I am the Deputy Head of a large secondary Special School in Hertfordhire and a fervent advocate of the benefits of ICT in helping teachers teach and pupils learn. The opportunities that European Links offer pupils in term of real-life learning through ICT are amazing. My School has been involved in a number of successful European and International Projects and were awarded the ‘eTwinning’ Quality Mark as well as being runners up in this year’s Annual eTwinning Awards.  I am currently one of 25 teachers across the UK appointed by the British Council as ‘Learning Together Ambassadors’ to promote eTwinning and Comenius Projects.

I also coordinate and support the use of the flashmeeting video conferencing tool for eTwinning school partnerships.

eTwinning Project - Cooperation in a small project of digital storytelling based around simple, conversational language exchange with a school in Germany.

I have hosted training sessions in the effective use of digital storytelling (in an educational context) in eTwinning using moviemaker, Photostory and photo shop.

I have been involved with eTwinning for a number of years, starting with just one project and then designing out KS3 ICT curriculum around eTwinning projects.

I have had many successes and have develped friendships. I have also experienced frustration and eventual failure of projects; however, one thing that I am sure about is that eTwinning is an exciting and powerful tool to aid learning and teaching.