Detailed programme of the mobility period:

This course will focus on the beneficial usage of the eTwinning platform in international school projects, with special focus on Key Action 1 + 2 Erasmus + Projects. It will be carried out in practical lessons with internationally mixed groups, aiming to end up with a project group and a project outline that can be easily turned into an Erasmus KA1 or 2 application.

The course is based on practical lessons and presentations of examples of good practice as well as discussions and experience comparisons. It will have short lectures to ensure full comprehension but most of the time we will be working actively learning-by-doing on the eTwinning platform and our own project twinspace. Every day participants will get short and fun assignments related to their needs and goals for the course. Moreover, they will become more and more accustomed to working in etwinning, will become more fluent in creating pages, project outlines and will come up with their own ideas that can be directly used for their own individual projects at home. The importance of eTwinning in international projects has been increasing intensely within the last few years. The European National Agencies grant more points to your Erasmus KA1 or 2 application when you are planning to use eTwinning within the project or even better - starting from an already existing project. However, the eTwinning platform is manifold and not always self-explanatory. It exists as a standard indicative daily programme. However, the course can be personalized each week according to participants ́ needs and professional profiles.

DAY 1 – SUNDAY. WELCOMING.

- Meeting and greeting.

- Individual orientation and information about the venue and the city.

- Introduction and brief information about the local culture

- Round up presentation and networking between all participants.

DAY 2 – MONDAY. BASICS AND TWINSPACE.

- School presentations.

- Presentation: What is eTwinning? Why eTwin?

- Workshop: eTwinning live.

- Presentation: What is “Twinspace”?

- Workshop: first steps in the Twinspace.

DAY 3: TUESDAY. COLLABORATION ALL TOGETHER.

- Workshop: Our own project twinspace.

- Presentation: Best practice examples – How to get students and teachers to actually collaborate in

eTwinning? – Web 2.0 tools.

- Workshop: Our own project twinspace (continuation)

DAY 4: WEDNESDAY. OUR OWN PROJECT.

- Presentation: How to get my project recognized (Quality labels & competitions).

- Presentation: Job Shadowing in KA1 projects.

- Workshop in cooperative groups: working on our own project.

DAY 5: THURSDAY. PRACTICAL AND NETWORKING DAY.

- Networking activity: Presentation of your own school and your KA1 PROJECT.

- Networking activity: Guided session to find your best partner for a future JOB SHADOWING.

DAY 6: FRIDAY. FINALIZING.

- Presentations of the projects planned within the workshop.

- Completing our Project twinspace.

- Additional training sesión tailored to specific needs, just in case someone needs it.

DAY 7 – SATURDAY. CONCLUSION.

- Course evaluation.

- Releasing official course certifications.

- Participants departure.

Tasks of the participant before, during and after

● Comply with all the arrangements negotiated for the mobility and to do his/her best to make the mobility a success.

● Abide by the rules and regulations of the host Organisation, its normal working hours, code of conduct and rules of confidentiality.

● Communicate with the sending Organisation and host Organisation about any problems or changes regarding the mobility.

● Submit a report in the specified format at the end of the mobility.

Competences to be acquired by the participant:

In this course you will:

- find partners for your Erasmus KA1 or 2 project (also JOB SHADOWINGS)

- learn about professional development possibilities with etwinning

- learn how to use eTwinning for documentation, collaboration and communication between project partners

- learn how to work in the “Twinspace”, your own project-website within eTwinning

- creating new pages

- embedding content

- uploading material

- adding students

- setting up online meetings with Adobe Connect

- learn about diverse web2.0 tools and how to use them to ensure collaboration of students

- be presented best practice examples

- learn about ways of recognition for eTwinning projects (Quality labels, competitions)

- start your first own project, write a project outline, prepare your KA1 or 2 project

By the end of the course, participants should have a proposal ready for an international project including the usage of etwinning or will have a fixed outline on how to use eTwinning beneficially in the already existing project.

Monitoring and Mentoring of the participant before, during and after the mobility:

Our experienced trainer will support and stimulate the networking and cooperation among participants. We organize networking and cultural activities in order to give participants the opportunity to exchange best-practices and establish professional cooperation and links. In these activities will take part not only participants of the course but also other participants from different courses attended by the company. The expected training activity has been structured so that the participants can transfer know-how and develop needed skills to create and manage a proposal with real success.

Every day participants will become more and more accustomed to working in etwinning, will become more fluent in creating pages, project outlines and will come up with their own ideas that can be directly used for their own individual projects at home.

Evaluation and Recognition of the mobility:

At the end of the course, the company will provide the participants an attendance certificate including the detailed information about the course, e.g. title, programme and schedule. In addition, a Europass Mobility Certificate can be added on request.