Anyone interested can find Natasha Djurkova on the eTwinning portal and contact her, or else contact the Maltese National Support Service, Jeannette Cardona (jeannette.cardona@gov.mt) or Amanda Debattista (amanda.debattista@gov.mt) for further information.

You must have a European Quality Label to participate in the European eTwinning Prizes 2011 competition.

How do you get at European Quality Label?

The first step is to have a National Quality label. Applying is very easy, just login to your eTwinning Desktop and fill out the online form.

What is the National Quality Label?

The National Quality Label is concrete recognition to teachers and schools of the high level of their eTwinning activities within their project work. For pupils and teachers, this offers a boost to their work efforts, and for the school in general, it is a public affirmation of their commitment to quality and openness in European collaborative work.

Please note: National Quality Labels are awarded to individual project partners only via their respective National Support Services. If you are applying for a label, encourage your partners to do the same in their countries, as you will then be eligible to receive a European Quality Label.

Learn more about the National Quality Label

How is the National Quality Label linked to the European Quality Label and the European Prizes Competition?

If you want to apply for the European eTwinning Prizes 2011, be sure to apply for a National Quality Label, because you can’t get a European Quality Label without it.

The European Quality Label is a pre-requisite this year to apply for the European Prizes. Partners who have not received a European Quality Label are not eligible to participate in the eTwinning Prizes 2011 competition.

Step 1: Apply for a National Quality Label
Step 2: Encourage your partner(s) to do the same!
Step 3: Check the Portal to see if you have been awarded with a European Quality Label (next round awarded automatically in October 2010)
Step 4: Submit your project in the European Prizes 2011 competition (submission opens in October 2010)

How do you get a European Quality Label?

If more than one partner receives a National Quality Label for the same project, these two or more individuals then automatically receive a European Quality Label. The European Quality Label is now awarded only once a year (every October).

Individuals who have been awarded with the European Quality Label are then eligible to submit their project to the eTwinning Prizes competition, which is also launched every October.

Remember: Only the partners in a European Prize winning project who have received a national quality label can participate in the rewards.

Learn more about the European eTwinning Prizes competition

Niċċelebraw 10 snin ta’ eċċellenza

Għall-għaxar sena konsekuttiva, l-Għoti talPremjijet tal-kompetizzjoni tal-eLearning qed jiġi organizzat minn European Schoolnet u appoġġjat minn imsieħba ewlenin fl-industrija.

Sa mill-ewwel edizzjoni fl-2001, żdied l-interess minn madwar l-Ewropa kollha b’mod tremend u eluf ta’ għalliema mill-Ewropa u lil hinn ipparteċipaw fil-kompetizzjoni hekk kif urew l-aqwa użu ta’ teknoloġiji ġodda u ideat innovattivi fl-edukazzjoni u ispiraw lil oħrajn fl-użu tal-ICT.

Għaxar snin wara t-tnedija tagħhom, il-Premjijiet tal-eLearning jibqgħu l-kompetizzjoni ewlenija tal-Ewropa li tippremja l-eċċellenza għall-aqwa użu tat-teknoloġija fl-edukazzjoni. Fl-2009, 700 għalliema minn 36 pajjiż issottomettew ix-xogħol tagħhom, u l-kompetizzjoni kienet appoġġjata minn ACER, Promethean, eInstruction, Elluminate, Intel, SMART, Young Digital Planet, Cisco u Microsoft.

Biex tiċċelebra l-10 anniversarju tal-Premjijiet tal-eLearning Awards, European qed tistieden lill-iskejjel u lill-istituzzjonijiet li jħarrġu lill-għalliema mill-Ewropa u lil hinn sabiex jieħdu sehem u jirreġistraw fuq http://elearningawards.eun.org, u jippreżentaw l-aqwa proġetti tagħhom li jużaw l-ICT għat-tagħlim.

Barra minn hekk, wara tnedija b’suċċess fl-2009, l-edizzjoni tal-2010 għal darba oħra se tkun miftuħa għal kompetituri internazzjonali minn pajjiżi barra l-Ewropa permezz tal-kategorija “Kooperazzjoni internazzjonali”. U se titnieda kategorija ġdida: il-Premjijiet Aspect, Premjijiet li għandhom l-għan li jippremjaw il-viżibbiltà u l-użabbiltà tar-riżorsi għat-tagħlim f’ripożitorji għar-riżorsi għat-tagħlim lokali, reġjonali jew nazzjonali.
Ir-rebbieħa għal kull kategorija, magħżula minn ġurija ta’ esperti internazzjonali, jirbħu eluf ta’ Ewro fi premjijiet fi flus u tagħmir tal-ICT għall-klassi.

Karatteristika ġdida se tkun din: l-aqwa 50 sottomissjoni se jiġu inklużi fil-librerija ta’ Skambju ta’ Riżorsi għat-Tagħlim (http://lreforschools.eun.org), sabiex tingħata aktar viżibbiltà lill-prattiki innovattivi tal-għalliema u tħeġġeġ oħrajn jagħmlu l-istess.
Ċerimonja għall-għoti tal-premjijiet

Iċ-ċerimonja għall-għoti tal-premjijiet, segwita minn ċena gala, se ssir f’Kopenħagen f’Novembru 2010, matul il-Konferenza EMINENT 2010. Il-Konferenza EMINENT hija konferenza annwali li tipprovdi opportunità unika għar-rappreżentanti minn ministeri tal-edukazzjoni Ewropej, kumpaniji globali u partijiet interessati ewlenin fl-edukazzjoni sabiex jiltaqgħu u jiddiskutu l-aħħar xejriet u kwistjonijiet fl-edukazzjoni fl-Ewropa.
Ir-rebbieħa tal-premjijiet se jingħataw vjaġġ lejn Kopenħagen sabiex jattendu għaċ-ċerimonja.

Kif tieħu sehem

Id-dħul jista’ jiġi sottomess online minn skejjel jew minn istituzzjonijiet għat-taħriġ tal-għalliema fi Stati Membri tal-UE, pajjiżi taż-ŻEE u pajjiżi applikanti tal-UE kif ukoll il-Ġeorġja, Iżrael u l-Isvizzera għall-kategoriji kollha. Għall-kategorija “Kooperazzjoni internazzjonali”, jistgħu jieħdu sehem il-pajjiżi kollha (ara r-regoli tal-Premjijiet tal-e Learning 2010).

Fuq il-websajt tal-Premjijiet tal-eLearning se jkun gallerija li se turi l-kontribuzzjonijiet li se jiġu ġġudikati minn grupp ta’ esperti. Id-dħul jista’ jsir mill-4 ta’ Ġunju 2010 sat-28 ta’ Settembru 2010 direttament permezz tal-websajt:
http://elearningawards.eun.org.

Lista sħiħa tal-kategoriji se tiġi ppubblikata dalwaqt. Ara l-kategoriji tal-Premjijiet tal-e Learning:
http://www.elearningawards.eun.org/ww/en/pub/elearningawards/categories.htm

Għal aktar informazzjoni, jekk jogħġbok ikkuntattja lil:
Paul Gerhard
Uffiċjal għall-Informazzjoni u l-Komunikazzjoni
paul.gerhard@eun.org
+32 (0)2 7907560

European Schoolnet

European Schoolnet (EUN) huwa konsorzju uniku bla skop ta’ lukru ta’ 31 Ministeru tal-Edukazzjoni fl-Ewropa maħluq fl-1997. EUN jipprovdi portali edukattivi Ewropej ewlenin għat-tagħlim u l-kollaborazzjoni u jmexxi t-triq lejn il-bidla fl-edukazzjoni skolastika permezz tal-użu ta’ teknoloġija ġdida (ara www.eun.org).

Xewkija Primary School took part in the celebrations by baking a special eTwinning Cake and holding an eTwinning birthday party.  The school also participated in the eTwinning Birthday card competition.

The participating pupils received eTwinning token (eTwinning stationery) while Gordainne Vella, winner of the Birthday Card competition, received an eTwinning pen drive.

The Head of School, Mr. Saviour Tabone, also presented the eTwinning NSS with a token of appreciation from the whole school.

Ms. Amanda Debattista from the eTwinning National Support Service presented the students with a certificate of participation in the Project “Colours of Life”.

Ms. Schembri’s class also participated in eTwinning’s 5th Birthday Celebrations by holding an eTwinning Birthday party, having a balloon release from their school and participating in the birthday card competition.  One of the students, Ruslana Barbara, also won the birthday card competition with her entry.

Fgura Primary A has received a certificate of participation in the eTwinning 5th Birthday competition.  All the students in class received eTwinning stationery, while Ruslana Barbara also received an eTwinning pendrive for winning the birthday card competition.

Continue reading review on Teachers and Computers, by Amanda R.  Debattista

The first class that we visited was the Year 3 class of Ms. Bezzina at Siggiewi Primary.  The children of Ms. Bezzina submitted various cards for the birthday competition and one of the cards, submitted by Cathrine Mifsud, won in the Primary category.  The students of Ms. Bezzina’s class also participated in the eTwinning project, ‘A Snapshot of Europe’.  This project involved partners from all countries participating in eTwinning.

Ms. Bezzina’s class, Siggiewi Primary

The eTwinning National Support Service then went to Gzira Primary School, were the students of Year 1, Ms. Cauchi, also participated in the Birthday Card Competition.  The winning student in Ms. Cauchi’s class was Marija Mrydak.  Ms. Cauchi’s class were also part of an eTwinning project, ‘All About Us’, together with a British and a Polish partner.  The project placed second in the eTwinning National Awards 2010 (Primary Category).

Ms. Cauchi’s class, Gzira Primary

All the classroom students received eTwinning stationery, whilst the winners of the birthday card also received an eTwinning pen-drive.

For more information about eTwinning, do not hesitate to contact Ms. Jeannette Cardona or Ms. Amanda Debattista at the National Support Service, on 25982150 or by email etwinning@schoolnet.gov.mt.

The members of the Malta eTwinning National Support Service would like to congratulate themselves with both teachers and their students for their successful project. Well done and keep up the good work.

St. Benedict College, Safi Primary - Year 3

St. Gorg Preca College, Paola Primary B - Year 6A