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Virtual exchange in primary and pre-school language education

This group brings together practitioners interested in virtual exchange projects in the primary and preschool language classroom. Group members are given the opportunities to share experiences, display good practices and exchange materials. Group events and workshops on how to implement virtual exchange projects are planned.

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[Workshop in Lisbon]: The power of virtual exchange in pre-primary and primary English education

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Nurjona Pinguri
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Dear EFL teachers in Lisbon,

 

Join this face-to-face ACD session, organized in collaboration with INVITED Project, to explore Virtual Exchange (VE) in primary and pre-primary language education through eTwinning. Whether you're new to eTwinning or already have experience, this session is for you. Together, we'll explore how VE can enrich your teaching by fostering language skills, intercultural competence, and digital literacy in young learners. You’ll discover inspiring examples of classroom projects, practical ideas you can adapt to your own context, and have the chance to discuss, share, and start planning ahead.

 

Ready to begin - or deepen - your virtual exchange journey?

 

Start preparing for 2025/2026, connect with peers across Europe, and strengthen both your students’ and your own cultural, linguistic, and digital competences.

 

Register here.

 

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INVITED Talks 3: “Scaffolding language use in eTwinning projects with young learners“ - Paola Schettin

Nurjona Pinguri
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eTwinning offers a unique opportunity to connect teachers and students from different countries, creating engaging and interactive language learning experiences. In this webinar, you will discover how eTwinning projects enhance language skills for young children through authentic communication, intercultural learning, and fun, hands-on activities. We’ll also explore how digital tools motivate students and how teachers can benefit from sharing best practices. Join us to explore project ideas that stimulate creativity, language development, and cross-cultural understanding in young learners.

 
Paola Schettin has been teaching English and CLIL at Neue Grundschule Potsdam since 2016. In 2021, she participated in her first eTwinning project "To bee or not to bee… it depends on us!“ which was awarded both the National and European Quality Labels and won the National Prize in Germany. Since then, she has been involved in several eTwinning projects. Paola Schettin has been an eTwinning Ambassador since 2023.
 
INVITED Talks is a series of events focused on Virtual Exchange (VE) in pre-primary and primary language classrooms, organized by the INVITED project - Integrating Primary and Pre-school Virtual Exchange Projects into Language Teacher Education (invited-project.eu).
 
The event will take place on Zoom, on the 6th of May, at 18:00 CET.
Sign up for the event here: https://forms.gle/avViqpJWpUeAmgok6 
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Online Partner Finding Fair

Nurjona Pinguri
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Date: 19.03.2025

Time: 4:30-6:00 PM CET

 

Organized by the INVITED project, this Online Partner Finding Fair aims to connect pre-school and primary school teachers interested in implementing Virtual Exchange (VE) projects in their classrooms.

 

Target group: Language teachers at primary schools and pre-school institutions who are looking for partners for eTwinning projects. Participation is open to teachers from the INVITED project countries (Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Spain) and beyond.

 

Apply here: https://forms.gle/6iHHridUDYRg7wdi6 . Feel free to share the information and the application link with colleagues that might be interested to participate.

 

Would you like to continue the conversation on VE? Follow the INVITED project on social media or visit our website.

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INVITED Talks 2: "Collaborative Storytelling with Artificial Intelligence in eTwinning" - Mari Carmen Montoya Martínez

Nurjona Pinguri
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Collaborative Storytelling with Artificial Intelligence in eTwinning
 
eTwinning provides us with a great opportunity to create not only a network of students and teachers but also a bunch of collaborative activities. One such activity, storytelling, allows us to enrich our students' knowledge about different cultures and topics. Currently, teachers have at their disposition a variety of digital resources to create collaborative activities. Among these, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most powerful. In this webinar, we will see how using AI to create stories can enable students not only to use new digital tools but also to reflect on how to use them ethically.
 
Mari Carmen Montoya Martínez
Mari Carmen Montoya Martínez (@mcarmenmm) has been a primary school English language teacher since 2001, an eTwinner since 2007, an eTwinning Ambassador in Murcia since 2013, and a European eTwinning Ambassador since 2017. She coordinated the “Classroom of the Future” programme in 2019/2020 for the Spanish Ministry of Education and Vocational Training. Mari Carmen has also designed and tutored numerous courses, including an online eTwinning course in storytelling with augmented reality (2018) and an open online course (NOOC) in “Learning Situations” for the National Institute of Educational Technology and Training. She trains teachers in CLIL, eTwinning and active methodologies throughout Spain and is the author of two blogs: https://englishcanbefun.wordpress.com and https://tutoriamc.wordpress.com. Currently she teaches in “Isabel Bellvis” primary school in Murcia where she coordinates the bilingual, European and digital programmes (Digicraft).
 
INVITED Talks is a series of events focused on Virtual Exchange (VE) in pre-primary and primary language classrooms, organized by the INVITED project - Integrating Primary and Pre-school Virtual Exchange Projects into Language Teacher Education (invited-project.eu).
 
The event will take place on Zoom, on 5th February, 18:00 CET.
Sign up for the event here: https://forms.gle/iqu7HyrjfEtWyt4w6
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INVITED Talks: "Once upon a steam: combining STEAM and storytelling in VE" - Magdalena Dybiżbańska-Klinkosz

Nurjona Pinguri
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We are thrilled to announce a series of events focused on Virtual Exchange (VE) in pre-primary and primary language classrooms, organized by the INVITED project - Integrating Primary and Pre-school Virtual Exchange Projects into Language Teacher Education (invited-project.eu).

 

For the first event, "Once upon a steam: combining STEAM and storytelling in VE", we have the pleasure to have Magdalena Dybiżbańska-Klinkosz, an award-winning pre-school teacher from Gdańsk, Poland.

 

Magdalena has been a preschool teacher for 9 years and an active eTwinner since 2018. Her first project "Busy Bugs in my Bag" brought home the eTwinning European Prize. Her other projects were also the winners of eTwinning National Competition in 2020 and 2023. She says that in her work, she likes to take a step back and let the children be the drive of the projects. "It is not that I teach them, we are learning together."

 

The event will take place on Zoom, on the 12th of November, at 6pm CET.

 

 
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