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Unfortunately, due to a technical issue, we are unable to broadcast the Saturday 16 March session.
More than 500 teachers from across Europe will discuss the impact eTwinning has through school collaboration on citizenship at the annual eTwinning Conference on 14 – 16 March 2013 in Lisbon, Portugal.
This year the eTwinning Conference celebrates the theme “Citizenship and European School Collaboration”, and Professor R.H. (Bob) Fryer CBE, Chair of the Campaign for Learning UK, takes the floor to introduce various facets of citizenship, belonging and continuous training, making the link between eTwinning, extensive engagement in lifelong learning and enriched citizenship.
“In this European Year of Citizens, it is important to emphasize how participation in eTwinning and other forms of cross-border school cooperation help young people to develop a sense of pride in their local, national and European identities, to broaden their horizons and to become active citizens of Europe – and of the world”, says Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth. Commissioner Vassiliou continues on the future of eTwinning: “eTwinning is here to stay. It has still an enormous potential to unfold and it has a bright future in the context of Erasmus for All, the new programme for education, training and youth for the period 2014-2020. From next school year, you will start noticing an expanded role for eTwinning with a stronger platform, new actors and more services on offer.”
The work of the conference will concentrate on sharing good practice, exploring new ways of teaching and fostering the eTwinning community, through workshops, interactive session and informal meetings. The conference will be also an occasion to celebrate outstanding achievements in school collaboration in eTwinning. The winners of the eTwinning Prizes 2013 will be awarded in 3 main categories based on the age range of pupils. These main prizes are sponsored by the European Commission. In addition there are 6 special category prizes, for example for projects using various European languages, projects focussing on cultural understanding, and projects in maths and science, sponsored by various organisations.
Now in its eighth year, the European Commission’s eTwinning action involves almost 200 000 registered teachers in 33 countries, who communicate, work together, and set-up cross-border educational projects. eTwinning has affirmed its important role in shaping a European space for education, helping teachers connect, collaborate and share and, ultimately, feel and be part of the biggest learning community in Europe.
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Conference website: http://conference2013.etwinning.net/
Follow the conference on Twitter: #etwconf2013
Link to the video from last year’s conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHMrfP3qhXA
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Background
eTwinning is the Community for schools involving almost 200 000 teachers across Europe, funded by the European Commission as part of the Lifelong Learning Programme the Education, Culture and Audiovisual Executive Agency. European Schoolnet acts as eTwinning Central Support Service.
The eTwinning platform offers opportunities for teachers to meet and interact with each other in school projects, special interest groups and online forums. It also offers a rich professional development element via online Learning Events, focusing on collaboration skills and the use of technology with the goal of contributing to the modernisation of educational systems, making them more attractive to today’s youth. Find out more on www.etwinning.net.
“At the end of my first project, when summing up the results and my pupils’ feedback, I started to think that eTwinning could be more than an extra project and could be fully incorporated into teaching. eTwinning is the most flexible tool of my teaching that allows my pupils and me to learn, improve, have fun and make friends.” Maria Doria, Italy
“Our school had never been in any international project before. When our School Management saw our eTwinning projects, they brought a PC and a projector to the classroom and support us in many ways. Some of my colleagues joined eTwinning too. Suddenly Europe became very close to us.” Ayca Oğuz, Turkey
European Schoolnet is a network of 30 Ministries of Education from across the European member states, leading educational innovation at European level. As a major international think tank, European Schoolnet operates key European services in education on behalf of the European Commission, member Ministries of Education and industry partners.
www.europeanschoolnet.org. Follow us on Twitter @eu_schoolnet and on Facebook.
We are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s eTwinning Prizes 2013 competition.
From over 120 project submissions, we are pleased to announce the winners of the three age categories and six special categories. These projects demonstrated excellent achievements and we look forward to rewarding them in person at the eTwinning Conference on 14 March 2013 in Lisbon during a special prize-giving ceremony.
The competition is divided in three age categories:
Pupils age 4-11
Winner
Runner Up
eTwinning tourists in 5 star hotels
Pupils age 12-15
Winner
Runner Up
Pupils age 16-19
Winner
Pek, the Traveller Flea 3 – Evolution
Runner Up
BELL Business Economics Language Learning
In addition to the age categories, there are also special categories:
Spanish Language Prize (prize sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport)
I tell you – You tell me a tale/ Te cuento – Me cuentas un cuento
French Language Prize (prize jointly sponsored by the International Federation of Teachers of French and the eTwinning National Support Service in France)
Dans le cercle des signes du zodi@que
German Language Prize (prize sponsored by the eTwinning National Support Service in Germany)
Marie Skłodowska Curie Prize (prize sponsored by the eTwinning National Support Service in Poland)
Mevlana Prize for Intercultural Understanding (prize sponsored by the eTwinning National Support Service of Turkey)
Intercultural dialogue through fairy tales, drama and art
English as a second language Prize (prize sponsored by the British Council)
P.A.L.E Play And Learn English