eTWINNING and COMENIUSeTWINNING and COMENIUS

Liutauras Ivoška

“Web 2.0 technologies in education”

Hotel “Radisson blue Hotel Lietuva”

12th of June, 2011

Acquire transnational experience;

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;

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 QuintinDirector 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.

Education Exchanges Support FoundationGelezinis Vilkas st. 12, 01112 VilniusTel.: (8~5) 261 0592, 212 3364, 249 7134, 249 8189Fax.: (8~5) 249 7137Email: info@smpf.lt www.smpf.lt