1. What is etwinning?
Benefits for pupils?
Benefits for teachers?
CCEA accreditation
ICT tools used on the platform
Belfast –March 2012
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What is etwinning?
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3. What is 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 I.C.T at school.
• An innovative , creative and safe way to
deliver the curriculum tapping in the demands
of the modern youth culture.
4. Benefits to students
• Improve their self management skills, encouraging
them to sustain their attention, meet deadlines,
proof reading etc...
• Boost their confidence
• Increase pupils’ motivation
• Improve their team working skills
• Enable them to solve communication problems
• Improve their digital skills and exposed them to new
applications
5. …more benefits to students
• Widen their horizons
• Create endless discussions
• Enable newcomers to share their culture
• Create real audiences for project work
• Encourage them to experience Modern
Foreign Languages in an enjoyable and
meaningful way!
6. Benefits to teachers
• Professional Development opportunities:
- Free webinar training
- 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. • Extra resources as the school can win national prizes
each year in June.
8. CCEA’s ICT Accreditation Scheme
• you can use eTwinning (just like any VLE) to
work through any of the tasks; especially
helpful for the exchange requirement!
9. Free Tools used and allowed by
C2K !
• Wordle.com:
• Voicethread.com
• Voki.com
http://new-twinspace.etwinning.net/c/portal/layout
12. Tools provided in the twinspace
• Blog
• Wiki
• Forum
• Picture galerie
• File archives
• Web pages
http://
new-twinspace.etwinning.net/c/portal/layout?p_l
13. Contacts
Isabel Brennan
British Council NI
7 Fountain Street
Belfast BT1 5EG
Tel: +44 (0)28 90192250
Local ambassador:
Christelle Bernard
Little Flower Girls’ School
71A Somerton Road
Belfast BT15 4DE
(028) 9037 0647
cbernard341@c2kni.net