Download - E Twinning Flintshire March 2009
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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