The eTwinning National Support Service is pleased to announce the winners of the eTwinning Back to School Lottery:
Primary School Prize Winner: Maria Regina College, Gharghur Primary
With the Project: This is the City Where I Live
By: Ms. Claudia Magrin, Year 3
Secondary School Prize Winner: Gozo College, Victoria Girls’ Secondary
With the Project: My Number 1
By: Mr. Mario Xerri, ICT and Computer Studies
These two projects have each won a digital video camera for the school.
The other teachers who have participated in the eTwinning Back to School Campaign Competition by registering a project between the 1st September and the 30th November 2011 will receive an eTwinning Desk Clock. The full list of eligible teachers can be found here. In order to pick up your Desk Clock, kindly contact Ms. Amanda Debattista at the eTwinning National Support Service on 25982150 or etwinning@schoolnet.gov.mt and make an appointment.
Ms. Francesca Luppino, from Messina, Sicily, is interested in starting a project on Mediterranean Cities and would also like to include Malta as an area of study. For this reason, she is looking for a Maltese teacher of Italian language to exchange ideas and information and to start an eTwinning Project together. The language of communication will be Italian, so this project would be a good way to practice Italian as a second language and also to learn about Italian culture, and in the process, also a bit more about our own. If you would like to contact Ms. Luppino you may get in touch with her on the eTwinning Desktop or send her an email on 
The eTwinning National Support Service has organised three seminars for the Back to School Campaign during the month of November. These seminars have targeted teachers of different levels and across all teaching grades. The first two seminars, eTwinning Desktop and eTwinning TwinSpace Seminars were practical, hands on seminars for teachers. The last seminar, eTwinning for Senior Management Teams in Schools, was aimed at Heads, Assistant Heads, College Principals and EOs. All the seminars took place at the eLearning Centre in Floriana, between 15:30 – 17:30, and the participants also received an eTwinning informative pack.
The eTwinning Back to School Competition officially ended on Wednesday, 30th November 2011. The first 50 teachers who registered or participated in a project between the 1st of September 2011 and the 30th of November 2011 will be receiving an eTwinning Desk Clock. All the teachers who managed to register or participate in a project by deadline (30th November) are eligible to participate in the draw to win 2 digital video cameras for their schools. Scroll down to find the list of eligible teachers and schools.
Have you registered an eTwinning project during this scholastic year (September – November 2011) ? The eTwinning Back to School Competion is drawing to a close! The first 
eTwinning is organising an online Learning Event targeted at School Leaders. This event is specifically for those who hold a management role in their school as School Head Teacher, Deputy Head or Department Head. It will explore how to introduce eTwinning, how to support teachers in their eTwinning work, and the benefits that eTwinning can bring to your school. 
As part of the eTwinning Back to School Campaign, the eTwinning National Support Service is organising the seminar, Animation for Education. This seminar is aimed at teachers across all teaching grades who wish to learn more about the use of simple Web 2.0 tools, focusing on the creation of online avatars, digital comics and simple animations. The first seminar, scheduled for Wednesday, 7th December 2011, 
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