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eTwinning: a digital touch in

teacher training Klaudia Klára Tvergyák

Educatio Public Services Non-profit Ltd.eLearning Directorate

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About eTwinning

The community for schools in Europe

• The eTwinning action promotes school collaboration in Europe through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by providing support, tools and services to make it easy for schools to form short or long term partnerships in any subject area.

• Launched in 2005 as the main action of the European Commission’s eLearning Programme, eTwinning has been integrated in the Lifelong Learning Programme since 2007.

• Students from 3 to 19 years and their teachers from different educational institutions from Europe can participate in it.

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About eTwinning

over 5,000 active projects (Europe) Hungary: over 500

over 94,000 registered users (Europe) Hungary: over 1,100• Its Central Support Service is operated by European Schoolnet, an

international partnership of 26 Ministries of Education developing learning for schools across Europe

• Further supported at national level by National Support Services – in Hungary by the eLearning Directorate of Educatio Public Services Non-profit Ltd.

• 32 European countries (27 EU countries + Croatia, Iceland, Macedonia, Norway, Turkey)

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About eTwinning

• The eTwinning portal (www.etwinning.net) is the main meeting point and workspace for the action. It provides online tools for teachers to find partners, start projects, share ideas, exchange best practice and mainly to start working together immediately using various customized tools available on the eTwinning platform.

• The portal has three layers: the public pages with information available for everyone, the Desktop (for registered users) and the Twinspace (working area for projects)

• Tools: search, profiles, forum, mailbox, chat, wiki, blog, photo gallery• The Hungarian eTwinning portal (www.etwinning.hu) is mainly for

communicating events and news

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About eTwinning

• no administration• new partnerships from all over Europe• flexibility in timing and project work

• Quality Labels• Competitions and Awards

• partner finding seminars (RDWs) and professional development workshops (PDWs)

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eTwinning in teacher training

• the Hungarian National Support Service (Educatio’s eLearning Directorate) launched a 30-hour accredited teacher training programme in 2009.

• part of the Hungarian system of teachers’ professional development (120 hours in every 7 years)

• it is advertised through our mailing lists and web pages• in 2010 cca. 8 times, about 16 people in a group• mainly held in Pilisborosjenő (close to Budapest), at the Teacher Training

Centre• 3 days long• no participation fee• accomodation and meals for free• basic ICT skills are required• very popular

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eTwinning in teacher training

the 3-day long course is mainly composed of:

• an insight into the eTwinning programme• an insight into eTwinning best practice• Web 2.0 tools for collaborative work• Training for registering and starting a project work• basic elements of making a presentation• setting up a project idea

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eTwinning in teacher training

• Educatio’s eLearning Directorate also decided to cooperate with some teacher training higher educations in Hungary to develop a teaching material about international project work for teacher trainees and teacher assistant trainees

• cooperation with:• Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest (lectures on eTwinning as part of a bigger unit;

held by our elearning experts)• University of Szeged (a whole semester on international project work, mainly on

eTwinning: registering, setting up a project, best practice, Web 2.0 tools; held by 2 representatives of the Hungarian system of National Ambassadors, altogether 6 in the country)

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eTwinning teacher training 12-14 July 2010 ,Tiszafüred

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„21. századi közoktatás – fejlesztés, koordináció”TÁMOP-3.1.1-08/1-2008-0002 számú kiemelt projekt

Thank you for your attention!

www.etwinning.huwww.etwinning.net