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The eTwinning Portal
Christina Crawley eTwinning Central Support Service
European Schoolnet
Professional Development Workshop – 29 OctoberSintra, Portugal
What is the eTwinning Portal?
The central area for eTwinning activities to take place– www.etwinning.net
A platform for information, networking and collaboration– Public Portal, Desktop, TwinSpace – Learning Lab, Groups
All information available in 23 languages
The eTwinning Portal
eTwinning tools
online communication tools
•Internal messaging•Contacts•Guestbooks
eTwinning 2.0
•Forums•Teachers, Schools and Projects Profiles•Walls and ‘MeToos’
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 (TwinBlogs)
Tagging and Maps
eTwinning tools
Tagging and Maps
School/Project search
In other words…eTwinners (registered users) have access to:
•Partner-finding tools•An environment to share ideas•A platform to access and contribute to educational resources•And much more…
How to get started?Register at: www.etwinning.net
Create your profile
Get in touch with others
Start an activity (Project, Learning Event, Group, etc.)
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 opportunities to gain inspiration and exchange ideas
- Resource exchange- LRE resource widget- Learning Events- Groups (soon)
Resource exchange
LRE Widget
Learning Resource Exchange (LRE)
Access resources from ministries and research centres across Europe
In “My Profile”
Learning Events
Register via your Desktop
eTwinning Groups (coming soon)
eTwinning Portal: Promoting Shifting Worlds
Formal
Closed
Top down
Teaching
Consumption
Curriculum driven
Informal
Open
Bottom up
Learning
Creation
Life as curriculum
