CONCEPT OF E-TWINNING

FOR INSTITUTIONAL OR
PROFESSIONAL
GROWTH
PRAISY P. ALFRED
MATHEMATICS
ROLL No: 25
CSI COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
PARASSALA

LEARNING NETWORKS

Internet enables people to learn in a network

without meeting in physical environments
The learning networks helps the learners to
learn together and show their achievements
In the learning networks, certain monitoring
tools are required to monitor, the learning
activities

E - TWINNING

The e- twinning is a learning network

It is an initiative of the European commission
It started, In 2005 as an essential part of the elearning programme
The e-Twinning action aims to encourage
European schools to collaborate using
information and communication technologies
The primary workspace for the e-Twinning
action is the e-Twinning portal
(www.etiwnning.net)
The e Twinning portal is available in twenty-five
languages

E-TWWINNERS

E Twinners are the teachers who are

registered in the e Twinning action
E Twinners find each other, communicate,
share resources and collaborate through the
e Twinning platform

MOTTO OF E TWINNING ACTION

The moto of e Twinning action is The

community for schools in Erope

HISTORY OF E TWINNING

The e Twinning action was launched in

January
2005 e Twinning has been firmly integrated in
Erasmus, the Europeon programme for
education, training, youth and sport.
In the first year more than 13000 schools
were involved in e Twinning action
Now, the e Twinning programme has nearly
230277 members and 5462 projects

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

The participating European countries in the e

Twinning action are:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxumburg, Malta, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovakia, Solvenia, Spain, Sweden, the
Netherlands and the U.K

E-TWINNING MEANS FOR INDUSTRIAL

PROFESSIONAL GROWTH

E-Twinning promotes school collaboration and

school networking
It promotes the project sharing by using
Information and communication technologies
(ICT)
E-Twinning provides advice, ideas and tools to
make the partnerships of schools especially for
projects
The central support service provides the helpdesk
for teachers, publishes information material on eTwinning
It helps to the teachers to share about the
resources, discussions about academic thinks and
to find the teachers in other countries.

CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT (CPD)

E-Twinning offers a wide variety of

continuous professional Development (CPD)
opportunities.
It is a training programme
In this programme 20,000 teachers
participate in every year
The programme is both online and
is both project based learning and Inquiry
based learning
Teachers who are members in e-Twinning
users ICT in teaching

BENEFITS OF E-LEARNING
Benefits of e-Twinning to the pupils
-> Increased motivation to the pupils, as they
have an audience for their work in a school
in another country.
-> Enhanced key skills, including ICT use,
communication and foreign language skills

Benefits of e-Twinning to the teacher;

-> Direct contract with education professionals
in another European country
-> An awareness of teaching and/or management
approaches used in another country
-> Sharing and celebration of their own
professional expertise and experience
-> Using e-Twinning as a first step to
international linking and gaining the
International school award

CONCLUSION

E-Twinning offers a platform for teachers

students, librarians etc. Working in a school
E-Twinning promotes school collaboration
and school networking in Europe through the
use of Information and communication
Technology
e-Twinning is a best learning network by
increase the motivation to the students and
teachers
It is a safe space for sharing the projects,
resources and achivements

REFFERENCE

Crawley. C, Gilleran. A. Scimeca, Vuorikari. R

& Wastiau. P. Beyond school projects A
report on e-Twinning 2008 2009
Konstantinidis, A (2012). Implementing
learning oriented Assessment in an eTwinning online course for Greek Teachers
Vuorikari. R (2010). Teachers professional
development An overview of current
practice.