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What is eTwinning? eTwinning is the main action of the European Union's eLearning programme. As a school or college (working with pupils and students between the ages of 3 and 20) you can register your details, search for partners and engage in online partnerships through ICT. Register on the Central Europe Wide PortalThe scheme consists of a central Europe wide portal. This portal enables you to register the details of your school, provides potential eTwinning partners according to various criteria (including country, age range, curriculum areas, etc.), and, in addition, provides a range of collaborative tools for you to work together with your eTwinning partner. The portal is managed by the Central Support Service, or CSS. Help & SupportThe Central Support Service is backed up by a network of National Support Services, or NSSs. The National Support Service in the UK, is managed by the British Council who promote the eTwinning scheme, provide pedagogical support and help monitor and evaluate eTwinning projects for all British Schools.
You keep track of your eTwinning project via an online Report Card – a simple way of monitoring your activities. This can also help you promote and disseminate your project to a wider audience.
Contact our local eTwinning Ambassador: john.warwick@stlukes.herts.sch.uk eTwinning Project using FlashMeetingSince the start of the ‘eTwinning’ action in January 2005 schools had been showing increasing interest in a video conferencing solution to use in their partnerships. Conventional video conferencing uses expensive equipment, needs a high grade network or a dedicated isdn line in a fixed room. This is beyond the network capabilities within most European countries even if the costs of equipment could be met by schools. The eTwininng portal does suggest the use of external webcam conferencing tools such as Yahoo Messenger, Net meeting and Skype. Schools however are normally ‘blocked’ from using these for e-safety reasons as they are not deemed secure for in school use. At the Annual eTwinning event in Linz in 2006 the webcam conferencing tool ‘Flashmeeting’ was introduced to the CSS team as a suitable solution ‘fit for purpose’ for eTwinning schools. More... etwinning National Award Winners 2006/07 NewSt Luke's School won a 2nd Place with their project 'Come Together Right Now'An inclusive project between a UK special school and a mainstream school in Norway using various communication technologies ( including “flash meeting” video conferencing) to discover and exchange information to learn and appreciate the differences and similarities between our schools our communities and family life. What the Judges Said“Technology has been used in a very creative way to meet the needs of children with special education needs…The whole school level awareness is also one of the project strengths.” “When international work is planned into the annual work of a school it has so much more chance to succeed. This is the right approach to take for a fully sustainable project”
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eTwinning is a scheme enabling you to work with one or more schools from the 28 European Countries through Information and Communications Technology (ICT). It is a simple and straightforward way of finding partner schools and working on a range of exciting curriculum projects. 
