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How to get involved in eTwinning

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The benefits of eTwinning
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Who can get involved
Some project examples
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How to get involved

A step by step guide

Register your details
Go to the central Europe-wide portal. This site will enable you to register the details of your school, the kinds of eTwinning activities you’d like to be involved in.  

Search for Partners
You’ll gain immediate access to a secure online portal and thousands of potential eTwinning partners where you can search by country, age range, subject area and interest.

Start a project
When you find a potential partner, in working with them by using the various communication tools. You can also state whether you wish to remove yourself from the database of schools looking for eTwinning partners.

Work together
You’ll find a complete package of free online resources available to help you work together. Using the Twinspace -a privately shared workspace - you'll be able to upload and share resources in project folders, use a calendar, a live chat forum, bulletin boards, and the facility to build your own project pages.

Already working with a partner?
If you have an established link with a school in an eTwinning-eligible country and wish to register this partnership as an official eTwinning project, you can also do this on the main portal.

Get funding!
The Comenius programme can offer funding for your school to further develop your eTwinning project by introducing a mobility/travel element to the project. Comenius Partnerships grants provide funding for staff and pupils to travel to partner schools in Europe.  

Any questions, need more help? Contact the eTwinning team

Register on the eTwinning website