Presentation byPresentation by

Anne Jakins (SEN Co-ordinator)Anne Jakins (SEN Co-ordinator)

Nick Falk (ICT Co-ordinator)Nick Falk (ICT Co-ordinator)

Key ElementsKey Elements

Building an effective eTwinning relationship between schools and participating teachers

Communication tools for eTwinning

Educational benefits of eTwinning

ExamplesExamples

Getting Started – Building a relationship

• Accessing eTwinning portal to find partner

• Use of emails to establish suitability

• Booking eTwinning chat facility to plan projects

• Setting up ICT tools for effective communication

• Wall display to involve whole school/department

KEYKEY

Communication Tools for eTwinning

Teacher to teacher

My eTwinning Desktop Tools

Skype

Building the relationship

Student to student

ForumsEmail

Project tools

Forums

Photo stories

Video diaries

Audacity

Producer

Webcasts

Online newspaper

Educational Benefits of eTwinning

Aims

• Building up new competences and new approaches to learning methodologies through the use of digital multimedia applications

• Increasing the students’ responsibilities, motivation and self esteem

• develop peer learning

• Provide a ‘blended learning’ experience

Objectives

• To enhance cultural awareness

• To improve all aspects of literacy with particular emphasis on writing for a specific audience

• To encourage the use of simple digital multimedia applications by partnership students

Outcomes – students

• Students with raised self-esteem

• Increased motivation

• Students able to write for a specific purpose

• Students able to analyse their use of language through writing for a specific audience

• eTwinning targets embedded in IEPs

• More accurate perceptions of another country – broadened attitudes

Outcomes - teachers

Improved ICT skills in both participating schools – teachers and students

Continuing professional development for teachers

Exchange of expertise and good practice

Raise the profile of both schools

Sharing good practice

SEN/ICT Project – Online Newspaper

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SEN/ICT Project – Online NewspaperLearning objectives

Reading for information – using research skills on a variety of topics. Sport, Fashion, Politics, Local news

Differentiating more complex text into simple sentences to convey information and meaning.

Selection and upload of photographic images to enhance news articles.

Raising self-esteem through team work, positive feedback, success and achievement.

SEN/ICT Project – Online NewspaperLearning objectives

Peer learning – creating the opportunity for students to improve each others vocabulary, use of literacy and cultural and political awareness.

Making a Potato Trap – an environmental comparisonLearning objectives

ICT

Using a digital camera to record the stages in an experiment.

Process and upload images as a photo story for partner students.

Science

Living thing in the environment

Environmental comparison

Bear exchange – part of a blended learning experience

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Taking a Walk in Spring

Students explore the footpaths on the map finding the hotspots on the way

• habitat

• environment

• language

• geography

Ideas links

Sharing environments

Sharing myths

The Virtual School Conference

Experimental data and experiment exchanges

Partnership with Finland

• Kumpula School – SEN facility on site of mainstream school

• Rural area one hour out of Helsinki

• Students have independent use of English

• Both schools have set up forums – this displays projects and monitors use of English

First Projects

• ‘Through our window’ – cultural awareness

and environmental project

• ‘Spring’ – geographical and science comparison

• ‘The Bear Exchange’ – Spencer visits Porvoo and sends back holiday photos and the diary of his trip

E Twinning with Finland

Partnership

Spencer’s Adventures in Finland

Spencer’s Adventures in Finland

Cross Curricular Projects

• A walk to remember- environmental project

• Celebration and commemoration – RE

• Interactive story writing – English

• The potato trap – science – mini beasts

• Fashion show – Art/Technology

• Traditional food – exchange of recipes – producing a recipe book – Technology

Future possibilities - communication

• Mp3 exchange

• School internet radio

• Digital video – using webcams

• Internet newspaper

E Twinning with Italy

Partnership

Adding audio interest

Adding audio interest