Anne Gilleran: eTwinning: the community for schools in Europe Scientix European Conference, Brussels, 6-8 May 2011

1. eTwinning: opportunities for teachers Anne Gilleran – pedagogical manager eTwinning Central Support Service

2. Anne who? I have been involved in many European Schoolnet projects involving schools, teachers and school leaders I come from Ireland university lecturer school counsellor head teacher researcher expert in ICT for education Worked for the European Schoolnet since 2001 Pedagogical manager for eTwinning since 2005

4. What is eTwinning?

5. A Lifelong Learning Programme initiative - within the Comenius action Launched January 2005 2005-2008 Phase 1 2008-2013 Phase 2

7. The Context………

8. European key competencies

10. 21 Century Literacy Debate

11. 4 suggested literacies

13. Within two years……….. February 2004 January 2005 February 2005 October 2006 February 2004 . 2006 2005/06

14. 2005 – 08 eTwinning also changed! Evolved from a solely a project based activity between two teachers to….. Providing a social network platform that allows for teacher exchange on practice and experience in a variety of different ways + An improved dedicated collaborative working space for projects + Extended opportunities for professional development

17. The heart of eTwinning is the portal: www.etwinning.net

20. News from the eTwinning world Suggests resources based on your profile Informs on upcoming events

21. Personal profile Personal content Contacts & projects Journal

22. Teacher Rooms Designed as places to invite other people to discuss topics over a short period of time

23. Collaborative working tools……..

26. eTwinning Groups 34 Groups now active

27. Learning Events 15 Learning events in 2010 20,000 + teachers involved

28. Is eTwinning successful?

29. 133,000 users 1million messages 20,000+ users/day 3 million + pupils 53,941 projects eTwinning (May 2011)

30. Professional Development numbers