eTwinning Visibility Newsletter no. 3 eTwinning Visibility Newsletter no. 3 | Page 54

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2013 Newsletter -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------for my second Comenius project. In both projects I used my network to find partners. use our network on Google Hangout, but it would be nice to have our own. But maybe in the future. On Facebook, there are so many groups of interests, divided into country groups – e.g. etwinning.dk, and more specified groups - eg. Teachers partnership, Comenius and eTwinning social networks, all sites where teachers round Europe can build and develop their network. Coming to one of the seminars round Europe, you will not actually be alone - there will always be someone from your network group. If someone asks for your friendship on those media, accept - remember - it is always great to visit a new country knowing someone will help you if you need help, or just meet for a pint or a dinner. I went to Istanbul two years ago, and asked my network in Istanbul what to see, when you want to visit sights which are not so known. We were picked up at the hotel one Thursday by the headmaster and a teacher; by car they showed us a lot of things, we had lunch at the school, we went on a tour on Bosporus, and had dinner at a restaurant in the evening - so fantastic! Later that week, we went to Rize in Turkey - on our own expense - to visit an eTwinning project, and we spent have some fantastic days with the students and my contact. So dear European teachers, develop your network and use it! Niels Askholm is an eTwinning Ambassador in Denmark. He works in a school just outsite Copenhagen. His school has just ended a Comenius project, and will start a new one in September. They have had for the last 3 years a lot of eTwinning projects, and look forward to joining many more in the future. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ eTwinning network is an unique way to develop your own universe - academic and private. The only thing I miss is a chat-line and a video channel on TwinSpace for everybody on eTwinning, not only in the project but across all projects - but still a closed platform only for students and teachers. Today we 54