wish to get a different view of the experience of this time from a different location for our children.  We have a small number of able children who we would like to involve in the initial eTwinning process…” Walking through Time School Website Project Website

  16. First eTwinning partnership from Malta! • Dun Salv Portelli – San Lawrenz and Terra Novaskolan in Sweden • A project that will see young pupils sharing information about their villages and learning from each other

  17. The eTwinning portal can suggest possible projects that can work for you These have been submitted by other teachers and educators from all over Europe who are experienced in this kind of work Browse to the Good Practice Section of the CSS portal Stuck for Ideas? Go there!

  18. eTwinning National Support Service (NSS) Department of Technology in Education Helpdesk - Pedagogical Promotion - Technical Count on us! www.skola.gov.mt/etwinning etwinning@schoolnet.gov.mt 2598 2324

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