I would like to welcome you to the eTwinning site for Malta and Gozo. eTwinning is an action that supports online-based projects between at least two schools from at least two different European countries. Here we will have all the latest news related to the Maltese eTwinning action and other interesting news from our fellow collegues in Europe.
Natasha Djurkova, a teacher of 14-18 year olds from Bulgaria, is trying to form a group of teachers for a European Music project. Each country will exchange national music portraits and a CD with national music of participating countries. In April there will be a music contest “Music Awards”. Each school will record a video clip FOR ONE national song performed by students. After voting, the best one will be rewarded with a trophey.
Anyone interested can find Natasha Djurkova on the eTwinning portal and contact her, or else contact the Maltese National Support Service, Jeannette Cardona (jeannette.cardona@gov.mt) or Amanda Debattista (amanda.debattista@gov.mt) for further information.
This is the first step towards participating in the European eTwinning Prizes 2011 competition!
You must have a European Quality Label to participate in the European eTwinning Prizes 2011 competition.
How do you get at European Quality Label?
The first step is to have a National Quality label. Applying is very easy, just login to your eTwinning Desktop and fill out the online form.
What is the National Quality Label?
The National Quality Label is concrete recognition to teachers and schools of the high level of their eTwinning activities within their project work. For pupils and teachers, this offers a boost to their work efforts, and for the school in general, it is a public affirmation of their commitment to quality and openness in European collaborative work.
Please note: National Quality Labels are awarded to individual project partners only via their respective National Support Services. If you are applying for a label, encourage your partners to do the same in their countries, as you will then be eligible to receive a European Quality Label.
Learn more about the National Quality Label
How is the National Quality Label linked to the European Quality Label and the European Prizes Competition?
If you want to apply for the European eTwinning Prizes 2011, be sure to apply for a National Quality Label, because you can’t get a European Quality Label without it.
The European Quality Label is a pre-requisite this year to apply for the European Prizes. Partners who have not received a European Quality Label are not eligible to participate in the eTwinning Prizes 2011 competition.
Step 1: Apply for a National Quality Label
Step 2: Encourage your partner(s) to do the same!
Step 3: Check the Portal to see if you have been awarded with a European Quality Label (next round awarded automatically in October 2010)
Step 4: Submit your project in the European Prizes 2011 competition (submission opens in October 2010)
How do you get a European Quality Label?
If more than one partner receives a National Quality Label for the same project, these two or more individuals then automatically receive a European Quality Label. The European Quality Label is now awarded only once a year (every October).
Individuals who have been awarded with the European Quality Label are then eligible to submit their project to the eTwinning Prizes competition, which is also launched every October.
Remember: Only the partners in a European Prize winning project who have received a national quality label can participate in the rewards.
Brussell, 30 ta’ Ġunju 2010Tnediet l-għaxar edizzjoni tal-Premjijiet tal-eLearning!
Niċċelebraw 10 snin ta’ eċċellenza
Għall-għaxar sena konsekuttiva, l-Għoti talPremjijet tal-kompetizzjoni tal-eLearning qed jiġi organizzat minn European Schoolnet u appoġġjat minn imsieħba ewlenin fl-industrija.
Sa mill-ewwel edizzjoni fl-2001, żdied l-interess minn madwar l-Ewropa kollha b’mod tremend u eluf ta’ għalliema mill-Ewropa u lil hinn ipparteċipaw fil-kompetizzjoni hekk kif urew l-aqwa użu ta’ teknoloġiji ġodda u ideat innovattivi fl-edukazzjoni u ispiraw lil oħrajn fl-użu tal-ICT.
Għaxar snin wara t-tnedija tagħhom, il-Premjijiet tal-eLearning jibqgħu l-kompetizzjoni ewlenija tal-Ewropa li tippremja l-eċċellenza għall-aqwa użu tat-teknoloġija fl-edukazzjoni. Fl-2009, 700 għalliema minn 36 pajjiż issottomettew ix-xogħol tagħhom, u l-kompetizzjoni kienet appoġġjata minn ACER, Promethean, eInstruction, Elluminate, Intel, SMART, Young Digital Planet, Cisco u Microsoft.
Biex tiċċelebra l-10 anniversarju tal-Premjijiet tal-eLearning Awards, European qed tistieden lill-iskejjel u lill-istituzzjonijiet li jħarrġu lill-għalliema mill-Ewropa u lil hinn sabiex jieħdu sehem u jirreġistraw fuq http://elearningawards.eun.org, u jippreżentaw l-aqwa proġetti tagħhom li jużaw l-ICT għat-tagħlim.
Barra minn hekk, wara tnedija b’suċċess fl-2009, l-edizzjoni tal-2010 għal darba oħra se tkun miftuħa għal kompetituri internazzjonali minn pajjiżi barra l-Ewropa permezz tal-kategorija “Kooperazzjoni internazzjonali”. U se titnieda kategorija ġdida: il-Premjijiet Aspect, Premjijiet li għandhom l-għan li jippremjaw il-viżibbiltà u l-użabbiltà tar-riżorsi għat-tagħlim f’ripożitorji għar-riżorsi għat-tagħlim lokali, reġjonali jew nazzjonali.
Ir-rebbieħa għal kull kategorija, magħżula minn ġurija ta’ esperti internazzjonali, jirbħu eluf ta’ Ewro fi premjijiet fi flus u tagħmir tal-ICT għall-klassi.
Karatteristika ġdida se tkun din: l-aqwa 50 sottomissjoni se jiġu inklużi fil-librerija ta’ Skambju ta’ Riżorsi għat-Tagħlim (http://lreforschools.eun.org), sabiex tingħata aktar viżibbiltà lill-prattiki innovattivi tal-għalliema u tħeġġeġ oħrajn jagħmlu l-istess.
Ċerimonja għall-għoti tal-premjijiet
Iċ-ċerimonja għall-għoti tal-premjijiet, segwita minn ċena gala, se ssir f’Kopenħagen f’Novembru 2010, matul il-Konferenza EMINENT 2010. Il-Konferenza EMINENT hija konferenza annwali li tipprovdi opportunità unika għar-rappreżentanti minn ministeri tal-edukazzjoni Ewropej, kumpaniji globali u partijiet interessati ewlenin fl-edukazzjoni sabiex jiltaqgħu u jiddiskutu l-aħħar xejriet u kwistjonijiet fl-edukazzjoni fl-Ewropa.
Ir-rebbieħa tal-premjijiet se jingħataw vjaġġ lejn Kopenħagen sabiex jattendu għaċ-ċerimonja.
Kif tieħu sehem
Id-dħul jista’ jiġi sottomess online minn skejjel jew minn istituzzjonijiet għat-taħriġ tal-għalliema fi Stati Membri tal-UE, pajjiżi taż-ŻEE u pajjiżi applikanti tal-UE kif ukoll il-Ġeorġja, Iżrael u l-Isvizzera għall-kategoriji kollha. Għall-kategorija “Kooperazzjoni internazzjonali”, jistgħu jieħdu sehem il-pajjiżi kollha (ara r-regoli tal-Premjijiet tal-e Learning 2010).
Fuq il-websajt tal-Premjijiet tal-eLearning se jkun gallerija li se turi l-kontribuzzjonijiet li se jiġu ġġudikati minn grupp ta’ esperti. Id-dħul jista’ jsir mill-4 ta’ Ġunju 2010 sat-28 ta’ Settembru 2010 direttament permezz tal-websajt:
http://elearningawards.eun.org.
Lista sħiħa tal-kategoriji se tiġi ppubblikata dalwaqt. Ara l-kategoriji tal-Premjijiet tal-e Learning:
http://www.elearningawards.eun.org/ww/en/pub/elearningawards/categories.htm
Għal aktar informazzjoni, jekk jogħġbok ikkuntattja lil:
Paul Gerhard
Uffiċjal għall-Informazzjoni u l-Komunikazzjoni
paul.gerhard@eun.org
+32 (0)2 7907560
European Schoolnet
European Schoolnet (EUN) huwa konsorzju uniku bla skop ta’ lukru ta’ 31 Ministeru tal-Edukazzjoni fl-Ewropa maħluq fl-1997. EUN jipprovdi portali edukattivi Ewropej ewlenin għat-tagħlim u l-kollaborazzjoni u jmexxi t-triq lejn il-bidla fl-edukazzjoni skolastika permezz tal-użu ta’ teknoloġija ġdida (ara www.eun.org).
The eTwinning National Support Service team visited Xewkija Primary School for the graduation of the Year 6 class. During the ceremony, the NSS were invited on stage to hand out eTwinning tokens to all the children who participated in the eTwinning Birthday Celebrations last May.
Xewkija Primary School took part in the celebrations by baking a special eTwinning Cake and holding an eTwinning birthday party. The school also participated in the eTwinning Birthday card competition.
The participating pupils received eTwinning token (eTwinning stationery) while Gordainne Vella, winner of the Birthday Card competition, received an eTwinning pen drive.
The Head of School, Mr. Saviour Tabone, also presented the eTwinning NSS with a token of appreciation from the whole school.
The kindergarten children of Ms. Miriam Schembri at Fgura Primary A celebrated “Colours of Life”, the winning eTwinning project carried out during this past scholastic year. The project placed first in the eTwinning Prizes 2010 during the Annual eTwinning Conference in Spain.
When a person creates his or her own personal Wiki, be it for personal or for work use (for example, having a classroom wiki so that both students and parents will be able to access their work from anywhere), it is important to start updating it regularly and keep it interesting for the site visitors. A Wiki can be seen as a sort of template which can be filled up collaboratively; it is alive and dynamic and ever-changing. Unlike a Blog, a Wiki can have several pages, and each page can have its own individual layout. Usually the first page is called ‘Home’; that is where you write your introduction - the scope of your Wiki - and then you can have a series of pages linking to that home page.
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