1. An Introduction to eTwinning
PDW Budapest 27th to 29th September 2012
Michael O’Donnabhain – Web Editor and Networking Officer
eTwinning Central Support Service

2. Nice to Michael O’Donnabhain
meet
you !
eTwinning Central
Support Service
(Brussels) June
National
2012
Support
Service (NSS) English Language teacher
UK (2007- (1999-2007) Slovakia, France, Ukraine,
2012) Uzbekistan, Thailand, Russia

3. What is eTwinning?

5. Launched January 2005
A Lifelong Learning
Programme initiative
- within the Comenius action
2005-2008 Phase 1
2008-2013 Phase 2

6. What happened in 2005 or….
The Internet context
Web 1.0 v Web 2.0

7. eTwinning 1.0 (2005)
Launched to
encourage school
collaboration in
Europe
Designed to find
partners; create,
manage and run
school projects

8. Within two years………..
February 2004
April 2006
January 2005
February 2004.
October 2006
February 2005
2006
2005/06

9. Web 2.0: Interactive & creative internet
Provided us with the possibility to:
- interact
- publish
- create
- comment
- communicate

10. Between 2005/08
eTwinning had also
evolved eTwinning
Critical Mass Projects
Informal Comenius
Communications and collaboration Partnerships
networking beyond Projects
Peer learning
Sharing and exchanging
Sharing of resources & ideas
Time for eTwinning 2.0
Community building

11. eTwinning in numbers
First 7 years of eTwinning
• 34 countries participate
• 173,000+ registered teachers
• 23,000+ projects
• More than 2 million visitors
• Since September 2011

12. eTwinning continues to adapt
September 2012
A new look for
www.etwinning.net

13. eTwinning continues to adapt
September 2012
A new look for
the TwinSpace

14. eTwinning continues to expand
Ukraine
Moldova
Georgia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Tunisia

15. Our European Cultural Heritage
Nemzeti
Színház
Hungarian
National Theatre
„a nemzet csalogánya”
“Nightingale of the Nation” Lujza Blaha
(1850-1926)

16. Enjoy the workshops 
My contact email
michael.odonnabhain@eun.org
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