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eTwinning for DemocracyAnne Gilleran
PDW Goteborg, Sweden, 6 November 2008
Introductions
1. Democracy2. eTwinning3. The Internet phenomenon4. eTwinning & Democracy
What is Democracy?
It is derived from the Greek δηµοκρατία([dimokratia] (help·info)), "populargovernment” 5th - 4th Century BC
Do you know how many countries are in the world?
237 countries in the world
Do you know how many are democracies?
127 Electoral Democracies
A History lesson!
Who is this man?
Theodore Parker fromMassachusetts 1810–1860
‘Democracy is direct self-government, over all thepeople, for all the people, by allthe people’
And this man?
Abraham LincolnGettysburg Address 1863‘that all men are created equal.’
‘and that government of thepeople, by the people, for thepeople, shall not perish from theearth’.
The Consitution of the 5th RepublicFrance
States that the principle of the Republic ofFrance is
"gouvernement du peuple, par le peuple etpour le peuple"
a literal translation of Lincoln's words.
Wikipedia 5/11/2008 definition ofdemocracy
Even though there is no universally accepteddefinition of 'democracy',[4] there are twoprinciples that any definition of democracyincludes.
The first principle is that all members of thesociety have equal access to power
andthe second that all members enjoy universally
recognized freedoms and liberties.[5][6][7]
Another History lesson!
Now an accompanying measure to the Comenius programme
What is ?
?
eTwinning is
An initiative of the European Commissionto give an opportunity to as many EUchildren as possible to communicate withother children in other EU countriesusing Information and CommunicationTechnologies at school.
eTwinning
2005 - Officially launched in January
2007 - Officially Integrated into the Life Long Learning Programme
2013 - Due to run until this date
Central Support Service.
Run by the EuropeanSchoolnet on behalf of theEuropean Commission
National Support Service
(1 in each country)
Official Definition
eTwinning is a portal :
• Which takes advantage of the possibilities offered by the Internet and digital media
• to promote European school cooperation, collaborative learning and project based pedagogy.
• eTwinning does not finance single projects but supports them by offering tools and support.
Re-examine this sentence
To promote:
European school cooperationCollaborative learningProject based pedagogy.
Assumption
That teachers can only do these throughproject work
What has happened since 2005?
The Internet phenomenon
1. The Internet has changed
Pre 2004 Web 1.x– Passive– Read the news– Retrieve information
Essentially an online encyclopedia
Interactive & Creative Web 2.0
- make the news- publish ideas- create archives- comment on events- communicate
Phases of the Web
At the Technet Summit in November 2006,Reed Hastings, founder and CEO of Netflix,stated a simple formula for defining the phasesof the Web:– “ Web 1.0 was dial-up, 50K average
bandwidth, Web 2.0 is an average 1 megabit ofbandwidth and Web 3.0 will be 10 megabits ofbandwidth all the time, which will be the full videoWeb, and that will feel like Web 3.0.
Since 2005February 2004
January 2005
February 2005
October 2006February 2004.
200619992005/06
April 2006
http://election.twitter.com/
The Internet is democraticDemocracy and the WebEditorial New York Times - Published: May 19, 2008
‘Users of the Internet take for granted their ability to access allWeb sites on an equal basis. That could change, however, ifInternet service providers started discriminating amongcontent, to make more money or to suppress ideas they do notlike. A new Net neutrality bill has been introduced in theHouse, which would prohibit this sort of contentdiscrimination. Congress has delayed on this important issuetoo long and should pass net neutrality legislation now.’
eTwinning for Democracy
Who can join eTwinning?
What are the rules of eTwinning?
Who can benefit from eTwinning?
What has happened in eTwinning since 2005?
6 Nov 2008: 47630 active members
Active project run at approximately 15% of this figure
September 2005 7000 teachers registered
Image of the network of connected eTwinning schools in Europe
Networked World
eTwinning is not just about projects.Projects are the outcome of a much largerprocess
The process of community Social Networking
To benefit from a media you mustunderstand the media
What is the future?Teachers connected in groups 2008/2009
To collaborate and create together within and outside formalprojects
–Creativity–http://www.etwinning.net/creativity
–Maths & Science teachers–http://www.etwinning.net/mstgroup
–School Leaders www.etwinning.net/schoolleaders
–European eTwinning ambassadors–http://etwinningambassadorseurope.ning.com
2009
Online learning– eTwinning learning events– Professional development on line– communities of practice based on pedagogical
resources
eTwinning continues
To be supportive and offeropportunity for professionaldevelopment
To be connective & non bureaucraticTo offer recognition
To have built in qualityassurance at national andEuropean level in the formof Quality Labels
eTwinning also continues
To empower the teachers and pupils ofEurope to work together engaging andcreating ideas.
To provide the tools to promoteunderstanding between schools ofdifferent cultures
And
It still costs nothing!
Digital Natives?In this fast evolving world there are no natives!
But they all have a voice!
Leonard CohenSong:Democracyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OETwb
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