Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter no. 5 - July 2015 | Page 20
Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2015 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------eTwinning brings teachers closer
by Cornelia Melcu
Around 150 eTwinning ambassadors, members of
National Support Services and of the Central
Support Service and educational experts
participated from the 17th to the 20th of June 2015,
in the Professional Development Workshop for
eTwinning ambassadors held in Jurmala, Latvia.
The programme featured 7 talks and 18 workshops.
During the event, the participants met colleagues
from other European countries and learnt
innovative methods of teaching in the classroom
related to eTwinning and used useful tools for
organizing eTwinning trainings. They also developed
a plan for onsite and online eTwinning trainings.
The workshops offered participants the chance to
go through different approaches and methods on
teaching related to eTwinning.
day on site training programs and online courses,
putting together new experience and own
experiences. All the products of their work can be
found following this link:
http://twinspace.etwinning.net/8350.
The workshops and discussions at the Professional
Development Workshop in Jurmala were
summarized by the Outreach Coordinator of
eTwinning Central Support Service, Claire Morvan,
who stressed the role of ambassadors in bringing
about change in European education and in growing
the eTwinning community.
The chance to participate in face-to-face training at
European level was greatly appreciated and
eTwinning community members derived important
benefits from being a part of the eTwinning
programme. Thank you, Latvian NSS and thank
you, eTwinning!
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eTwinning Ambassadors worked in teams and
they discussed and developed the new 1, 2 or 3
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