between formal and informal education a pioneering experience in fvg
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eTwinning international conference for Ambassadors Catania 17-19 Oct. 2013TRANSCRIPT
The idea is to tell to the colleagues about the mini-site http://etwinningformazioneneoassunti.jimdo.com/ that I created as a workshop path for newly hired teachers in my region. The focus will be on objectives, contents, methods, strengths and weaknesses. The local mini-experience in our region, with its potential and limits actually will be considered as a pretext to imagine and reflect on the possible integration of eTwinning in the compulsory initial training in Europe, so that the program becomes definitively part of it. To integrate eTwinning in the formal training path of all teachers would have a huge impact on the spread of the program.
My name is Carla
I come from Italy
And I teach German
In a Secondary school
As an eTwinning ambassador
There are 3 Ambassadors
And one Institutional
Representative
An executive
In service at the Regional School Office
Since 2010
Working in team
We have been doing our best
To spread eTwinning
Among the teachers
In the whole region
We organize workshops and
seminars
As Ambassadors we deal with
The pedagogical content of teachers’ training
So we set the program
And run the workshops
While our Institutional
Representative
Manages logistics
She contacts school principals
She books computer rooms
She deals with registrations
And attendance certificates
Until this year we gave
eTwinning training
To in-service teachers in
general
What was the novelty last May?
Our eTwinning workshops
Were officially integrated
Into the mandatory
initial training
For newly hired teachers
What did we do?
We ran 3 workshops in presence
In different areas of our
region
For a total of 86 participants
The registration
Was scheduled
On the web page
Of the Regional School Office
Teachers have been given
Certificates of attendance
Stating 3 hours
For the face-to-face activities+
One hour for the revision at
home
What did I do?
With Jimdo
A free web site builder
I created a web page
That I used as a path
During the workshops in
presence
the main intention
It was meant as a support to the
participants
Also after the conclusion of the workshop
the main intention
I tried to motivate and encourage the
teachers
Emphazising pedagogical
value
the main intention
And professional development
Presenting some good practices
the main intention
And adding some
videotutorials
Where I explained how
to use the twinspace tools
The web page is available here
http://etwinningformazioneneoassunti.jimdo.com/
Some weak points in our experience
The lack of teaching staff
There was only one
Ambassador for each workshop
The lack of time
We had just 3 hours to cover
so much content
For new eTwinners
Some strenghts
The excellent collaboration
Between Ambassadors and School
Office
The good interest and motivation of
the participants
The first step in the right direction
Between informal and
formal education
To get to the program official
recognition
What next?
For the future
We are planning
Some more activities
For newly hired teachers
The main idea is
To alternate between
Sessions in presence and
online
To provide teachers with
A more user friendly
And better structured
Step by step training path
Now it’s your turn
What strategies should be adopted
At regional, national and
European level
To finally get to eTwinning the
right recognition
As the most challenging
Teaching network in Europe
And officially integrate it
In the professional
development of teachers?