Rome 21 november 2011 "Induction meeting"m eTwinning presentation to incoming Comenius Assistants,

1. Induction meeting Rome 21 November 2011 Alexandra Tosi National Support Service Italy ANSAS (ex Indire)

2. What is eTwinning? A community of teachers of over 140.000 teachers EU countries + Croatia, Iceland, Norway, Turkey, Swizerland.

3. eTwinning Projects, Groups, Teachers’ rooms.. eTwinning Schools

4. National Support Service (1 in each country) Central Support Service. Run by the European Schoolnet on behalf of the European Commission

5. The heart of eTwinning is the portal: www.etwinning.net

8. Inspiration - Kits www.etwinning.net

9. Inspiration - Modules www.etwinning.net

11. 2. The Desktop So you’ve registered! What next? And browse the portal… Use the desktop Get involved in learning formal & informal Start a project Add contacts Create your profile! Join groups and teachers’ rooms Search the Database Update your Diary (portfolio)

12. Learning Events Teachers’ Rooms Groups

14. 3. The TwinSpace Tools for eTwinning Projects Once you find a partner and agree on the project activities with your tutor and your partner, you can start an eTwinning project . Two founders teachers from schools of different countries (later extendable to more partners). No subject or time limits, no deadlines, quick approval procedure, everything is online…

17. It’s a safe and multilingual virtual workplace with tools like mail, calendar, blog, wiki, forum, chat and the possibility to share and publish video, pictures and other files.

18. General suggestions for projects proposed by Comenius Assistants

19. Always talk about your project ideas with your tutor and agree with them the kind of school to contact in eTwinning, the content of the project, privacy issues etc.

20. Try to involve other teachers, according to the kind of project you will be working on (eTwinning is not only for foreign language teachers!)

21. If you are linked to a school in your home country, you could put it in contact with the Italian school you are working in and give birth to an eTwinning project

22. Even if you are not linked to a school in your home country, you can still try to find an eTwinning school from your regional area and create a project with it

23. You can create an eTwinning project with other Comenius assistants working in Europe!

24. When you leave your host school in Italy and become a teacher in your country, you might want to keep in contact through an eTwinning project!

25. - you could either convince your tutor to register the project, so that when you leave the country they won’t have to close the project. Once the project is approved, you can be added to it as a third member. Since your stay in Italy is short termed, here are some suggestions for your project:

28. More info on www.etwinning.net (European portal) www.programmallp.it/etwinning (Italian portal)

30. For any kind of question related to eTwinning please contact us at etwinning@indire.it or 055 2380561 Thank you! Alexandra Tosi [email_address]