the etwinning portal

The eTwinning Portal

Christina Crawley eTwinning Central Support Service

European Schoolnet

Professional Development Workshop – 25 September 2010Ptuj, Slovenia

Today’s sessionBrief introduction to the eTwinning Portal and its three levels

Detailed introduction of the eTwinning Desktop

Sneak preview to some new developments to be released in October

Introduction to the TwinSpace

Practical exercises and opportunity for questions

What is the eTwinning Portal?

The central area for eTwinning activities to take place– www.etwinning.net (http://desktop.etwinning.net/)

A platform for information, networking and collaboration– Public Portal, Desktop, TwinSpace – Learning Lab, Groups

All information available in 23 languages

eTwinning tools

online communication tools

•Internal messaging•Making contacts

eTwinning 2.0

•Forums, chat rooms•Teachers, Schools and Projects Profiles•Places to write to others

Enhanced communication tools

Networking and Social networking

eTwinning tools

Enhanced communication tools

Networking and Social networking

User generated content (Project Diary)

eTwinning tools

Enhanced communication tools

Networking and Social networking

User generated content (Project Diary)

Tagging and Maps

eTwinning tools

Tagging and Maps

School/Project search

In other words…eTwinners (registered users) have access to:

•Networking tools•An environment to share ideas•A platform to access and contribute to educational resources•Tools to collaborate•And much more…

www.etwinning.net

REGISTER

LOGIN

GETSTARTED!

Once registered:

Create your Profile

Begin an activity (Project, Learning Event, Group, etc.)

Get in touch with others

Access all tools

See what’s new

See your quick profile, latest projects, latest contacts…

Access your projects’ TwinSpaces

Look for partners

Desktop Homepage

My Profile

A preview of what other eTwinners will see when coming across your profile

What can you do?- Edit your personal and school Profiles- Update your Project Ideas- View your actions- Check/update your Wall (journal)

Partner Finding (Find eTwinniners)

Make contacts!

Use the Search function (simple or advanced)

Browse and write in the Forums

My Projects

Manage your Projects!

Create a new project (with one of your contacts)

Access and manage your projects

Resources

Search

Upload

Manage

Support material for eTwinning activities

Coming VERY soon…

Updated design

A few new functionalities

When? – October 2010 (in 2 weeks!)

New Desktop homepage

Updated Profile page

New area: Teachers Rooms

For more details…

See article on the eTwinning Portal homepage: www.etwinning.net– http://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/news/news/

the_new_desktop.htm

Involving pupils: eTwinning Projects

eTwinning TwinSpace

Virtual classrooms where eTwinning projects run their activities

•As a staffroom•As a classroom•As a portfolio•As a showroom

Everyone has a role…

Roles scheme: – Teacher Administrator:

full project partners– Teacher Member: support

teachers– Pupil Administrator:

project coordinators – Pupil Member:

participants– Visitor: guests (to private

TwinSpaces)

1. A set of collaboration tools for pupils and teachers

What does the TwinSpace offer?

Blogs

Forums

Wikis

File archives

Photo galleries

Web pages

2. Areas for planning and discussing

Staff room

Pupils’ Corner

Chat

3. Possibility for sharing and publishing results

Published TwinSpace with project URL

Beyond projects…

-The Portal also offers additional professional development opportunities to gain inspiration and exchange ideas

- Learning Events- eTwinning Groups

Learning Events

Register via your Desktop

eTwinning Groups

Let’s get started today!

Thank you christina.crawley@eun.org

Try the Desktop out…

Partner finding:– search for contacts– search for your neighbour– add a contact– accept a contact

Profiles:– Update your ‘Quick Profile’ (in

the new Desktop: ‘About Me’)

– Ready for a Comenius School partnership?

– Add a photo to your Profile– Add photos to your gallery -

personal and school profile– Write on a ‘wall’ (in the new

Desktop: reply to someone's ‘journal’ posting)

Project - start the registration process?