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An Introduction to eTwinning PDW Budapest 27 th to 29 th September 2012 Michael O’Donnabhain – Web Editor and Networking Officer eTwinning Central Support Service
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An Introduction to eTwinning
PDW Budapest 27th to 29th September 2012
Michael O’Donnabhain – Web Editor and Networking Officer
eTwinning Central Support Service
Nice to meet you !
Michael O’Donnabhain
National Support Service (NSS)UK (2007-2012)
English Language teacher (1999-2007) Slovakia, France, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Thailand, Russia
eTwinning Central Support Service (Brussels) June 2012
What is eTwinning?
A Lifelong Learning Programme initiative- within the Comenius action
Launched January 2005
2005-2008 Phase 1
2008-2013 Phase 2
What happened in 2005 or….
The Internet context
Web 1.0 v Web 2.0
Designed to find partners; create, manage and run school projects
Launched to encourage school collaboration in Europe
eTwinning 1.0 (2005)
Within two years………..
February 2004
January 2005
February 2005
October 2006February 2004.
20062005/06
April 2006
Web 2.0: Interactive & creative internet
Provided us with the possibility to:
- interact- publish - create - comment - communicate
Informal collaboration
Comenius Partnerships
Peer learning
Sharing of resources & ideas
Community building
eTwinning Projects
Time for eTwinning 2.0
Critical Mass
Communications and networking beyond Projects
Sharing and exchanging
Between 2005/08 eTwinning had also evolved
eTwinning in numbers
First 7 years of eTwinning• 34 countries participate• 173,000+ registered teachers• 23,000+ projects• More than 2 million visitors• Since September 2011
eTwinning continues to adapt
September 2012
A new look for
www.etwinning.net
eTwinning continues to adapt
September 2012
A new look for
the TwinSpace
eTwinning continues to expand
Ukraine
Moldova
Georgia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Tunisia
Our European Cultural Heritage
Nemzeti Színház
Hungarian
National Theatre
„a nemzet csalogánya”
“Nightingale of the Nation” Lujza Blaha (1850-1926)
Enjoy the workshops
My contact email
Or follow us on Twitter
@eTwinning_CSS
