October 2014

eTwinning Weeks: How does eTwinning enhance teachers' skills?

Do you think eTwinning enhance your teaching skills? If the answer is yes, participate in the eTwinning Weeks campaign! From 13 October to 3 November, you will be invited to share your ideas on how eTwinning has improved your cooperative and digital skills, or helped you to open up your class to your local community. The three winners will receive an interesting prize!

Further details about the contest and the guidelines to participate will be provided in an online seminar that will take place on 6 October. Stay tuned on your eTwinning Desktop to get more information on this webinar.

Participate in eTwinning’s monitoring survey and win a tablet

As part of its monitoring activities, eTwinning launches an online survey to monitor teachers’ pedagogical practice as a result of participating in eTwinning and identify their professional development needs. The results will be shared in 2015 and they will help us to better shape the future CPD programme, according to teachers’ preferences.

The survey is available in 25 languages – You will find further information and the link to the questionnaire on your eTwinning Desktop. Fill in the survey before 7 November and enter into a draw for three tablets.

What’s going on in schools?

Project of the Month
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Pupils' corner

Pupils from Croatia will connect to pupils from Germany. First they will introduce themselves in letters which will be published on TwinSpace. After introduction we will work on topics about festivals and festive times. Pupils will focus on important date for their country as well as national holiday, religious holiday and birthdays. Pupils will make presentations, videos which will be published as well. Main communication is going to be on e Twinning pages and TwinSpace.


Quality Label of the Month
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A movie - I’m different, and I'm proud of it

The partner schools will make a film on the topic “Acceptance of differences”. Each school will shoot a part of the movie and in the end we will join all parts into one movie. During the project we will learn about different traditions and cultures of the participating countries.

From the eTwinning Portal

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eTwinning launches a new TwinSpace to improve project collaboration

All new projects will now benefit from the new version of the TwinSpace.


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eTwinning welcomes projects composed of schools from the same country

Almost all eTwinning countries will participate in a new pilot that will allow schools from the same country to develop projects together using the eTwinning platform.