Welcome to the new look eTwinning Newsletter! As you can see, we have changed the approach to make it easier for you to find the material. I hope that you will enjoy reading this first edition. We look forward to hearing your comments about the Newsletter and about your experiences in eTwinning. Remember you can put all you comments in the Teachers’ Blog at http://blog.eun.org/etwinning

As this is the last Newsletter of 2006, all of the team here at the Central Support Service and myself wish you a very happy Christmas holiday and look forward to sharing another eTwinning year with you in January 2007.

Good wishes to you all,
Anne Gilleran
anne.gilleran@eun.org

What's going on in schools

Project of the Month
Teenagers and ICT
Teachers learn to use new teaching methods as students from new and old EU member states learn about each other’s culture and education system.
Learn about more projects

Quality Label
Children of Other Lands
For primary 3 students in France and Scotland, this project focuses on exchanging information about each country, their hobbies and writing a collaborative story.
What is the Quality Label?

From the eTwinning Portal

News
eTwinning Prizes 2007
The deadline for submissions is fast approaching so be sure to submit your entry by 15 December 2006.

Kit of the Month
ICT for Education
Pupils in twinned schools learn about, reflect on, test and draw conclusions using a number of communication tools.

News
20 000 Schools Registered
Just over two years after its launch, eTwinning now includes over 20 000 registered schools!

Question of the Month
What is the TwinSpace?
The TwinSpace is a unique and user-friendly platform that schools can use to work together on their project.

Special
eTwinning Survey
What do schools in the eTwinning network think about innovation in schools? What will their future strategy of ICT be like? To get a better idea about this, a special survey has been created in order to get a snapshot of the perspective of eTwinning schools in Europe regarding the future of education. If you could take a few moments to complete the survey, we would be very grateful. Thank you!

What's going on in Europe

Bulgaria: E-card Competition
As part of the ‘eTwinning Weeks’, Bulgaria organised an E-card Competition for students. The top winners were announced on 25 October 2006 and their work is now available online. Congratulations!

Denmark/Sweden: 140 teachers “Building Bridges”
The latest eTwinning Professional Development Workshop took place in Copenhagen/Malmö from 17-19 November 2006. The results of this very successful partnership workshop, including videos and photos, are now available online.

Finland: Seminar, 8 December 2006
This seminar in Helsinki will focus on international projects in the curriculum as well as eTwinning and publishing tools. The working language is Swedish but Finish speakers are equally welcome!

Denmark: EU and the Lesson Plan
eTwinning Denmark, the Danish Comenius Agency and the local Information Offices of the EU Parliament and Commission have joined together to run 10 seminars in Brussels for headmasters to learn about collaborative projects.

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