A wiki is a type of collaborative website that containes pages made by you or your pupils. You partner school can access these pages and then contrubute to the contect.
PowerPoint is a Microsoft tool used to create presentations on your computer. A PowerPoint presentation is created by added text, images, links, audio clips and even video clips into pages or "slides".
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Deputy Head Teacher |
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For the innovative, creativity it brings to the whole curriculum. It is accessible, user friendly, well equipped with on line tools, high levels of support if needed. It helps deliver a number of government initiatives ECM ESD MFL and provides evidence for ISA applications. Best initiative to come along in a long time. The children have enjoyed project work with their peers across Europe sharing their experiences at home and in school. They have been highly motivated and interested. We have used our links to enrich the ethos and character of our school and in promotion and marketing. ISA, Eco Schools, National Curriculum Initiatives |
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PT Biology |
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Registering opens up a whole new world of contacts with realms of experiences to share and support to give.It also allows one to show case work done by the students across Europe. It has allowed students who can not afford to experience the international dimension first hand to do so over the web. It has opened the global dimension to the whole school nit just the more affluent section who could travel with their parents or on a school organised visit. My expertise is not really on line work but we have used it for ISA applications but have a large input into implementation of Curriculum for Excellence across a secondary school and advising departments on the inclusion of the international dimension or facilitating contact with subject specialists who have already done so. Leading idea generating sessions also a strength both in Scottish schools and internationally. My strengths lie in the Comenius fields as this is where I have spent most of international ‘career’. |
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Class Teacher / Chartered Teacher |
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By registering with eTwinning, teachers are able to contact like-minded colleagues in EU countries to work on projects which broaden the horizons of the pupils who participate. Working on international projects has given teachers and pupils opportunities to learn and use ICT skills in a real context. PowerPoint, digital photgraphy, digital video; language skills – writing a script for a movie about the school to send to partners as well as writing stories and poems to put on a blog and eventually a book using an online site. Vokis and using them to teach each other a new language. Practising a foreign language through Video Conferencing andusing FlashMeeting. |
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International Co-ordinator and Teacher of MFL |
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eTwinning is the ideal way to find partners from across Europe. As a linguist, eTwinning has provided an excellent opportunity for my pupils to get to know and work with native speakers. eTwinning has alos provided us with opportunities to work on cross-curricular international projects as well. Running an international link through ICT has meant that our pupils have been able to work with and have regular contact with pupils from across Europe. They have felt that they really got to know other pupils involved in our projects without the expense and time our of lessons of a more traditional exchange. Blogs, Wikis, Podcasting, ISA. |
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Assistant Head |
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I am an assistant head of a primary school located in East London with over 450 pupils. Over the last four years, we have won many awards and became a model for other primary schools to use etwinning creatively in their existing curriculum. I have run many events and workshops for Newham and other neighbouring boroughs and been invited to many events as a speaker. I would be willing to help schools to promote etwinning and offer practical advice through case studies. |
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Teacher of Computing / ICT |
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Since introducing eTwinning into the curriculum, lessons have become more relevant and inspirational for pupils. Pupils strive to reach high standards of achievement, knowing that their finished work has an audience; think creatively to produce well presented information that will interest others and enhance their communication and language skills through interacting with pupils in another European country. As a consequence of eTwinning, I have made a meaningful contribution to the development of Curriculum for Excellence and International Education within my school by: raising teacher awareness of eTwinning as a means of delivering all or part of the curriculum; sharing good practice in cross-curricular working; motivating colleagues to become involved in eTwinning and supporting those who do eTwinning has made a contribution towards my school achieving ISA. “Vokis” – using Audacity to record voice messages. My projects also involve the use of Wikis, digital video, photo montages and Flashmeeting. |
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Bradley C.E. Primary School |
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We are currently in our 4th year of e-twinning. Our original partner is a small school similar to ours, in Spain. We have had basic projects, “Our pets”; “Ourselves and our homes” that have been useful for developing Spanish and ICT skills. Then my partner teacher moved to a bigger school so I stayed with him as we got on really well. Our next project was “Periodistas/ Journalists”. The children exchanged news stories. It was really good for developing ICT skills, literacy and Spanish. This year - we have a 3rd partner, in Poland, and a new project “Abrazo – Our Virtual City”. We’re creating a map combining photos and information about buildings in our home areas. We’re really excited about it! |
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St Edwards Church of England School |
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When our Comenius project finished we wanted to continue to develop our links with other Eco Schools in Europe. eTwinning provided the necessary tools for us to do this. We quickly found Eco School partners in Portugal and Italy and we began a project called Eco Food we created a blog and posted regular items on it. eTwinning is an excellent resource to bring Europe into your classroom and create real-life experiences to pupils. Our pupils love links with other schools, you can make your projects as big or small as you like. We envisage each class in our school carrying out an eTwinning project and we will build this into our curriculum. eTwinning is extremely flexible and I would certainly recommend any teacher giving it a try! |
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Senior EMAS Consultant |
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To find European school partners for collaboration and for them to find you and as a way in to international work and projects- ‘international dimension bite sized! - Enthusiastic motivated students
- Brought the wider world into the class and provided an opportunity for students to use their own languages
- A stepping stone to longer term projects
- The opportunity for CPD and friendship across countries and Europe
- Contributes to whole schools initiatives and statutory requirements such as community cohesion and the ISA award
Curriculum planning with a Global Dimension; Achievement of pupils with English as an additional Language (EAL) and bilingual pupils; Sharing experiences of ISA accreditation; Community Cohesion |
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Nailsea School |
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I am a Secondary School teacher , teaching ICT and the International School Co-ordinator. The tools I mostly use are email, websites, PowerPoint, audio/pod-casts and video conference. |
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International / ICT Coordinator |
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Because it is a simple platform, with plenty of great teachers, sharing simple ideas producing amazing results! We are not just asking simple questions, we are truly collaborating, investigating and experiencing. ISA,. Community cohesion and pupil voice initiatives. We have gone from exchanging just emails and powerpoints, to using videoconferencing tools, animations, blogs, cameras, plus interactive tools such as the Nintendo Wii. |
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International co-ordinator, MFL & music co-ordinator |
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International links enhance the curriculum, providing a real focus for MFL teaching and broadening children’s knowledge and experience of Europe. The motivation of children and staff are increased. The children are able to link with their partners and use ICT creatively. He communication with their partners is used to inform the actual visit to their partners in Spain. Blogs are used for communication and sharing products, photos, video etc. We use etwinning as a tool for our Comenius project. Full ISA. We have used animation tools to create pieces of work for the project and shared them through etwinning and blogging. |
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Lecturer in Primary Education (Technologies-ICT) |
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The eTwinning portal provides a secure central point to communicate, collaborate and share during the process of a European partnership. The portal is not just for established partnerships, it is also a way to locate and connect with European partners. The main benefits of linking children with their international peers outweigh the non-connected classroom. An authentic audience, an understanding and appreciation of other cultures, learning from one another, breaking the barriers down of the classroom walls and preparing our children for their globalised futures. My specialist area is ICT in education through a vast array of social media tools to engage and connect children. One of my main focuses is using tools that enable children to create, collaborate and connect through the use of the voice. Other tools are ones that enable true collaborations where everyone is involved in the learning process. Finally, handheld learning through the use of iPhones, iTouches, iPads and response systems are at the heart of my pedagogy. I also engage with the pedagogy behind collaborative practice, motivation for learning, 21st century learning and pupil engagement. |
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Executive Headteacher of Burnham Market Primary School and Walsingham Primary School, Norfolk, UK |
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eTwinning has enabled all pupils and teachers to participate in an international project. The eTwinning network is easy to access, enabling partnerships to be formed and innovative projects to be developed. For teachers, it is a low-cost professional development opportunity, which reaps personal and pupil benefits. We have been able to use a range of ICT to develop exciting projects within the context of our curriculum. Pupils and teachers have motivated to be creative and become more global in their thinking. I have been delighted to receive 2 UK eTwinning Awards and European eTwinning Quality Awards for projects, ‘The Red Balloon’ and ‘Erik The Viking’. Each project has been relatively simple in concept but high in value of process and outcome. PowerPoint; PhotoStory; Skype; Use of the eTwinning website; The International School Award; Linking eTwinning to School Leadership and Management – SIDP, SEF, OFSTED, Community Cohesion |
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Deputy Director, Stockton City Learning Centre |
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eTwinning is one of the easiest way to begin international partnerships and it can pave the way to developing Comenius links and other funded partnerships. This is also a great way for schools starting out on participating in the International Schools award. Although I support schools rather than work in a school, I have seen many partnerships develop. I have seen students involved in partnership projects much more interested and engaged knowing that they are linking with real people from a different country. I also see the increased motivation from teachers, particularly when they learn new ICT tools and realise how they can be used to enrich their projects. As part of the eTwinning teacher team, I can give support on all aspects of using the etwinning portal. I also have a great deal of experience in using webconferencing (Elluminate) for live collaborative working. I can also help with the use of many Web2 tools such as googledocs, vokis, slideshare, wikispaces and blogs. |
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Primary Teacher |
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Because of the wealth of great resources it provides as well as an array of easy to use tools which greatly aid working with partner schools. Quality Labels can also be achieved and provide recognition of good work. We have achieved Quality Labels, European Quality Labels, Language Awards and the ISA.The school is now recognised as a frontrunner in International Education. I have been asked to present at both Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities, showcased for LTS and presented at a Head Teachers meeting. I use Skype and Flash Meeting to communicate with partners. I have achieved the International School Award.I also received the European Award for Languages 2009 from CILT. |
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