eTwinning for Comenius projects

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eTwinning

National Support Service

Florence Anderson

British Council, London.

Languages, travel, eating

Nice to meet you

UK eTwinning Ambassador

Sandra Underwood

School Linking Coordinator and MFL Teacher, LSA Technology and Performing Arts College Lancashire North West, EnglandInternational linking projects, travelling and running!

1) Webinar basics

2) What is eTwinning?

3) How do I get started?

4) How can a TwinSpace make my project easier to manage?

5) Where do I get more project ideas?

Today’s Webinar

eTwinning as a Resource to Support your Comenius Project

Suitable for partnerships which are:

•pending

•ongoing (if partnership has been approved)

•post Comenius funding

•declined Comenius funding

•Or for schools hosting Comenius Assistants

•pending

•pending

•ongoing (if partnership has been approved)

•post Comenius funding

•declined Comenius funding

•Or for schools hosting Comenius Assistants

Part 1 - Webinar basics

Chat Facility

Practice Task 1

Use the Chat function to introduce yourself…

Pointer Tool

What Comenius programme are you involved in?

A)Comenius Assistant

B)Comenius Host School

C)Comenius Regio Partnership

D)Comenius Bilateral/Multilateral partnership

Practice Task 2

Use the pointer tool to tell us which option refers to you…

Typing tool

Use the Text tool to write one sentence about your Comenius

project…

Practice Task 3

Microphone Tool

Any Questions….?

Part 2 – What is eTwinning?

Website to connect schools across Europe

Part of Comenius

32 European Countries

(‘eTwinning Plus’ option to add 6 Eastern Partnership countries)

25 languages

200,000+ teachers

27, 000 projects

Public Pages: project ideas and resources

Desktop: personal profile, partner-finding tool, project registration

Twinspace: Your project’s own virtual classroom with communication tools and a place to share your work for your project

Why use eTwinning?

Share and Showcase your work

Safe virtual learning environment

Real audience is motivating

ICT in the classroom

Gives your curriculum more context

Any Questions?

Part 3 – How do I get started?

Have you registered on eTwinning?

A) Yes

B) No

C) I have, but can’t log in!

I’m registered – now what?

Where do you accept a Contact request?

A) My profile

B) Inbox

C) Notifications

D) Home

Any Questions?

How can a TwinSpace make my Comenius project easier to manage?

Part 4

Help deliver aspects of your project plan

Provide a space to store and share your work

Give your Comenius Assistant some ownership over the project

Don’t have a Comenius Assistant? Ask your students to manage the space..

Provide a planning tool for your project

Get the most out of your partnership

Function as a tool to disseminate your work: within your school; within your

partnership; to the local community

and wider

Carry on your project after it finishes and the funding stops

Where do I get more ideas about projects and activities?

Part 5-

Any Questions?

UK support

etwinning@britishcouncil.org

Comenius@britishcouncil.org

Evaluation

https://etwinning.wufoo.com/forms/etwinning-webinar-participant-feedback/

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