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eTwinningwww.etwinning.net

Owain Wright

Project Delivery Officer

Comenius and eTwinning

British Council Cymru

Today

• Brief overview of eTwinning• Guided tour of eTwinning portal• Hands on registration and time to explore• Questions, answers, next steps and future

support

What is eTwinning?

• Part of European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme

• Easy, free and effective way of looking for and working with partners across Europe

• Tool to develop joint online projects and share resources

• ICT to enhance cooperation• More than just the eTwinning portal

Features and Benefits

• No application form and no lengthy administration process

• ‘Virtual classroom’ • Multilingual (23 languages)• 1st step or enhance existing links• Professional development opportunities

EU

NorwayIceland

Participating Countries

EFTA

Austria Germany NetherlandsBelgium Greece PolandBulgaria Hungary PortugalCyprus Ireland RomaniaCzech Republic Italy SlovakiaDenmark Latvia SloveniaEstonia Lithuania SpainFrance Luxembourg SwedenFinland Malta UK

NewTurkeyFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Support• Central Support Service – Brussels• National Support Service – us!

On the web:

www.britishcouncil.org/etwinning - UK site

http://etwinninguk.wikispaces.com - wikispace

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