On the third day of the eTwinning National Conference and Embed 2010, three more workshops were set up for teachers in the afternoon.
Ms. Amanda Debattista, eTwinning NSS, delivered a workshop called eTwinning for Primary Schools, in which the participants went through a review of the eTwinning portal and desktop and were given the opportunity to share and discuss projects they carried out during the year. On the second part of the workshop the participants were able to work with three online applications: Glogster, Sketchfu and Voki.
Ms. Marianne Schembri, eTwinning Ambassador, held a workshop about The New TwinSpace and VideoConferencing. She showed how to manage pages and how to upload material in the new TwinSpace. In the second part of the session Elluminate was used to show the participants how to make a video conference with project partners abroad.
Ms. Mary Vassallo, Smart IWB trainer, held another workshop about The Use of the Smart Interactive Whiteboard in the Classroom for beginners.
These three workshops were the last from the number of teacher-training workshops offered to teachers during the eTwinning National Conference and Embed 2010. From evaluations given by participants, all the workshops were considered useful and of great interest.
Pupils started arriving at the the Grand Hotel Excelsior at 9am for their workshops and to visit the exhibition. Today we also had a great number of Maths students visiting since the Maths Department organized a presentation of the Maths awards to their students.
After this presentation, the students with their teachers visited the Maths exhibition stand, all the college stands, the eTwinning stand and the Microsoft stand.
Other students were taking part in a variety of workshops as you can see here.
Beebot workshop
Wii workshop
Lego Minstorms NXT workshop
Design & Technology workshop
Smart Interactive Whiteboard workshop
Lego WeDo workshop
Promethean Interactive Whiteboard workshop
At 3.30 teachers arrived to the teacher-training workshops organized by eTwinning. Three workshops took place this evening, Online Collaborative Projects for Language Teachers, The Use of Smart Interactive Whiteboard in the Classroom for Beginners and The Use of Promethean Interactive Whiteboard in the Classroom for Intermediate / Advanced Users.
eTwinning Learning Events are short intensive online events on a number of themes. They are led by an expert and include active work and discussion among teachers across Europe.
The idea of a Learning Event is that it is a short intense course that offers you an introduction to a topic, stimulates your ideas, helps develop your skills and does not require a long-term commitment in terms of your time. It is also designed to be an enjoyable learning experience.
Each learning event lasts 4-5 days of active work and discussion, followed by 4-5 days of reflection and personal work. The materials are online and you may access them during your own time.
How to participate? The application for each event is open to all registered eTwinning teachers, approximately one week before the event begins. The link is on your Desktop, so just log in to fill in the online form. If you are not yet registered do so now then follow the link on your Desktop.
eTwinning will soon restart its online learning events. Applications will be open about 10 days before each event is due to start. You will find a link on your eTwinning Desktop. You will be asked to fill out an application form and a few days before the event begins, you will receive your special login and password to the Learning Lab Area.
One of these learning events will be presented by a Maltese Kindergarten Assistant, Ms. Miriam Schembri, an experienced eTwinner and this year’s eTwinning European Award winner.
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