CMeLD 14/2010- TwinSpace Seminar for eTwinners

logoOn the 26th of February, 2010, eTwinning Malta is organising a seminar about the new TwinSpace, the collaborative workspace for registered eTwinning Projects. The seminar is open to Teachers and Kindergarten Assistants, in Primary and Secondary schools, who are currently taking part in an eTwinning Project, registered during Scholastic Year 2009-2010. This is due to the fact that the new TwinSpace is available only to those projects which have been registered during this year. An eTwinning pack  will be handed out to participants. The seminar will be delivered by Ms.Marianne Schembri, Malta’s Ambassador for eTwinning.

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eTwinning Primary Project - Partners wanted!

Lars Ring from Norway is seeking partners for his project.

We want to create a project based on childrens drawings. We are starting with our 6 year olds’ drawings inspired from fairytales, different seasons, xmas…. but want to let the project grow with the children. Language is english.

If you’d like to join Lars Ring, look him up in the Partner Finding section of your eTwinning profile and send him an email for more information.

If you are new to eTwinning, you can register at www.etwinning.net to access your profile and use the Partner Finding tool to find partners from all over Europe.

If you need help with your eTwinning project of to seek partners, you can contact the Maltese National Support Service on 25982150 or 79002150 or send an email at etwinning@schoolnet.net.mt.

Enjoy!

eTwinning Partners Wanted!

Reading Books! A new idea in a technological world! is a secondary project with partners from Italy, Turkey and Romania. Pina Vitale from Italy says: “Why don’t you join us? We are a great group and you’ll find friendship, and lots of fun! Don’t waist any more time!”
For more information you can go to your eTwinning profile and look up Pina Vitale in your Partner Finder section to send her a message.
If you are new to eTwinning, register on www.etwinning.net first.
If you need further assistance, don’t hesitate to contact the National Support Service on 25982150/79002150 or etwinning@schoolnet.gov.mt

Parlez-vous l’Internet?

Ever feel that the Internet is changing the English language? Ever wondered what someone means exactly when they text LOL or BTW? Want to impress the kids when you go back to school by your superior knowledge of Internet-speak? Well, help is at hand!

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eTwinning: Online school partnerships celebrate their fifth anniversary

etwinning_anniversaryBrussels, 5 February 2010

Nearly 500 teachers are meeting in Seville to celebrate the fifth anniversary of eTwinning, an action that creates online communities of teachers and schools across Europe. Through eTwinning, over 85 000 teachers from across Europe work together in international school activities involving more than 50 000 schools in 32 European countries. In the five years of its existence, eTwinning has grown from being a partner-finding tool for teachers to become a rich, Europe-wide community of teaching and learning (www.etwinning.net). On 5 February, a prize ceremony is being held for 37 schools from 21 countries that are the top winners of this year’s eTwinning Awards for excellence in eTwinning.

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The 2010 eTwinning European Award Winners

AGE CATEGORY WINNERS

Age category 4-11:
Colours of Life - common story written by children
- Ewa Kurzak, Przedszkole Publiczne nr 5 w Głogowie (PL)
- Miriam Schembri, St. Thomas More College, Fgura Primary A (MT)

Jury Comment: Excellent use of various methods for cooperation in a group of very small children from kindergarten. It showed a high degree of cooperation between teachers to plan their work together.

Age category 12-15:
50 easy things you can do to save the Earth
- Florenci Sales Vilalta, IES Sòl-de-Riu (ES)
- Nelly Vicheva, Secondary School of Economics “Georgy S. Rakovsky” (BG)
- Remei Ibáñez Alcocer, IES Sòl-de-Riu (ES)

Jury Comment: This project managed to turn a depressing and complicated topic into an inspiring search and study into our environment. The pupils and teachers from different countries actually worked together and created a wonderful web-magazine and videos that could be used as learning material. This project can serve as a good model for any eTwinning project.

Age category 16-19:
LED - Learning and Teaching Furniture Design in Europe
- Gabriela Bodiková, Stredná odborná škola drevárska (SK)
- Rahel Böhlke, Marcel-Breuer-schule berlin (DE)

Jury Comment:This project has an outstanding combination of learning and teaching strategies. There is a well-structured plan from aims to evaluation and all these reflect on the practical results. The ICT help to develop modules and exercises for learning and teaching furniture design in a vocational and intercultural context.
SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS

Maths and science (prize sponsored by European Schoolnet)
Magic but real experiments
- Alexandre Costa, Escola Secundária de Loulé (PT)
- Claudia Cziprok, Colegiul National “Mihai Eminescu” (RO)
- Claudia Radu Scoala Gimnaziala, “Gheorghe Lazar” (RO)
- Danuta Tracz, Zespół Szkolno-Przedszkolny w Brzeźnicy (PL)
- Irena Babinska, Vilniaus r. Pagiriu gimnazija (LT)
- Manuel Díaz Escalera, Colegio Sagrado Corazón (Esclavas) (ES)

Jury comment: The project shows a concrete ad innovative collaboration among partners using web 2.0. In the project blog you can find videos of experiments carried out by the pupils in the school activities, very amusing and useful to see!

Spanish language (prize sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Education)
TRIANGULO
- Mauricio Del Gallego Naredo, IES LLANERA (ES)
- Isabel Monteiro, Escola Secundária de Pinheiro e Rosa (PT)
- Marta Pey, IES JAUME CALLIS (ES)

French language (prize sponsored by the eTwinning National Support Service in France)
Sous le ciel de la compréhension
- Angela Riccomi, ITCG Paolini (IT)
- Wioletta Sosnowska, Zespół Szkół Tekstylno-Handlowych (PL)

Jury comment : Projet très bien documenté et bien présenté sur l’espace public de Twinspace avec un très bon dictionnaire comparatif des gestes accessible sur cet espace .

Creative use of digital media (prize sponsored by eSkills Week)
Schoolovision 2009!
- Anna-Lena Larsson, Grimsåsskolan (SE)
- Aurelija Dirginčienė, Šiaulių „Juventos (LT)
- Bergfrid Kolltveit, Odda barneskole (NO)
- Corina Ciobanu, Scoala cu clasele I-VIII “Vladimir Streinu”, Teiu, Arges (RO)
- Dana Ciglová , ZS Husova, Brno (CZ)
- Gabriela Krížovská, Základná škola a materská škola Poprad , Jarná ulica 3168/13 (SK)
- Ilaria Pelucchi, Scuola Elementare San Giovanni Bosco (IT)
- Ingrid Maadvere, Gustav Adolfi Gümnaasium (ET)
- Katja Auffret, Ecole de Florentin (FR)
- Kolbrun Svala Hjaltadottir, Flataskoli Gardabaer (NO)
- Larisa Voronyuk, Jelgavas 2. pamatskola (LV)
- Marek Fularz, Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1 (PL)
- Maria Antoinette Magro, San Gorg Preca College, Hamrun GP Primary (MT)
- Michael Purves, Yester Primary School (UK)
- Nezaket KANDEMİR GÜNAY, Nazire Merzeci İlköğretim Okulu (TR)
- Oleflemming Nielsen, Stadil-Vedersø Skole (DK)
- Svetoslava Georgieva, SOU “Georgi Izmirliev” (BG)
- Tanja Povhe, OS Venclja Perka Domzale (SI)
- Νίκη Νικολαΐδου, Agros Primary School (CY)

Jury Comment: The idea of all-round-Europe competition sounds to be very interesting and very innovative in connection with school kids.