What is eTwinning?
eTwinning was officially launched by the European Commission in 2005.eTwinning is an action that supports online-based projects between at least two schools from at least two different European countries. Schools form a project and use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to carry out their work. The eTwinning Portal was designed to create, manage and run projects.eTwinning gives recognition, visibility and free tools and support.
Who can participate?
An eTwinning project can be carried out by two or more teachers, teams of teachers or subject departments, librarians, head teachers and pupils from schools across Europe.
Collaboration can be within the same subject or cross-curricular through the use of ICT.
Pre-school, primary, secondary and upper secondary schools can all participate