TEACHER TRAINERS…

Multilateral Workshop

@clausberg

Esbjerg, Denmark

eTwinning…Community for schools in Europe

Claus Berg

UNI•C

eTwinning National Support Service, Denmarketwinning@uni-c.dk

Presentation at: slideshare.net/clausberg

Who

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Claus Berg @clausberg, Chief Consultant

•UNI-C, The Danish IT Centre for Education and Research

•Ministry of Children and Education

Lisbeth Kodal

•Consultant, Centre for Educational Resources,

•University College Syddanmark

Jacob Elholm

•Consultant, Centre for Educational Resources,

•University College Syddanmark

Programme & Focus: etwinning.elholms.dk …App! :-)

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Focus

•How does eTwinning fit into basic teacher training?•What are the opportunities and challenges?•Which questions arise regarding internationalization?•How can eTwinning and teacher training institutions (colleges etc.); i.e teacher trainees and their trainers gain from one another, in different European education systems?

What is eTwinning?

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Community for schools in Europe

•Teachers and pupils collaborating, working and learning together

•Supports cooperation between schools in Europe

•160,000+ registered teachers

•90,000+ schools

• 5,000+ projects

•32 countries

•Part of Comenius

eTwinning Focus

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Globalized society

•Bring international qualifications into focus

•Framework for experience, immersion and initiative which contributes to the students' inclination to work with language and culture

•The focus is both on collaborative projects, multicultural dimensions, ICTs and social networking

•eTwinning also aims to further teachers' professional development with many offers free of charge

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Teachers say (1/3)

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Teachers say (2/3)

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eTwinning web // 3 portals

• 1. Open eTwinning portal www.etwinning.net where everyone can browse registered schools, get an idea about specific projects, and seek inspiration. Teachers register here.

• 2. eTwinning Desktop for registered teachers. Requires login at www.etwinning.net. Here you find partners and registrer and maintain your projects.

• 3. TwinSpace new-twinspace.etwinning.net, which is created for you and your partner, when your eTwinning project has been approved by the two National Support Services (NSS).

- Or you could be invited to an already existing TwinSpace, as participant or guest.

1. The open portal www.etwinning.net

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Registrering on etwinning.net – Step 1

Pre-registration.

Click the yellow button ”Register” and fill in…

…Then you’ll received an email with a link

Registrering on etwinning.net – Step 2

In step 2 you’lI first check if your school is already in eTwinning.If it’s not on the list, please register as a new school.

…Then you fill in the three tabs, which make you a personal profile:- About sourself, Twinning preferences, and Preview & validation.

2. eTwinning Desktop

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3. TwinSpace – Virtual workspace for your project

Including:

•Chat•Internal project email•Calendar•Invite participants, also pupils (and with tailormade user rights)•Save files•Make web pages•Discussion forum•Wiki and blog•Subscribe RSS-info•See who’s online

TwinSpace – Tools for you teachers, and your pupils

Video, images, files, blogs, wikis etc.

Teachers say (3/3)

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