eTwinning Erasmus+KA229_HET_18.2.2021._D.Todorovic

opportunities for
connection, collaboration
and professional development
Erasmus+ Project KA229 Hold Everyone Together (HET)
2020-1-RS01-KA229-065354_5
18.2.2021.
Dalibor Todorovic
eTwinning ambassador / Serbia

My background
I’m Computer Science teacher
I’m the first eTwinning
ambassador for Serbia
since 2015.
9maj.edu.rs
I’m involved in European
projects since 2014.
I’m Erasmus+ ambassador
for Serbia
I’m Scientix ambassador for
Serbia and a member of the
National Steering Committee
for Science of Stage for Serbia
expert - external evaluator
of Erasmus+ projects
applications in the
European Commission poll

The content
The concept of eTwinning
History and support
Portal - levels
eTwinning projects - from idea to realization
Examples of eTwinning projects
eTwinning implementation and integration in the curriculum
Quality labels and awards
Opportunities for professional development
Code of conduct and safety of students
Why eTwinning?

What is еTwinning?
An online community where teachers of all over
Europe and beyond can meet colleagues,
exchange ideas and practices, attend free training
opportunities and carry out collaborative projects at
distance in a safe environment.
The most Community
for Schools in Europe
~ for students and teachers ~

eTwinning as an online platform
eTwinning is an online learning/teaching platform
for staff employed in schools/pre-schools
(teachers, educators, professional associates,
school principals...)
It is used for communication, collaboration, project
development, exchange of examples of good
practice.

Who can participate?
Students and staff from Kindergarten to the end of
high school
Teachers, who teach pupils (from 3 to 19 years)
School management, Pedagogical advisors, School
Psychologists, Librarians, ICT coordinators...
Different kind of public and private educational
institutions (preschool, vocational, interest-
education etc.)
Schools from 44 countries

Countries in eTwinning
28 EU member countries + Norway, Iceland,
Turkey, North Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia-
Herzegovina, Serbia and Lichtenstein
eTwinning Plus: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia,
Moldova, Tunisia, Ukraine

Promotes school collaboration
in Europe through the use of
Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT).
It provides support, ideas, tools
and sevices to make it easy for
schools to set up partnerships
and start collaborative projects
in any subject area.
eTwinning activities

History of eTwinning
An initiative of the European Commission to give an
opportunity to as many EU children as possible to
communicate with other children in other EU
countries using Information and Communication
Technologies at school.
2008 – 2013 2014 - 2020
Lifelong
Learning
ERASMUS
Plus
2005 – 2008

NSS
NSS
NSS
NSS
NSS
NSS
NSS
NSS NSS
NSS
NSS
NSS
Central Support Service (CSS)
represents an international
partnership of European ministries
of education with the aim of
teaching development for the
needs of schools, teachers and
students across Europe.
National Support Services (NSS)
represents additional support at the
national eTwinning level.
eTwinning support

Numbers
118 382
Projects
903 300
Teachers
218 684
Schools

3 levels of the eTwinning portal
Public portal
etwinning.net
eTwinning LIVE
live.etwinning.net
TwinSpace
twinspace.etwinning.net
… public area
… personal area
…collaborative area

eTwinning platforms
www.etwinning.net
• General information about
eTwinning in all languages
• Public, no need to register
• Info about international
events
eTwinning Live
• Only forregisteredusers
• Project forums, ideas for
projects
• Online groups fordifferent
topics / subjects
• Applications for online
courses and webinars
TwinSpace
• Online platform
for collaboration
• Also pupils can join
• Safe (only project
partners can join)
• Youcan also publish or
invite parents to join

www.etwinning.net
Public
portal

www.etwinning.net
The first step is to register to the online platform
www.etwinning.net (one person = one registration)
Public
portal

eTwinning Live - People
eTwinning
LIVE

eTwinning Live - Events
eTwinning
LIVE

eTwinning Live - Events
Integration in the platform of a
webconferencing tool (Adobe Connect) free
for all registered eTwinning, both for
dissemination/training purposes in eTwinning
Live and for partner communication and
collaboration within projects and groups
A continuous offer of eTwinning Events,
both spontaneus events organized by
teachers and «sponsored» events by CSS
and NSS
eTwinning
LIVE

eTwinning Live - Projects
eTwinning
LIVE

eTwinning Live - Groups
eTwinning
LIVE

eTwinning Live - Partner forums
eTwinning
LIVE

eTwinning Live - PDW
eTwinning
LIVE

eTwinning Live - PDW
eTwinning
LIVE
ONLINE ONSITE
Learning events
Online seminars
Support groups
Self-teaching materials
PDW
Seminars
Conferences

ТwinSpace - collaborative area of the project

What is an eTwinning project?
What can be a project?

Some of my еTwinning projects
European Food Festival, Easter around Europe, Using
social media and digital tools in education, Girls in ICT,
LBM (Light of Blind Man), Photo-ethnographic journey
through the country, Tourist guide, Let's make
audiobooks, Creating Games Using Scratch, Education
transmedia: communication at the school by the new
technologies, Mystery Skype, My Pivot Stickfigure
animated day, Treasure Island: Twintales/L'île aux
trésors:Twincontes, Tracing the steps of the Roman
Empire in our area, Where do you come from, Yellow
submarine, Чуваjмо језик и обичаје, Римско наслеђе
у Србији, On the traces of the Roman emperors, Self
Organised Learning Environment, IES - Learning by
playing.

What is an eTwinning project?
No limits of time for
project duration
Different subjects/
part of curriculum
International or
national projects Online
collaboration
ICT tools
Different
languages
Project based
learning

How to start with eTwinning projects?
Idea
Partners
Topics plan (more specifically what it is about)
Implementation plan (what to do and when)
Activity plan (how it will be done)
Program and tools plan (tools that will be used)
Results (what we will show at the end)

The aim of the project
Something that did not exist before the
realization of the project
Something that would not be possible without
the project
Something worth investing in a project

Well-set goals are:
Clearly defined (described)
Measurable
Possible
Achievable
Time-framed

Don’t forget...
eTwinning provides support, ideas and toolsto make it
easy for schools to set up partnerships and start
collaborative projects in any subject area.
That teachers will work collaboratively
through project work.
So,

Plan collaborative projects…
… thinking about activities…
to students learn and collaborate.
to teachers learn and collaborate.
with curricular subjects.

еTwinning project examples
Cartoons in math
National project LV + LV
Math + crafts + other
primary school subjects
Pupils age – primary school
Final product – videos of
math tasks
Act-in-Art
LV + GR + FR + PT + AT
Preschool pupils learn
about different painters
National languages + ENG
Final product – virtual
exhibition
ICT world
LV + CZ + GR + IT + PL + TR
English + math + other
subjects
Work in international groups
End product – e-journal,
scratch games

What can I do in my subject?

How many students and
which students to choose?

Easter around Europe
– project details
How do I fit in here?

European Food Festival
– project details

Title: «Blastic, a blast of plastic!»
Description: "Blastic" aims to be a “wake-up call” to the problem that
excessive use of plastic poses to our health and environment. Students
need to make clear differences between the world before plastic and now
and to understand what are the consequences of its irrational use. With
this project pupils will raise awareness to the impact of plastic in our daily
lives and use their creativity to reuse it in a musical and artistic way.
Aim: Develop imagination and creativity; develop research skills; develop
ICT skills; develop English skills; respect for the environment; raise
awareness on the impact of plastic in our lives and environment; become
a better citizen; respect different ideas; contact with recording and filming
tools.
Students: Age 11 - 15 from Portugal, Serbia, Poland,
Turkey and Iceland.
Expected results: A creative campaign to raise awareness to the impact
of plastic!

It is enough to join an existing project and
participate as a partner
It is desirable to start your own project
It is the best to make a quality project
eTwinning projects - a step further

Recognition for your work
National Quality Label
- awarded by the NSS
European Quality label
- awarded by the CSS
National eTwinning prizes
European eTwinning prizes
- 3 age categories and several special categories

Quality labels
- confirmation of reaching the standard

eTwinning Quality Labels are granted to teachers with
excellent eTwinning projects.
They indicate that the project has reached a certain
national and European standard.
For this reason, there are two labels:
- National Quality Label
- European Quality Label
Quality Label
National & European

What are the benefits?
The Quality Label is a concrete recognition of teachers
and schools for the high level of their eTwinning
activities.
For students, they represent recognition of their efforts
and encouragement in further work.
For schools in general, a public affirmation of their
commitment to quality and openness to collaborative
work with European schools.

Project criteria
To receive a National or
European Quality Label,
projects must be carried
out according to 6 criteria
Planning projects
according to criteria
helps to succeed
Pedagogical Innovation
Curricular integration
in different subjects
Communication and
exchange
Collaboration between
partner schools
Use of Technology
Results, impact and
documentation

Application for the quality label

European Quality Label
No need to apply!
The European Quality Label is another label of success.
Since October 2012, it has been awarded by the Central
Support Service (CSS) to schools for the project:
• which after the screening process was proposed for
European quality labels by at least one National
Support Service.
• for which at least two partners have already received
the National Quality Label.
The European Quality Label is awarded only once a year
and is presented on the eTwinning Portal.

The European eTwinning Prize
Competition for European eTwinning Prizes
To compete for the European eTwinning Prizes you must
have a European Quality Label.
The European eTwinning Prize
The main category is sponsored by the European
Commission and has three levels as follows.
The three prizes are for projects involving:
– 1. Pupils age 4-11
In addition to the main eTwinning Prize category there are
also a number of special categories sponsored by other
organisations

Life Cycle of an eTwinning Project
Introduction
Project activities
Evaluation
Dissemination
Recognition

Aspects of implementation
Inclusion in the school curriculum (use of projects
in regular classes)
Establishment of school teams
Internet security
Professional development (exchange of
experiences and examples of good practice
through projects, forums, seminars as motivation)

Curriculum integration
Motivation to start a project
Fitting into the school curriculum
Inclusion of the project in regular classes
Matching by age, subjects, interests
Fitting the school time-schedule

Establishment of school teams
How many teams do we have in schools?
Is it realistic to have an eTwinning team as
separate team?
Should the principal, the school pedagogical
advisors be included in the team?
Who are the potential team members?

e-safety and eTwinning
Security of the portal
eTwinning vs. educational / social networks
Pictures and photos of students
eTwinning netiquette

Why еTwinning?
How do students and teachers benefit from
participating in eTwinning projects?

Benefits for pupils
Communication with
pupils from different
countries
Authentic learning of
foreign languages
Project activities
motivate pupils to use
ICT meaningfully
New skills and
knowledge for
future job
Competency based
learning / key
competencies
Virtual
travel

Different pedagogical approach
Inquiry
based
learning
Project
based
learning
Intercultural
dialogue
Collaborative
work
Use of ICT in
classroom
Safe
environment
Innovation Recognition
Teacher is
autonomous
Teacher is
never alone

eTwinning and Key Competences
European Parliament and Council
Recommendation 2006/962/EC, on key
competences for lifelong learning 2012
MIUR: European publication Developing
pupil competences through eTwinning
http://files.eun.org/etwinning/book2014/EN_Etwinning_2014.
pdf

Professional Development opportunities
• European PDW
and other
Seminars
• Groups
• Teachers
Rooms
• LearningEvents
• Webinars
Online
training
Online
Professional
Development
Peer
Learning
Face to face
training
• NSS
• Ambassadors
• eTwinning
Projects

ONLINE
ONSITE
National
webinars
Online
groups
1 day
2-3 days
New methods
Technology Contact
seminars
Starting new
projects
Trainings
NATIONAL
International
webinars
Trainings
IN EUROPE

Why еTwinning?
Resources
Safe environment
Partner-finding tool
Project space
Support
Awards

Why еTwinning?
It is a free resource
Safe online environment
Flexibility
No stress
Real context for learning
No bureaucray
No application form or lengthy administration
process
Could be your 1st step or could enhance an
existing link

eTwinning community
Support
If you arecreative and
active, this
community is for you!
Ambassadors
Each country has an
ambassadornetwork
where you canjoin
Partners
Each country has
differentpartners
form NGOs and
business field

Register
Discover
Connect
Collaborate
Advance yourself

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Dalibor Todorovic
ambassador for Serbia
Erasmus+ Project KA229 Hold Everyone Together (HET)
2020-1-RS01-KA229-065354_5
18.2.2021.

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