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January 23, 2012
January 20, 2012
FREE eTwinning Professional Development Events: Germany 9–11 march / Malta 9–11 march 2012
Do you teach 12-16 year old students? Are you interested in working with a team of colleagues from your school and other schools in Europe? Do you think that media education should be integrated into subjects, not isolated? Are you convinced that students benefit from cross-curricular learning? If so, the UK eTwinning team is currently looking for teachers to come and meet other teachers from the eTwinning community to set up a collaborative eTwinning project in either:
GERMANY: Our preference is to send a head teacher plus one other teacher (French or German speaking) from the same school. We are limited to 8 participants for this event - 2 teachers per school.
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MALTA: Our preference is to send one teacher from the same school, consisting of 5 different schools. We are limited to 5 participants for this event.
We are able to cover all travel, accommodation and meal expenses for this event, as well as the participation fee, however we cannot provide supply cover.
To apply for either or both of these events, please click here. Applications must be received before 1pm on Tuesday 24th January 2012. To register on eTwinning click here
If you have any questions regarding Malta please contact: Jenny.Compton@britishcouncil.org
If you have any questions regarding Germany please contact: Karen.Cleland@britishcouncil.org
January 16, 2012
January 13, 2012
January 11, 2012
January 09, 2012
See you at BETT 2012
If you are at BETT this week Wednesday 11th January - Saturday 14th January come and see us and say hi at one of two stalls.
This year for the first time eTwinning Europe-wide has a stand of its own with a packed programme of activities including case studies from current eTwinners and a live partner finding event Download ETwinning BETT 2012 Programme. Find us at stand G110.
We will also be at the British Council stand, so if you want to talk to us about eTwinning or find out more about any of the other work British Council does stop by and see us at stand Q38.
Can't wait to see you all there!
December 15, 2011
British Council UK Activity Map
The British Council have created an interactive map showing details of engagement across the UK. It isn't specific to eTwinning, however it's a great snapshot of our work across different areas and can give you a flavour of what is happening locally in conjunction with the British Council. Search by region and you can view by constituency or local authority:
December 07, 2011
November 24, 2011
November 18, 2011
Workshops for School Leaders - Raising standards in UK schools
As part of International Education Week 14-18 November 2011, the British Council eTwinning team in the UK hosted 2 extremely successful workshops for school leaders, looking at how to raise standards in schools using eTwinning, Comenius and other international programmes offered by the British Council. Over 70 delegates attended each event and heard inspirational stories from practitioners who have used eTwinning and Comenius to successfully motivate, inspire and improve education standards at their schools for both pupils and staff. Find out more about this event and others here.
John Worne, British Council Executive Board, opened the workshop with a thought provoking speech about the importance of preparing young people to live in a global society and work in a global economy, whilst highlighting the British Councils continued commitment to UK schools. We heard inspirational stories from Head teacher Kevin McCabe (Jervoise Primary School) illustrating how schools in special measures have been turned around through participation in international linking programmes. The keynote address was complemented by George Glass (Cauldeen Primary School) and Anne Jakins & Nick Falk (Sackville School) who demonstrated how 2 UK schools have worked together “virtually” with counterparts in Finland and Afghanistan through eTwinning and Connecting Classrooms to support learning and teaching their schools. British Council staff members Michael O’Donnabhain, John Rolfe and Vicky Gough provided further information to delegates on British Council school strategy and programmes. John Warwick (St Luke’s School) rounded up the event discussing international learning journey taken by staff and students at his school, providing a perfect lead into the final session where participants had the opportunity to start planning how their schools can use international linking opportunities to support raising standards for staff and pupils.
Manchester 17 November
John Payne, British Council Account Director, opened the workshop and reiterated the British Council commitment to supporting both UK schools and young people through the continued provision of international linking programmes for schools. During the keynote address in Manchester, assistant Head teacher Rob Ford (Wootton Bassett School) showed how the international dimension has been embedded throughout all aspects of school life to such success that it is now the first state school in England to receive an ‘outstanding’ across the board under the new OfSTED inspections. George, Nick and Anne (pictured) repeated their London presentation which was very well received by all the delegates. British Council staff members Susan Glover, John Rolfe and Alex Abel provided further information to delegates on British Council school strategy and programmes. Our final speaker, Anne Daniels (Carleton House School), concluded by demonstrating how she has used eTwinning to support her own professional development; illustrating how she has moved from a class teacher to Head teacher. The workshop finished with participants planning how to embed international linking opportunities into their schools to support raising standards.
We would like to take this opportunity thank all the speakers, staff and delegates for participating and contributing to both workshops.
The following programmes were featured during both workshops:
British Council Schools Online
