eTwinning is a free online community for schools in
Europe which aims at strengthening and developing collaboration between European
schools within a secure network and platform.
Launched in 2005 as the main action of the European
Commission’s eLearning Programme, eTwinning allows staff (teachers, head
teachers, librarians, etc.), working in a school in one of the European
countries involved, to communicate, collaborate, develop projects, share and,
in short, feel and be part of the most exciting learning community in
Europe.
The eTwinning action promotes school collaboration in Europe
through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by
providing support, tools and services for schools.
The eTwinning Portal (www.etwinning.net)
is the main meeting point and workspace for the action. Available in
twenty-seven languages, the eTwinning Portal has registered the involvement of
almost 310,000 members and over 41,000 projects between two or more schools
across Europe and the commitment of about 140,000 schools. Astonishing numbers for a community that has
just celebrated its 10th anniversary!!
8ºA couldn’t miss the celebrations and joined the best way
possible. We started 10 days earlier the scheduled day in order to make everyone
around us aware of what eTwinning is and ended up involving parents and
gathering the whole school community.
Below is a compilation of what 8ºA did from April 28th to
May 7th.
Hope you enjoy the video and leave a comment. Thank you!
Special thanks to ALL PARENTS and to Alexandre & Vitória
for their precious collaboration.
