Monthly Archive for June, 2009
Ning is an online platform, used primarily for creating private or closed social networks. Unlike other popular social networking applications such as Facebook or MySpace, which are open for all to join, Ning allows users to create private network for a particular group of online users. The network can be kept as private or as public as the creator desires, and each member can be granted different permissions and given different roles in the general running of the network. Ning is being increasingly used in the educational field as both a tool and platform for collaboration. Users can opt to either take part in other members’ social networks or create a network from scratch of their own.
On the 18th June, Ms. Maria Antoinette Magro of Year 4M at Hamrun GP Primary organized an eTwinning celebration to close her eTwinning year with her present pupils. Ms. Magro invited the pupils’ parents for this celebration which took place in the school media room. She also invited the eTwinning National Coordinator to present a certificate to each child. A board was put up in the room with a sample of all the 5 projects the pupils have participated in this year. The projects were: Home Sweet Home with a partner from Poland, Kids in Malta and Norway far away but learning together with a Norwegian partner, This is my life with a Scottish partner and Animal Talk and Schoolovision 2009 with about 30 partners from all over Europe. The latter project was also a runner up in the National eTwinning Awards which were announced at the end of May 2009.
Continue reading ‘eTwinning class celebration at Hamrun GP Primary’
On Friday 12th June, Ms. Jeannette Cardona, the eTwinning national coordinator, visitid St Benedict College, Qrendi Primary to congratulate herself with the pupils participating in the project which placed third in the primary category for the National eTwinning Awards. The head of school welcomed her and called all the pupils of the school to attend for the presentation. The coordinator explained shortly what eTwinning is and how these pupils had managed to collaborate with a sicilian school to create the winning project. All the Year 5 and Year 6 pupils were given an eTwinning pouch to remember their success.
Continue reading ‘Presentation of eTwinning tokens at Qrendi Primary’
We hope that you’ve had an enjoyable eTwinning year. We have seen a lot of great projects take flight over the last year within the new eTwinnig Portal and this is all thanks to your support and hard work. Well done!
Some things to keep in mind for the summer months:
eTwinning Quality Labels
If you have run a successful eTwinning project this year, apply for an eTwinning National Quality Label. This is your first step towards participating in next fall’s eTwinning Prizes 2010 competition.
The new TwinSpace
The new TwinSpace will be launched in September 2009. All projects approved after 1 September will be equipped with the new TwinSpace platform.
Closing projects
At the end of the summer, all running projects within the eTwinning Platform will be closed. In case you have a project that will continue, you can easily re-open it or, even better, register a new one with the new TwinSpace.
Fgura Primary ‘A’, St Thomas More College is currently participating in a two year Comenius project, ‘3eees , e-Counting, e-Culture, e-Communications’. Participating countries are Italy, Sicily, Spain and Scotland. The project focuses mainly on the use of mathematics in primary and kindergarten in a creative and innovative way as well as sharing culture, traditions, national costumes and national stories. As part of the project the school celebrated ‘Comenius Day’.
Continue reading ‘Celebrating Comenius Day at St Thomas More College, Fgura Primary A’
Let us open our Hearts on Africa
Project by:
Mario Xerri
Gozo College
Girls Secondary School
Project Participants:
• Zespół Szkół Ponadgimnazjalnych nr 3 w Mysłowicach (Poland)
• Gozo College Girls Secondary School (Malta) - Class 3 Liedna
The project focuses on Africa and its issues. Throughout a period of eight months (October 08 - May 09) through various means and ways, students became aware of various aspects related to the African continent such as:
• geography,
• culture and customs,
• educational system,
• health,
• armed conflicts,
• humanitarian aid,
• emigration toward Europe
• hunger and poverty
