Presentation used at PGCE session at UWIC May 10th 2010

1. eTwinning
www.etwinning.net
Owain Wright
eTwinning Project Officer
British Council Wales

2. What is eTwinning?
The Community for Schools in Europe
Facilitate collaboration between teachers
in different countries in Europe using ICT
and the internet
Allow teachers and pupils to work
together online using various tools
Partner finding
Project work

3. eTwinning Headlines
32 European Countries
Over 90,000 teachers in Europe
Over 8,000 teachers in UK
Over 550 teachers in Wales
Over 5,000 active projects

4. How this fits into educational strategies
& initiatives…
The Global Citizenship element of ESDGC
Curriculum Cymreig
School Effectiveness Framework
In England Children’s Plan, Sustainable
Schools Framework, Community Cohesion
etc
Enrich curriculum work

5. What it can do for your pupils…
Native speaker contact
Real Audience
Widen focus
Celebrate different cultures
Motivation
Develop ICT skills

6. What it can do for you…
CPD opportunities:
– Local ICT based workshops
– European Professional Development
Workshops
– Trans-national partner finding workshops
Part of a community of peers
Exciting and interesting way to work
Develop your ICT skills

7. How you can get involved…
Register yourself & your school at
www.etwinning.net
Find partner schools to work with
Work on projects together

8. Project ideas & Examples
Culture In A Box
Exchange ‘Mascots’
A Day In The Life
Digital Fairytales
Language Exchange
Sport and Leisure
Music

9. Outside of www.etwinning.net
Blogging www.blogger.com
Video-conferencing www.skype.com,
http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/ & www.elluminate.com
Wikis www.wikispaces.com
Podcasting www.podomatic.com
Wordle www.wordle.net
Animoto www.animoto.com

10. Support
owain.wright@britishcouncil.org – Your local
eTwinning officer based in Cardiff
etwinning@britishcouncil.org – Main team in Belfast
On the web –
www.britishcouncil.org/etwinning – UK site
www.etwinning.wikispaces.com – eTwinnning UK
Wikispace
www.etwinninguk.typepad – eTwinning UK Blog
www.twitter.com/etwinninguk – Follow us on Twitter
This presentation can be found at:
http://www.slideshare.net/OwainWright