1. Connecting Classrooms Learning Technologies for the Classroom

2. Sing and celebrate Summer Town 3. eTwinning:connecting classrooms http://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/discover/what_is_etwinning.htm http://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/index.htm 4. What is eTwinning? eTwinning is the community for schools in Europe. promotes school collaboration in Europe through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by providing support, tools and services for schools, and a platform. www.etwinning.net 5. Think of any cross- cultural/ cross curricular experience youve had 1 Work in pairs. 2 Choose a CC class/personal experience. Briefly tell the experience. 3 Say if it was rewarding. 6. What is Connecting Classrooms? http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/programmes-and-funding/linking-programmes- worldwide/connecting-classrooms Connecting Classrooms is a global education programme, which offers: School partnerships - get the support you need to build a sustainable relationship with a link school Professional development for teachers - get equipped to tackle global themes in the classroom with our free, regional face-to-face workshops and online courses British Council International School Award - gain recognition for your school. Connecting Classrooms also provides specially developed resources to help you and your partner school explore a number of social, environmental, and cultural themes. 7. A Connecting Classroom experience from Neuqun, Argentina Mariana Maueco 8. Take part Step 1: Register and partner with a school http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/partner-with-a-school/finding-the-right-partner Task 1 How can you find the right partner? Our school search features over 40,000 schools in 184 countries and can help you to find the perfect school partner. Along with a map search it allows you to refine your results by a number of criteria including: country a particular project, programme or activity educational stage (from nursery to university) keyword (e.g. a topic) languages spoken SEN provision. (special educational provision- special needs- differncited curriculum) Start by choosing a country or by searching for a school by name. 9. Resources Themes and activities to share with other schools http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/projects-and-resources Task 2 Click on a topic of your students interest Topics: Our school (meals, games) , Our local community (travelling, Culture, dos and donts) , Our wider world (what makes you happy, 10 words, etc) 10. The Connecting Classrooms programme offers grants of 1,500 per school for reciprocal teacher visits during the course of an academic year. The opportunity is open to a wide range of partner countries in the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Central and South America. All educational institutions with students aged from 3 to 18 are eligible to apply for the funding. . Funding http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/programmes-and-funding Task 3 How can I apply? Grant! deadline is 31 January 2014. 11. http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/files/Guide% 20to%20school%20partnerships(5).pdf Read the Guide to Partnerships Task 4 Whats the selection criteria and possible partner compositions? On Edmodo Institutions catering for pupils from 318 years old are eligible. We accept grant applications from schools, sixth-form colleges and comparable institutions providing full-time general, vocational, technical and special-needs education. Both private and government institutions are eligible to apply. 12. Read the global themes http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/files/Global%20Themes,%20 Skills%20and%20Outlooks(1).pdf Task 5 Pick up one that ties well with your syllabus. On Edmodo Empathy, Equality, Creative thinking, Conflict resolution, Communicating, positive identity, sustainability, etc 13. Another CC experience from La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina- India 14. Sing and celebrate Summer Town 15. Alicia Artusi aliciartusi@gmail.com Facebook Alicia.Artusi Twitter @AliciaArtusi Scoop it http://www.scoop.it/t/tools-for-creating- materials www.englishsummertown2014.blogspot.com 16. Post the six-steps to be part of Connecting Classrooms Write on the wall http://2digit2quit.blogspot.com.ar/