eTWINNING and COMENIUS Liutauras Ivoška “Web 2.0 technologies in education” Hotel “Radisson blue Hotel Lietuva” 12 th of June, 2011

 Acquire transnational experience;

 Take part in European collaborative projects;

 Acquire transnational experience;  Take part in European collaborative projects;  Visit peers in other European countries;

 Improve foreign language skills;

 Share and compare pedagogical approaches;

 Improve foreign language skills;  Share and compare pedagogical approaches;  Develop better teaching and learning skills.

 Mobility:  Individual pupil mobility;  In-service training of staff grants;  Assistantship grants.  Partnerships:  Schools partnerships;  Regio partnerships;  eTwinning.  Multilateral projects and networks.

“ has completed this picture and helped to anchor European collaboration as a permanent feature of school life.” Odile Quintin Director General for Education and Culture - European Commission [see Central Support Service for eTwinning (CSS), European Schoolnet (EUN Partnership AISBL), eTwinning 2.0 Building the community for schools in Europe, 2010, p. 3], [image: Central Support Service for eTwinning (CSS), European Schoolnet (EUN Partnership AISBL), eTwinning 2.0 Building the community for schools in Europe, 2010, p. 3 ]

eTwinning – Comenius Link

 Mobility:  Individual pupil mobility;  In-service training of staff grants;  Assistantship grants.  Partnerships:  Schools partnerships;  Regio partnerships; eTwinning.  Multilateral projects and networks.

 Comenius (school partnerships):  Partners;  Limited number of partnerships per institution (conditional requirement);  Duration – 2 years;  Funding provided.  eTwinning (partnerships):  eTwinning partner database;  Unlimited number of partnerships;  Unlimited duration of partnerships;  No funding provided.

When/How?

Throughout the entire life cycle of a partnership

 Ideas:  Resources, etc.  Discussing ideas:  Profiles, Mailbox, Chat, etc.  Looking for partners:  Search, Forum, Stumble upon people, etc.  Why not use eTwinning to prepare for the next Comenius deadline?  TwinSpace, etc.

 Project implementation:  Distribution of tasks;  Cooperation and communication;  Participants’ involvement (teacher/pupil);  Integration into ongoing activities;  Evaluation;  Dissemination and the use of results.

Cooperation and communication: Mailbox, Chat, TwinSpace, TwinBlog, etc.

 Participants’ involvement (teacher/pupil)  and  Integration into ongoing activities:  TwinSpace, etc.

 Evaluation:  TwinSpace, etc.

 Dissemination and the use of results:  TwinSpace.

 Project sustainability:  TwinSpace, etc.

 eTWINNING.  COMENIUS.  eTWINNING.  REPEAT.

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