etwinning: new directions anne gilleran – pedagogical manager etwinning central support service
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eTwinning: new directions
Anne Gilleran – pedagogical manager
eTwinning Central Support Service
Have worked for the European Schoolnet since 2001
• I come from Dublin, Ireland• Teacher trainer• school counsellor• school principal• Researcher• expert in technology and learning
Pedagogical manager for eTwinning since 2005
@dublin_anne
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Topics of this presentation
Looking at eTwinning, how, what, where, how.
Future possibilities……
A Lifelong Learning Programme initiative- within Comenius up to 2013
Launched January 2005
Now a transversal action in Erasmus+ until 2020
What is eTwinning?
eTwinning arrived…….
In 2005 at a time of flux and change
–Educational change
–Social change
–Technological change
In 2014 eTwinning….
Has reached the end of early childhood (aged 9) in this context
Has endeavoured to respond to teachers struggling to answer the demands….
Has become the largest online community for teachers in Europe today
@260,000+ teachers 125,000+ schools+
33 countries participate (soon to be 37)
Each of those countries has a National Support Service (NSS)
Overall coordination by the Central Support Service (CSS)
Run by European Schoolnet on behalf of the EU Commission
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Key Facts about eTwinning
4 main elements
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eTwinning has ….
• Professional social network
• Online collaborative work
• Continuing professional development
• Inbuilt recognition
Registered user:http://desktop.etwinning.net/?ui_lang=en
It all happens on thisplatform:www.etwinning.net
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Register a project:http://desktop.etwinning.net/projects/project/104212
eTwinning is not just about technology….
eTwinning is about…….
EDUCATION– Exploring pedagogical methodologies such
as project based and inquiry based learning– Exploring the potential of new activities such
as coding, gaming, competence based activities
eTwinning is about….
Learning– Intercultural learning– Authentic learning– Contextual learning– Personal learning– Making learning relevant
eTwinning is about
Skills and competency development– Team working– Researching– Choosing– Analysing– Creating
eTwinning is about
People– Shared professional development– Support for educational ideas– Exploring educational ideas together– Teachers professional network
What is new in 2014?
eTwinning 2014
New TwinSpace
shared area to work in……
eTwinning 2014
New countries to work with
Armenia Albania
Azerbaijan Bosnia Herzegovina
Georgia Serbia
Moldova Lichtenstein
Tunisia
Ukraine
eTwinning 2015
Windows on the World
A pilot activity to open eTwinning to a global audience.
Israel already committed Other countries to follow……
eTwinning 2014
You can start an eTwinning project with colleagues from your country
eTwinning 2014
Gateway to European education
Information on– Professional development opportunities– National educational developments– European educational policy
http://www.digitaleurope.org/
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/
Why should the eTwinning Community...
be interested in coding?• Because coding drives our lives in the 21st
century
• Because coding is the controlling language of this drive
• Better to control than be controlled….
• Coding will build the future…..
eTwinning & Coding
eTwinning 3 - 2014!
Coding enhances creativity, teaches people to cooperate, to work together across physical and geographical boundaries and to communicate in a universal language. Technology is part of our life, and coding brings it closer to you! http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/coding-21st-century-skill
eTwinning enhances creativity, teaches people to cooperate, to work together across physical and geographical boundaries and to communicate in a universal language. Technology is part of our life, and eTwinning brings it closer to you!
Welcome to eTwinning…..
