I had a wonderful time at the European eTwinning Conference in Berlin this weekend.
When I received the invitation to Berlin 2012 I was overjoyed, as Berlin is my most favourite place ever, so I awaited the conference with great excitement. As ever, eTwinning did not disappoint.The theme of the conference was "eTwinning Teams" focusing on the importance of working with others both near and far to have successful collaborations.
Inspirational speeches and workshops, combined with great company of old friends and new meant that conference will stay in my memory for a long time. I particularly enjoyed being able to exercise my linguistic skills, listening to speeches in French, German and Spanish and also going to a workshop in German on the role of SLT in international projects which I truly enjoyed.
I really enjoyed Anne Looney's Keynote Speech which was fun and interactive with a serious message at the same time. The eTwinning Prizes provided much needed inspiration for me, leaving me with many ideas for future projects. Saturday was filled with workshops giving me ideas on how to involve more people in my school in eTwinning and how to overcome obstacles that could be in the way of getting more people involved, getting SLT on board with international projects in terms of support and involvement and finally a nice workshop where various eTwinning shared their experiences and projects. This was really nice to see the what other people across Europe were doing in terms of eTwinning.
Other highlights of the weekend included a coach tour of Berlin with the most brilliant tour guide, who was as hilariously funny as he was knowledgeable, as visit to the Irish Pub in the Europa Center, a visit to the Havana Salsa club and of course to top it all off arriving at Berlin Schoenefeld Airport just after Jedward!
All in all a great time was had by everyone. Thank you, eTwinning.
ps I'm even starting to learn how to use Flickr after all this time!
For a more detailed look at the speeches and workshops, along with links to resources you can read the UK eTwinning NSS blog about the conference here
