1. eTwinning is a free and secure online network, where teachers from more than 40 countries can find partners, work on projects and enable pupil collaboration across any subject area. as well as offering free resources, professional development, competitions and awards, eTwinning can be the first step towards the international school award and Erasmus+ funding.
• If you are interested in applying for Erasmus+ funding, you can search and find partners using the platform OR if you are already beneficiaries of Erasmus+ funding, KA1: you could find teachers to job shadow or for KA2 use the secure online space to support and manage your project work.
• Both teachers and students can store and share their work online in this space and pages can be made public or private.
• You can use the tools that already there in the twinspace, like chat rooms, Adobe Live webinar conferencing, blogs to support your project work and meet up with your partner teachers and classes.
• You could invite other teachers in your school to join eTwinning to help widen the international work in your school.
• It’s really easy and very flexible -projects can be as long or as short as you like. Teachers meet peers from over 40 countries and can dip their toes in international projects.
• National projects are also an option –work with someone in another school in the UK.

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3. EUROPEAN SCHOOLNET AND Cambridge research stats the impact of eTwinning projects
Students:
Increased motivation, as students have an audience for their work.
Literacy and communication skills increase as students collaborate with students from other countries.
Teachers:
Professional development opportunities are vast – they can take place online or on 2-3 workshops in a different country.
Teachers up-skill, using new tools and learning from their colleagues in over 40 countries across Europe and further afield.
Schools:
Lots of accreditation opportunities, including a foundation level International School Award as soon as you register an eTwinning project.
You can use the platform to find partners interested in starting a funded Erasmus+ project.

4. RESOURCES SUPPORT WORKSHOPS WEBINARS MAP TWINSPACE
eTwinning Plus:
Countries in green: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Tunisia and Ukraine (extends beyond the 33 countries of Erasmus+).
Free resources and support
Sign up to to receive 30 homework and passport resources, eSafety iPatches and a large map for your class.
We’ll also you details of the webinars and face-to-face workshops which have been developed to complement the free map resources.
We very much encourage you to sign up to this training so that you can get started straight away on a ready-made project with existing European partners. Taking part will secure the foundation level of the International School Award for your school.
Short tasks specific to key stages one to five are embedded within the training, which is delivered by teachers who have lots of experience using eTwinning as a pedagogically supportive tool to deliver the curricula of each UK region.
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