National Activities in eTwinning

John Warwick UK Ambassadorjgwarwick@gmail.com

How the UK tries to engage and sustain schools in Etwinning

My personal experience• Enthusiasm • Experience• My School• Contacts in other schools• Workshops• Individual support• WebinarsSo what BEST engages and helps sustain ETW in schools

Lessons learnt• Turning ETW enthusiasm into sustainability• Embedding ETW in to school Curriculum • Involving school colleagues• Showing impact on pupils (and teachers)• School leadership involvement

1. Ambassador strategies2. UK NSS 2016-17 Campaign /Strategy

UK Ambassador Strategies• Proposals to NSS ………. Agreement to trial• Initial workshop/presentation-Twilight ? • Offer 4 –in school sessions – providing :

a. Agreement – Signed Headteacher b. Teacher release c. Establish curriculum project d. Establish partnership e. On-going support /follow up = BETTER SUCCESS (EMBEDDED)

UK NSS Campaign 2016 /17

RESOURCESSUPPORT

WORKSHOPS

WEBINARS

MAP TWINSPACE

NSS Campaign Strategy 2016

• Invite schools to FREE ETW workshop• ETW Overview plus Impact of ETW - registration• ready made twinspace for teachers first project. • FREE project kit with activities linked to UK National

Curriculum objectives.• FREE resources in the twinspace plus allows input for baseline

information on the pupils current attainment (updated mid /end of project)• twinspace web tools ie padlet, answergarden and google

forms, as examples of the web tools usedCont….

NSS Strategy 2016 cont• AMBASSADOR SUPPORT & FOLLOW UP !

• Aim – Evidence to show Etwinning has a positive impact on pupil progress

More InformationNSS Campaign Strategy 2016-17 :- (UK Ambassador) Kate Kierney kojk30@gmail.comUK NSS – Liz Ariens liz.Ariens@britishcouncil.org

Ambassador Strategies John Warwick (UK Ambassador) jgwarwick@gmail.com