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	Interviews with experts in education and ICT, representatives of EU institutions and national ministries of education.

	eTwinning and Language Learning Find out how eTwinning helped two teachers in Belgium and Italy find an interesting way to teach languages in a natural and enjoyable way Read more...



	Interview with Donatella Nucci Are you interested in getting involved in an eTwinning project with a school in Italy? To learn about how eTwinning is working in Italy, we recently talked to Donatella Nucci, the European coordinator for eTwinning in Italy. Read more...



	Old Games Brought Back to Life Across Borders Kostas Papathanasiou, a PE teacher at Kavassila junior high school in Greece, and Alena Mayová, a PE teacher at Česká Lípa grammar school in the Czech Republic, carried out an eTwinning project on traditional games. First, the teachers wrote emails and exchanged... Read more...



	Interview with Koen Van Cauwenberge Koen van Cauwenberge is an English, German and Dutch teacher at the Heilige-Maagdcollege in Derdermonde, a secondary school in Belgium. Read more...



	Interview with Isolde Adling Isolde Adling is the headmistress of ‚Schule an der Malchower Aue’, a primary and a secondary school with focus on special needs education. Read more...



	Interview with young entrepreneurs in Europe All but the youngest pupils in this interview are already experienced entrepreneurs, and have been creating companies and manufacturing and selling products for years. With the help from their teacher, Maria Rosario, we have interviewed them about the advantages and disadvantages... Read more...



	Apply for the eTwinning Quality Label A new feature to eTwinning is the Quality Label. This label is granted to teachers of excellent eTwinning projects. It indicates that the project has reached a certain national and European standard. Therefore, there are two labels: the National Quality Label and the European Quality... Read more...



	Interview with Laine Aluoja Laine Aluoja, math teacher from Türi Gymnasium in Estonia, highlights these benefits for schools to participate in eTwinning. The benefits were among other things discussed at a national conference in October 2005, where teachers, school masters and ICT co-ordinators... Read more...



	eTwinning projects: an update by Santi Scimeca The first year of eTwinning has passed. Schools have twinned up across borders to give teachers and pupils a transnational experience through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Many projects have been carried out during this year, but many schools have not... Read more...



	Interview with Halina Bednarz Halina Bednarz is a teacher of physics and computer science at a secondary school in Poland. She is a coordinator of several educational projects. Three of her projects have been chosen for the TOP 100 in Europe in eLearning Awards. In 2005, it was her eTwinning project called... Read more...



	Interview with Karl Donert Karl Donert, UK pedagogical advisor for Spring Day in Europe, explains the activities of EUROGEO and highlights the benefits of the use of ICT in geography lessons. Read more...



	Interview with Petru Dumitru, myEUROPE Project myEUROPE is a web-based project which aims to help teachers raise awareness among pupils of what it means to be a young citizen in Europe. By involving a network of more than 4,500 schools, the diversity of Europe is brought into the classroom via the Internet. Read more...



	The eLearning Awards The eLearning Awards is an annual, European competition where excellent practice in using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for learning is awarded. Read more...



	Have fun while learning! Erik Jacquemyn, CEO of Technopolis, the Flemish science centre in Belgium, has been interviewed on the role of science museums and experiments in education. In October, Technopolis provided the setting for the launch of Xplora, the European science education portal. Read more...



	Tools and network for science teachers Karl Sarnow, pedagogical advisor for the Xplora portal at the EUN, has been interviewed on the possibilities offered by Xplora, the European science education portal, to European science teachers. Read more...



	Interview with Viljenka Šavli Viljenka Šavli is one of the pioneers of ICT-based collaborative projects in Europe. Read more...



	History lessons with authentic touch Project work in the classroom and virtual reflection with foreign peers led to excursions Read more...



	Internationalisation through eTwinning You can make eTwinning an integrated part of everyday teaching. The activities can be implemented into the national curriculum and add-on to the school’s normal activities. Learn more about the plans for this at an upper secondary school in Denmark. Read more...



	Interview with Andreas Karamanos The Secretary General of the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs has been interviewed on how the potential of ICT is exploited in education in Greece Read more...



	Interview with Mario Mauro Mario Mauro, Vice President of the European Parliament, has been interviewed on eLearning, eTwinning and other related themes Read more...



	Interview with Derrick de Kerckhove At the recent eTwinning launch conference, Derrick de Kerckhove, a well-known researcher on the impact of new technologies on cognition, presented his ideas on what education could look like in a few years time. He considers that the Internet offers the possibility to connect intelligence,... Read more...



	Registration: how and why Santi Scimeca, Internet manager at European schoolnet, has led the development of the eTwinning portal. He explains how to register and the benefits to schools. Read more...



	Micheline Maurice Micheline Maurice, a pedagogical expert working at the International centre for pedagogical studies in France (CIEP), manages training sessions directed to teachers on pedagogy of exchanges, intercultural approaches and European dimension of education. When she learnt about eTwinning,... Read more...



	Interview with Susanne Pratscher Susanne Pratscher teaches German and English at the Vienna Business School. Used to being involved in European school collaboration projects, she considers eTwinning as a fantastic opportunity for students and teachers to get to know other cultures. Read more...



	Interview with Nada Kadlecova After having lived many years behind the Iron curtain, Nada Kadlecova, a grammar teacher from the Czech Republic, considers it rewarding to participate in European projects and learn about each other. Aware that her pupils are more motivated when using computers, she likes using... Read more...



	Interview with Meeri Sild In addition to teaching English to her pupils in Estonia, Meeri Sild tries to introduce them to new ways of learning and a wider view on life matters. Using ICT at school has been an interest of hers for many years. She disseminates her experience to other Estonian teachers by running... Read more...



	Interview with Mike Wohne Mike Wohne is a German school manager with an innovative approach to pedagogy. He has set up partnerships with schools in the Czech Republic so that the pupils receive an intercultural education. Read more...



	Interview with Czeslaw Michalewski Czeslaw Michalewski is a teacher of philosophy at the International high school of Sèvres (Lycée de Sèvres) in France. Together with history and litterature teachers, he runs a philosophy club which seeks to promote debates and interests among pupils about a... Read more...



	Interview with Maruja Gutiérrez Díaz Maruja Gutiérrez Díaz, Head of Multimedia Unit in the European Commission’s DG Education and Culture, gives her views on the eTwinning action. Read more...



	Interview with Cécile Gouzée Cécile Gouzée oversees the implementation of the eTwinning action (school partnerships in Europe) in Belgium's French-speaking Community. A twin herself, born as a Gemini, Cécile asserts: “twins by nature experience solidarity, others, by nature, solitude.... Read more...



	Interview with Ms Katerina Bavorova Interview with Ms Katerina Bavorova, a Czech teacher, now a member of the European Schoolnet teachers’ helpdesk. Read more...

eTwinning is part of the European Commission's Lifelong Learning Programme