We have just held the first ever Bi-Lateral eTwinning workshop in the UK. The workshop took place in York with 12 teachers from the UK and 12 teachers from Sweden participating along with support from eTwinning ambassadors and British Council staff.
Aims - to create excellent eTwinning projects on the theme of Vikings and enhance participants ICT skills.
NING – We used a NING space (similar to MySpace, Facebook etc) to allow participants to ‘meet’ each other online and complete simple tasks designed to encourage people to form partnerships.
Fri 9th May - We began with an introduction to eTwinning, a fantastic case study presentation from eTwinning ambassador Cathy McKirdy and an outdoor workshop exploring York with digital cameras and sound recording devices completing the Treasure Hunt produced by eTwinning ambassador Ruth Royce. Due to the use of NING for online collaboration and a great outdoor workshop in the afternoon everyone had found a partner to work with by dinner! After visiting the Jorvik Viking Centre to enhance our knowledge of the Vikings we had a leisurely dinner.
Sat 10th May - everyone participated in 3 great workshops in the partnership group on
- Voki creation (animated characters with voices online)
- Digital Video production (creating videos of the digital photos everyone took in on Friday to create digital stories
- eTwinning tools (exploring the eTwinning website and registering project)
Sun 11th May - we watched the fantastic videos and vokis created on Saturday before listening to a brief presentation on everyone's forthcoming project. We finished with advice and support on the next steps in developing a project and a farewell lunch.
Results
- Enhanced ICT skills due to participation in workshops - 10 eTwinning projects created
For further details contact Jenny (jenny.compton@britishcouncil.org)
Aims - to create excellent eTwinning projects on the theme of Vikings and enhance participants ICT skills.
NING – We used a NING space (similar to MySpace, Facebook etc) to allow participants to ‘meet’ each other online and complete simple tasks designed to encourage people to form partnerships.
Fri 9th May - We began with an introduction to eTwinning, a fantastic case study presentation from eTwinning ambassador Cathy McKirdy and an outdoor workshop exploring York with digital cameras and sound recording devices completing the Treasure Hunt produced by eTwinning ambassador Ruth Royce. Due to the use of NING for online collaboration and a great outdoor workshop in the afternoon everyone had found a partner to work with by dinner! After visiting the Jorvik Viking Centre to enhance our knowledge of the Vikings we had a leisurely dinner.
Sat 10th May - everyone participated in 3 great workshops in the partnership group on
- Voki creation (animated characters with voices online)
- Digital Video production (creating videos of the digital photos everyone took in on Friday to create digital stories
- eTwinning tools (exploring the eTwinning website and registering project)
Sun 11th May - we watched the fantastic videos and vokis created on Saturday before listening to a brief presentation on everyone's forthcoming project. We finished with advice and support on the next steps in developing a project and a farewell lunch.
Results
- Enhanced ICT skills due to participation in workshops - 10 eTwinning projects created
For further details contact Jenny (jenny.compton@britishcouncil.org)
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