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Benifits of a possible partnership Claus Berg, Chief Adviser, UNI•C + contribution from my colleague Ebbe Schultze. eTwinning National Support Service, Danmark (NSS) Eco-Schools – National Operators Meeting 2009 22. October 2009 – Trondheim, Norway eTwinning
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eTwinning presentation by Claus Berg, Chief Adviser, UNI-C, Copenhagen, Denmark. At Eco-Schools' National Operators Meeting, 22. October 2009 – Trondheim, Norway. Representing eTwinning by way of eTwinning Danish National Support Service (DK-NSS).
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Benifits of a possible partnership
Claus Berg, Chief Adviser, UNI•C
+ contribution from my colleague Ebbe Schultze.
eTwinning National Support Service, Danmark (NSS)
Eco-Schools – National Operators Meeting 2009
22. October 2009 – Trondheim, Norway
eTwinning
My background
• Claus Berg
• Teacher 1984-96, ICT Adviser, Teacher trainer
• KIDLINK 1990-2000
• Educational Adviser, Ministry of Education, 1996-2002
• UNI-C, Danish IT Centre for Education & Research, since 2002
• eTwinning since 2005
• Chief Adviser at EMU.dk
National & international project management
Web 2.0, mobile learning
Climate Change education
eTwinning NSS
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Agenda
• My background
• UNI•C’s Portal EMU.dk …and international Climate Education
• Presenting eTwinning and its online services
• Benifits of a possible partnership between eTwinning and Eco-Schools
• Links and contact
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Climate Education Weblog: www.teacherscop15.dk
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eTwinning is an initiative of the European Commission supported by all member states
eTwinning: “The community for schools in Europe”
• It is therefore publicly-funded and is free to schools
• It aims to increase the number and quality of online collaborative school partnership.
The eTwinning action works with Affiliate partners
• Work within a multilingual and multicultural society• Synergy between the partners projects • Together, the partners promote and enhance school
collaboration through the medium of ICT• Increase participation of schools in online collaborative
projects• Provide the schools with easy access to
– collaboration networks– projects and activities– contacts, tools and services
• Promote and support the development of a collaborative project pedagogy
• Coordinate and cooperate with other public and private partners aiming at achieving similar objectives.
The eTwinning portal consist of 3 subportals• The open eTwinning portal
www.etwinning.net. Where everyone can see the registered schools, look on the individual projects and be inspired to eTwinning projects, and can register as en eTwinning teacher.
• The closed eTwinning Desktop. As a registered teacher you have access to the Orange eTwinning Desktop. Consist of partner finding tools and project tools.
• The project portal: TwinSpace, www.new-twinspace.etwinning.net. Build up your own portal with web 2.0 tools, invite teachers and pupils from all the participating classes.
eTwinning-portal in 23 language: etwinning.net
• 70.000 teachers from more than 50.000 schools in 32 countries.
• About 15.000 project between two or more schools.
• Find a partner class.• Build a project• Share ideas• Exchange good
practice
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”Survival” videos
‘How would you improve eTwinning?’
Benifits of a possible partnership
• Eco-Schools and eTwinning both have large networks of schools
• eTwinning schools are often searching for partner schools focsing on environmental education
• Existing eTwinning school partnerships/project can indeed invite schools from outside Europe
• eTwinning is already building up ”Pedagogical kits”. Eco-Schools could provide such best practice examples
• eTwinning.net is becoming a truly web 2.0 collaboration site
• Multilingual support in almost all European countries, but however based on national basis
• Possibilities for Eco-Schools to try out eTwinning – pilot?
• Joint venture?
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Links and contact This powerpoint presentation available via slideshare at:
www.slideshare.net/clausberg/
• eTwinning portal www.etwinning.net
Contact data for NSS’s in most European countries: under ”Help”
• Teachers’ COP15 (+ blog) www.teacherscop15.dk
• EMU.dk etwinning.emu.dk
eTwinning NSS Denmark [email protected]
Ebbe Schultze [email protected]
Claus Berg [email protected]
• Facebook facebook.com/clausberg
• Twitter twitter.com/clausberg
• Skype ’clausberg’
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