e Twinning Contact Seminar for science teachers Czech

e. Twinning Contact Seminar for science teachers Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden Warsaw, 25 April 2013

e. Twinning – social network for European teachers Europe: teachers – 200 635 schools – 104 725 projects - 27 854 Poland: users – 20 722 schools – 10 000

e. Twinning European school collaboration with the use of ICT. e. Twinning supports teachers’ professional development.

Who can participate? Teachers of all disciplines/subjects, pupils/students, headmasters, librarians, all school employees; Kindergartens, primary schools, secondary schools (age group: 3 -19 years).

Participating countries Norway Iceland Turkey Croatia Switzerland Macedonia

e. Twinning Plus Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Moldova Ukraine Tunisia

Aims Facilitate collaboration between teachers and pupils in different countries of Europe Provide a multilingual platform for online work in European languages Learn how to use ICT to communicate effectively with e. Twinners Break down barriers and share knowledge.

e. Twinning virtues enthusiasm and creativity of teachers and pupils minimum requirements – computer, Internet no legalities and no sophisticated procedures use of foreign languages in direct communication with partner schools free e. Twinning tools (Desktop, Twin. Space) safe Internet topic of project linked to school curriculum pupils - increased motivation for learning easy way to find a partner for a project (partner finding forum) ICT tools (services, applications) popular among pupils one school = many projects, one teacher = many projects

Advantages - Korzyści increase of ICT skills, learning foreign languages learning other cultures and countries; Students - Increase of motivation for learning - learn how to work in groups School - European collaboration, professional development for teachers, promotion in local media Teachers - Exchange of experience and pedagogical materials, - Professional development, - New teaching methods, - learning about other educational systems - the cure for professional burn out syndrome

How e. Twinning impacts on learners

e. Twinning portal Public portal Teacher’s Desktop Twin. Space

European Portal www. etwinning. net General information: what is e. Twinning, why get involved, etc. People and projects: see who is registered, what projects are running Inspiration: ready-made kits, short modules, project galleries, ideas Support: guidelines, help, contact

e. Twinning tools - Desktop Ø News- national, European Ø Teacher Rooms Ø Resources Ø Mail box Ø Notifications Ø Profile Ø Partner finding - search engine Ø Forum Ø Contacts Ø Learning Events Øe. Twinning Groups

Twin. Space Secure, private area to work collaboratively, communicate and store materials – Chat – Invite guests, pupils Applications for Collaboration: - Blogs, - Forum, - Wiki Content Management: - File archive, - Image gallery, - Web content display;

e. Twinning project – what is it?

Project duration Topic Flexibility A number of partners Activities

How to start a project? Project idea Finding a partner school at the seminar Project’s plan and registration KISS – project is flexible! Plan execution Evaluation

www. etwinning. pl national portal www. etwinning. net European portal Desktop Projec t idea

Variety of projects Digiscience Adventure with chemistry My town in numbers A visit to Storkland Our home town Fascinating phenomena (physics) Digimaths SEP: Sustainable Energy Plan Xpermania II - from molecules to materials!

Teachers’ Professional Development European level: www. etwinning. net European PDW Contact Seminars e. Twinning Groups Teachers Rooms Learning Events

Teachers’ Professional Development www. etwinning. net Professional Development Workshops, Contact seminars

Different topics: • Art, history and philosophy for e. Twinning projects • Mind maps • Web 2. 0 tools • Creative writing Learning events

e. Twinning Group A place to exchange various interests and to discuss specific topics or subjects in a restricted environment use of forums, wikis, blogs, image galleries Expert talks (work presented on webinars, ideas for techers)-Web 2. 0, Creative Classroom. Elluminate

List of e. Twinning Groups - e. Twinning project trailers e. Twinning and Internet safety Integration of EU projects in the curriculum Creative Classroom Maths & Science Humanities Experimental sciences Groupe Francophone Groups for Head Teachers, Librarians The Community of European Language Teachers

Maths & Science Group Is aimed to: explore different areas within maths and science teaching how to approach the pedagogy of maths and science in daily work? how to learn techniques from each other? how these subjects may be used in e. Twinning?

e. Twinning Groups a video

e. Twinning Groups: tips and advice be active – share your knowledge and ideas contribute with your experience take part in discussions to join the group - complete an online application form do not join too many groups

Support for teachers ü ü ü National e. Twinning portals European, national newsletter Helpdesk css-helpdesk@eun. org European portal www. etwinning. net Publications

e. Twinning Labels

Thank you for your attention Enjoy the seminar! Ewa Raińska-Nowak PL NSS enowak@frse. org. pl www. etwinning. pl

Talking Avatars

Modules

Adventure of the drop - - - Partner schools: primary schools from Poland, Romania Activities: Water - main topic ocean, sea, river simple experiments – proceses life in the ocean, sea, river prace plastyczne: obrazy, plakaty ekologia- oszczędzanie wody w domu, w szkole obchody Międzynarodowego Dnia Wody (przedstawienie, akcja charytatywna „Woda dla Sudanu” wiersze i piosenki angażowanie rodziców (wycieczki, nowe pomysły, wyszukiwanie materiałów) Lekcje poza szkołą Rezultaty: wideokonferencje, strony internetowe

Contact PL NSS Narodowe Biuro Kontaktowe e. Twinning Fundacja Rozwoju Systemu Edukacji ul. Mokotowska 43 00 -551 Warszawa tel: +48 22 46 31 400 Fax: +48 22 46 31 021 etwinning@frse. org. pl Skype: etwinning_polska

Narzędzia ICT Projektujemy logo projektu Piosenka na rozpoczęcie! Twinkle, twinkle little star Wideo z nagraniem piosenki (blog): - w 2 językach: PL, ICT np. Paint, Photoscape, Power. Point Etapy: 1. Każda szkoła projektuje logo 2. Umieszczamy je na Twin. Space 3. Głosujemy EN - teksty do piosenki - 2 filmy, w których dzieci uczą słów piosenki

Zalety programu Safe Internet The topic related to the school curriculum Motivation for pupils Zespoły nauczycieli

e. Twinning- what is it? Film- trailer

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success” Henry Ford

Activities of PL NSS - good practice workshops conferences events National Quality Labels Teacher training national competitions helpdesk online course

Promotion and information national portal brochures, leaflets, training materials a net of regional representatives e-newsletter