Creating Sustainable Schools A Comenius Programme (Multilateral Partnership) coordinated by Cyprus, with partners from Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Finland and France Dr. Pavlos Rigas Nick Shekkeris

What is etwinning?  A platform that allows all the Comenius partners to interact with each other in different ways.

Why etwinning?  The etwinning platform provides an easy way to share information.  Twinspace has features such as a calendar, a bulletin board, internal , online chat and a forum. All of these features are easy to use and beneficial.

A little about the features of twinspace

WHAT OUR TWINSPACE LOOKS LIKE Calendar Forum Mailbox Chat Bulletin board My team CMS Settings  Nick Shekkeris, welcome to your Twinspace This is the virtual environment for you and your partner school. You can communicate with other members of your TwinSpace (Chat, Forum, Mailbox, Bulletin Board), see who else is part of it (My Team), navigate the website by using the links on the left hand side of the page. Find out how you can use the Twin Space.  Project : Creating Sustainable schools  Description: The project “Creating sustainable schools” aims to promote sustainable development in schools. Nine European schools from Cyprus, Finland, Greece, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland and Romania will carry out some joint activities, which will promote the following main issues of sustainable schools: (a) restructuring the surroundings of the school, (b) consumerism and reducing waste, (c) nutrition and (d) travel, traffic and climate change. Each issue will be examined for a whole term. Each year, there will be four meetings in order to find out whether the objectives of the main issues examined were met, and to organize the activities for the following term. Activities such as organizing informative campaigns, recycling paper, CO2 footprint and promotion of traditional products are some of the joint activities that are going to be carried out by all schools. Each school plans to involve the parents of the students and the local community to the whole process of the project Founder schools: Pefkios Georgiades Primary School (Cyprus)

The calendar  Any future dates, meetings or important events can be added using this feature of twinspace

Calendar (from 07/03/10)  Next event(s) Add event  Cyprus team arrives in Poland 20/03/2010 Cyprus team arrives in Poland  14:00Poland hosts other countries 21/03/2010Poland hosts other countries  09:00Cyprus hosts other countries 16/05/ :00Cyprus hosts other countries <<March 2010>> SMTWTFS ■ 21 ■

Forum  Can be used if anyone wants to discuss a specific topic with the rest of the partners

Mailbox  Any partner may send messages to any other partner without having to look for individual s.

Chat  Chat can be useful if a specific time can be set. Online chat can provide instant answers.

My team  Please use twinspace regularly because Nick can check who has signed in and when!

These are the members of the TwinSpace. Click on the icon to see the user's details. Administrators can invite new members, delete existing ones or change their user rights. Invite new member Name LoginsLast Login Anthi Moustaka Camilo Rodríguez Macias Claudia Casimiro 0never CRISTIANA BURLACU Dorota Rutecka Karine France Marjaana Viinikainen Nick Shekkeris Paula Luopio-Lemetyinen Pavlos Rigas Sandra Moroni My team (Created on 24/03/10)

Bulletin board  The bulletin board can be used to send a message that concerns all the partners. Rather than sending individual messages, something can be posted on the bulletin board for all to see.

Add news Videos, Nick Shekkeris, 07/03/2010 Dear partners, the time has come to add some videos to our twinspace. Please look at what has been added and me with any questions you might have at I hope to hear from you soon, Nick Edit Delete Bulletin board

CMS (Content Management System)  This is the feature that allows the twinspace administrators to upload files and change any files that have been added. All the uploads will be done by Nick in Cyprus so please send him your work.

What has been added so far?  End products End products  Lesson Plans Lesson Plans  Other resources Other resources  Other stories Other stories  Picture gallery Picture gallery  Powerpoint presentations Powerpoint presentations  Videos Videos

Where do we go from here?  Nick needs ALL the work you have done to make our twinspace the best it can be.  After the project is completed and everything is uploaded to our twinspace we will submit an application for a twinspace award!  In previous years prizes for the best twinspace have included an international trip at the e- twinning camp for the winners and students!

How can I send my work?  Via . Please send files to Nick Shekkeris or Dr Pavlos Rigas  On CD/DVD. Files must not be more than 5MB. Twinspace only allows files 5MB or less to be uploaded.  On memory stick.

Guidelines to follow  No files should have clear pictures of children’s faces. Remember that our twinspace can be published on the internet for all to see

A picture that is allowed

Further guidelines  Please provide a title and a short description for EVERYTHING that you send.  If you are sending a group of photos with a common theme, then you may simply provide a description for the group of photos and not for each individual photo.

And finally…….  Please remember that we are here to answer all your questions and to help you in any way possible.  Look at what we upload on twinspace and send us your feedback!