TeachMeetNE10

I was really pleased to read a tweet from Chris Harte that there is to be another TeachMeet in Newcastle on Thursday 29th April. This will be the third Northeastern TeachMeet and I'm really looking forward to being inspired again by some fantastic teachers from the local area and to meeting up with like minded teachers and old and new friends.

There is a change of venue for this TeachMeet - The North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers - it's near Central Station so should be pretty easy for people to get to.

If you've never been to a TeachMeet before, this is an ideal opportunity to come along and find out what all the fuss is about. For more information and to sign up here: TeachMeetNE10

TeachMeetNE - eTwinning in Practice

On Thursday evening, I went up to Newcastle to the Tyneside Cinema to attent the first ever TeachMeetNE.

This was a whole new experience for me, as I'd never attended a TeachMeet before and also I decided I'd take the plunge and do a presentation. I spoke about eTwinning in Practice and promised that I'd put the presentation on here, together with useful links.

As this was an event for teachers from all curriculum areas, I decided to focus on how eTwinning could be incorporated into all subject areas, not just MFL. There are countries from all over Europe desperate to work with schools in the UK in English and in particular, many Primary Schools want to work with Primaries here. I looked at projects involving History, Citizenship, Maths and Geography. It's also good to know where eTwinning can lead. It is an ideal way of finding Comenius Partners and getting to know them before applying for funding projects and also eTwinning Projects can contribute to the International School Award - a subject on many schools' agendas at the moment.

Well the presentation is below...I decided to create a Wordle all about what eTwinning means to me and there is also the slide show that I used. Anyone who wants to know more is welcome to contact me via this blog. I have also written in other posts about my school's projects and a presentation about that can be found here. In addition, I have a page on there dedicated to setting up eTwinning Projects here. You can also see two of the projects that I've work on in the past online. Je blogue, tu blogues...let's bog was a project with a French school last year ( I let you guess what it was about!) and How Green is your World is a Wiki-based project that I and my Tutor Group have worked on this year in Citizenship lessons.

To register for eTwinning go to eTwinning.net it might also be useful to read the eTwinning UK Blog which always has lots of information about what's going on in eTwinning around the UK and beyond. You can also find out about local eTwinning Ambassadors on the British Council eTwinning Ambassadors page

eTwinning In Practice Uptodate

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It was also really great to see other presentations from people I'd met virtually and people I'd never met. To find out about all of the other fab presentations you can watch the Flashmeeting and visit Chris Harte's blog where he has given details about other presenters such as Darren Mead, Ian Hardy, Fergus Hegarty,  Régine Schneider, Steve Bunce, Holli & Mike (from Tyneside Cinema Education), Mark Clarkson and Dominic McGladdery

On a personal level, it was really nice to finally put some faces to names such as Mark Clarkson (@mwclarkson), Dominic McGladdery (@dominic_mcg) , Doug Belshaw (@dougbelshaw) and of course Chris Harte (@charte). All of whom have blogged about the even as well.

Can't wait for the next one...