Saturday, February 20, 2010

eTwinning Conference 2010 in Seville

At the beginning of February 4 teachers and 6 NSS members from Estonia attended the 5th annual eTwinning Conference in Seville.
In the evening of our arrival we enjoyed a walking tour in the amazingly gorgeous capital of the Andalusia.
On the 5 Feb there were 2 plenary sessions (Opening Address and "Changes in 21st Century Education" by Prof Stephen Heppell), exhibitions were set up, there was the eTwinning Prizes Award Ceremony and there was time for networking.
We met with our partners Mr Jens from France (project 2009 and 2010 "SayIT") and Mrs Aldute from Lithuania (Comenius project WebEcam 2009-2011).
On the 6 Feb there were 3 Workshop Sessions. The most inspiring of the attended ones was "Intercultural Understanding in eTwinning" by James R.Chamberlain. You never learn enough about the other cultures but even more "the real job is to understand your own"!