eTwinning international conference for Ambassadors Catania 17-19 Oct. 2013

1. The idea is to tell to the colleagues about the mini-site
http://etwinningformazioneneoassunti.jimdo.com/ that
I created as a workshop path for newly hired teachers
in my region. The focus will be on
objectives, contents, methods, strengths and
weaknesses. The local mini-experience in our
region, with its potential and limits actually will be
considered as a pretext to imagine and reflect on the
possible integration of eTwinning in the compulsory
initial training in Europe, so that the program becomes
definitively part of it. To integrate eTwinning in the
formal training path of all teachers would have a huge
impact on the spread of the program.

2. My name is Carla

3. I come from Italy

4. And I teach
German

5. In a Secondary
school

6. In my region
As an eTwinning
Friuli Venezia Giulia
ambassador

7. There are 3
As an eTwinning
Ambassadors
ambassador

8. And one
Institutional
Representative

9. An executive

10. In service at the
Regional School
Office

11. Since 2010

12. Working in team

13. We have been
doing our best

14. To spread
eTwinning

15. Among the
teachers

16. In the whole
region

17. We organize
workshops and
seminars

18. As Ambassadors
we deal with

19. The pedagogical
content of
teachers’ training

20. So we set the
program

21. And run the
workshops

22. While our
Institutional
Representative

23. Manages logistics

24. She contacts
school principals

25. She books
computer rooms

26. She deals with
registrations

27. And attendance
certificates

28. Until this year we
gave

29. eTwinning training

30. To in-service
teachers in
general

31. What was the
novelty last May?

32. Our eTwinning
workshops

33. Were officially
integrated

34. Into the
mandatory initial
training

35. For newly hired
teachers

36. What did we do?

37. We ran 3
workshops in
presence

38. In different areas
of our region

39. For a total of 86
participants

40. The registration

41. Was scheduled

42. On the web page

43. Of the Regional
School Office

44. Teachers have
been given

45. Certificates of
attendance

46. Stating 3 hours

47. For the face-toface activities+

48. One hour for the
revision at home

49. What did I do?

50. With Jimdo

51. A free web site
builder

52. I created a web
page

53. That I used as a
path

54. During the
workshops in
presence

55. It was meant as a
support to the
participants
the main intention

56. Also after the
conclusion of the
workshop

57. I tried to motivate
and encourage the
teachers
the main intention

58. Emphazising
pedagogical value

59. the main intention
And professional
development

60. Presenting some
good practices

61. the main intention
And adding some
videotutorials

62. Where I explained
how to use the
twinspace tools

63. The web page is
available here

64. http://etwinningformazioneneoassunti.jimdo.com/

65. Some weak points in
our experience

66. The lack of
teaching staff

67. There was only
one Ambassador
for each workshop

68. The lack of time

69. We had just 3
hours to cover so
much content

70. For new
eTwinners

71. Some strenghts

72. The excellent
collaboration

73. Between
Ambassadors and
School Office

74. The good interest
and motivation of
the participants

75. The first step in
the right direction

76. Between informal
and formal
education

77. To get to the
program official
recognition

78. What next?

79. For the future

80. We are planning

81. Some more
activities

82. For newly hired
teachers

83. The main idea is

84. To alternate
between

85. Sessions in
presence and
online

86. To provide
teachers with

87. A more user
friendly

88. And better
structured

89. Step by step
training path

90. Now it’s your turn

91. What strategies
should be adopted

92. At
regional, national
and European
level

93. To finally get to
eTwinning the
right recognition

94. As the most
challenging

95. Teaching network
in Europe

96. And officially
integrate it

97. In the professional
development of
teachers?

98. Your ideas are
welcome here
http://answergarden.ch/view/71047
Thank you!
asquini@libero.it