Naples hosts from Thursday 16th to Friday 17th May the National eTwinning ITE Coordination, national meeting of representatives of the universities participating in the initiative “eTwinning for Future Teachers – Initial Teachers Education (ITE)”which sees the involvement of more 250 universities For introduce eTwinning teaching into initial teacher training.
eTwinning represents the largest European community of teachers active in collaborative projects between schools and is managed in Italy by the National eTwinning Unit, within the Erasmus+ INDIRE Agency. The meeting will be an important opportunity to exchange good practices, build new relationships, evaluate national strategies in order to broaden participation in the eTwinning world.
Due to its characteristics of flexibility, sustainability, openness to innovation and national and international comparison, eTwinning is particularly suitable for training of future teachers. In fact, these are called to work in multicultural contexts, use new technologies in teaching, support communication and learning in a foreign language, work on projects involving students in an active way. It is therefore essential to be able to develop learning paths that encourage the development of key skills And inclusion.
The event is organized by eTwinning Italy and will be held in the Sala degli Angeli of the Sister Orsola Benincasa University. Representatives of the over 30 Italian universities who participate in the project.
The seminar will be introduced by Lucius of AlexanderRector of the Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples, Enricomaria CorbiDirector of the Department of Educational, Psychological and Communication Sciences, Fabrizio Manuel SirignanoPresident of the degree course in Primary Education Sciences, Francesca RussoRector’s Delegate for Erasmus ed Ettore AcerraGeneral Director of the Regional School Office for Campania.
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What is eTwinning
Born in 2005 on the initiative of the European Commission and currently among the actions of the Erasmus+ Program 2021-2027, eTwinning is implemented through an IT platform that involves teachers by making them get to know each other and collaborate in a simple, fast and safe way, exploiting the potential of online technologies. eTwinning is the means to open up to a new teaching based on planning, exchange and collaboration, in a multicultural context and with numerous opportunities for training and recognition at an international level.
At European level, more than 1,000 have signed up for eTwinning 1 million teachersof which over 116 thousand in Italy.
With eTwinning, teachers can become part of an active community of practice, in which teachers and teaching experts from across Europe are ready to share common experiences, methodologies and teaching paths.
More information: https://etwinning.indire.it/
