eTwinning UK

‘Twin for 2012’ Games initiative

Dear European Teachers!

Why not take advantage of the British Councils ‘Twin for 2012’ initiative, in which you can be partnered up with a UK school. The Games are all about international friendship and bringing people together so through twinning with a UK school you and your pupils can get in touch with international peers and work together on joint projects such as planning a trip around London for your country’s team or designing a t-shirt for the Olympics. You could take part in the Big Dance 2012 together or share your understanding of the Olympic Truce with one another.

Learn, share and have fun!

There are 100’s of UK primary schools waiting for a partner from overseas so, to register, simply follow this link and complete your details:

http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/twin-for-2012

Once you've Twinned for 2012 you and your UK partner can use the eTwinning Twinspace -a privately shared workspace - to upload and share resources in project folders, use a calendar, a live chat forum, bulletin boards, and the facility to build your own project pages.

French Media and Social Networking

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  The international French-language channel TV5 Monde, financed by Belgium, Canada and Switzerland, is available globally.

 

• Global news channel France 24 TV broadcasts in French, English and Arabic. It has said it aims to present "a different point of view from the Anglo-Saxon world"

 

• Facebook and Skyrock are leading social networks.


Recent French Press

A recent article in the Guardian shows that many French students are politically interested and aware, and focused in on the rest of the world.

 

The citizenship curriculum (is) to give young people the tools to take up the issues that are important to them." Classes in schools would cover critical thinking, advocacy and how to take responsible action amongst other things.

Image: Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

French Trivia.... You never knew you wanted to know!

 

This month, we are celebrating France, our Partner Country of the Month!

France has won the most Nobel Prizes for Literature of any country (15 so far) and the second highest number of Field Medals (mathematics) after the USA.

 

There are about 2 new cooking books published every day in France.

 

 The designer of the Eiffel Tower, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel also designed the internal part of The Statue of Liberty. La Statue de la Liberté was then given as a gift from France to America in 1886

 

 

Image: © chrisroll/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net

French Bites!

French Bites

 eTwinning facts that are good enough to eat!

Number of French eTwinners registered – 15,653, the second highest amount, beaten only by Turkey!

 

 Total number of projects registered – 6,176, higher than 30 other countries!

 

French eTwinner Claire Chevalier worked on the project Tandem with 4 Spanish partners, which won the European Prize for ‘Language of a neighbouring country’

 

Image: © Dan/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Request a free eTwinning team resource pack

We have developed a range of eTwinning resources to support you and your colleagues using eTwinning.  

Our school resource pack is completely free and includes 5 copies of the following resources:

• eTwinning Cookbook - 50 recipes for school collaboration and professional development in Europe
• Voices of eTwinning - a teachers guide to eTwinning
• eTwinning postcards - designed by pupils at eTwinning schools across the UK
• eTwinning information leaflets 
• eTwinning notepads

Email the UK team etwinning@britishcouncil.org to order your pack

 

 

 

Introducing France...eTwinning Partner of the Month!

 

Introducing France... our Partner Country of the Month!

Check our eTwinning blog throughout each month for a fun introduction to one of our 31 partner countries. You’ll find lots of motivation to partner up and start a project!

Image: © Dan/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net

eTwinning webinars for teachers

© Mat Wright

Our webinars are online sessions where the British Council eTwinning team provide interactive training. They are a convenient way for you to access eTwinning training from your home or your school computer. Each session lasts approximately one hour, during which time you are able to ask questions directly to our eTwinning experts.

Each session has a particular focus allowing you to choose which is most suited to your needs. You can work your way through all four training session to gain skills in all of these areas.                                          

Webinar Themes:

 An Introduction to eTwinning:

• overview of eTwinning (including sample eTwinning project kits & project examples)
• case study 

Finding a Partner: 

• identifying and contacting potential partners 
• resources and tools

Registering a Project: 

• how to register a project with your partner 
• project approval process

Using the Twinspace

• overview of the Twinspace
• step by step guides to the Twinspace

You can view webinar dates and register to attend on our online registration form.  Sign up now!

 

 

Twin for 2012

Keen to get your class exchanging views about the Games with friends all over the world? Look no further!

We can find you an international partner school, giving your pupils the chance to get in touch with their international peers and work together on joint projects.  You can cover any topic that interests you – how about starting out by swapping details of each other’s favourite sports?  Or why not ask your partner class about the Olympic and Paralympic stars from their country?  Make sure your pupils get the amazing opportunity to learn and share through an international school partnership. 

UK schools

If you’re in the UK, we will find you a partner school in one of the countries participating in the Games.  Simply register your details with us, including a short paragraph about your school and what you’re interested in working on.  We’ll do the rest! 

Schools outside the UK

If your country is participating in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, we will find you a partner school in the UK.  Simply register your details with us, including a short paragraph about your school and what you’re interested in working on.  We’ll do the rest!

Support with projects

Once you’ve found a partner, there’s a whole range of exciting projects you can do, and we’ve even got some templates to make it easy for you to get started – see our resources page for details.  We’ll also give you a dedicated online project space for you and partner to share information.  And you’ll get access to our online forums where you can swap ideas with other schools.  All you need to do is register your school. 

Register now - UK-France Partner Finding webinars!

 

UK – FRANCE

ONLINE EVENT

Participate from the comfort of your own home!

 

Click here to register 

 

 Do you?

Want to start a project with a French school?

Want to inspire your students with links to a French school.

 

Are you?

Teaching Secondary students (11-15)

Committed to finding a French partner

 

Can you?

Spare 3 x 1.5 hours to cement a bilateral relationship and design a project for your students

 

 Let us guide you through our partner finding forum and help you to start a project!

  

Event Objectives:

To find a partner school in France

To develop a class to class project

eTwinning portal training

 

 

 Schedule:

 Tuesday 6^th March, 4pm-5.30pm

UK only

INTRO to eTwinning and PORTAL

 

Tuesday 13^th March, 4pm-5.30pm

UK/France

PARTNER FINDING

 

Tuesday 27^th March, 4pm-5.30pm

UK/ France

PRESENTING PROJECT IDEAS

  

 

Webinar’s will be hosted by the UK & French eTwinning teams and are free of charge.

Please note that we require your commitment on all of the listed scheduled dates, as the program will only work if we have full participation. We cannot risk disappointing our French counterparts by registering anyone who is not able to provide this commitment.

Please register early, numbers are limited to 12 UK teachers.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

  

Rosalyn Kennedy | Project Officer | eTwinning | British Council

Norwich Union House | 7 Fountain Street | Belfast | BT1 5EA

Tel: 028 9019 2234 | Email: rosalyn.kennedy@britishcouncil.org

www.britishcouncil.org/etwinning