December 2013

Last days to apply for the eTwinning Prizes 2014

Would you like to have your eTwinning project awarded? The eTwinning Prizes 2014 competition is still open for submissions. Any partner of a project which has received the European Quality Label and has been active in the 2012-2013 school year can apply until 8 December 2013.

All entries are submitted by clicking the link available on your eTwinning Desktop. You will find the link by clicking on the projects tab, then the name of the project. The link is available in the Actions list on the right of the screen.

Please see the eTwinning portal for more information.

My eTwinning movie - The winners!

The eTwinning Weeks 2013 video competition "My eTwinning movie" has come to a close. We are glad to announce that we have received a total of 148 eligible videos from 19 different countries and 6 eTwinning Plus countries.

The three winners have been chosen by a European jury. They were selected from the most liked videos based on their message, creativity, and capability to promote eTwinning.

The winners are:

Congratulations to the three winners and thank you all for participating!

What’s going on in schools?

Project of the Month
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Let's sing together

Let's sing together is a project we have with our 7-8 years old students to teach songs each other. We will use Skype in the lessons. We will also record the lessons. While they are teaching songs, they will share the cultures of their own countries and they will have fun too.
Quality Label of the Month
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Farming around Europe

This project will involve a number of schools from different countries around Europe. Children will research farms and farming in their region and country; and will share their research on the Twinspace with the other schools in the project. We will produce a project book and ebook; and hold a video-conference call. The project will facilitate international peer learning and encourage an greater appreciation of the diversity and similarities amongst countries in Europe.

From the eTwinning Portal

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Ambassadors conference 2013: The growing role of the eTwinning ambassador

The 17th to 19th of October 2013 saw the coming together of eTwinning Ambassadors from all over Europe. Something of an annual event, this year’s Ambassador ‘mini-conference’ was hosted by the Italian National Support service and took place in Catania, Sicily.
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Schools awarded the European Quality Label, October 2013

Below is a list of the 1131 schools awarded the European Quality Label. In addition to the school name (and teacher name) is information on the project that got them their Quality Label.