Ministry of Education and Sports

As part of the integration into the European program Erasmus+, for Education, Training, Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Education and Sports has received a grant, thus becoming a partner of e-Twinning – the online community of schools across Europe.

eTwinning promotes the cooperation of schools in Europe through the use of Information and Communication Technologies by providing support, tools and services to schools.

The eTwinning portal (www.etwinning.net) represents a unique platform of teacher interaction in stimulating and innovative projects. The portal encourages students, teachers and school leaders to create projects, exchange ideas and spread the best practices among themselves, feeling that they are part of the community with incentives in Europe.

Created in 2005 as the main action of the European Commission’s Electronic Learning Programme, eTwinning counts today across the European continent 269,593 teachers and 128,352 schools developing collaborative projects and sharing ideas.

MASR invites teachers to join the e-Twinning online community and be an active part of this program.

Festive Award Ceremony of eTwinning projects

The festive evaluation ceremony with awards at the national level for the best eTwinning projects, gathered together in a festive environment about 78 teachers, who also enjoyed together a dignified presentation of the profiles of the teachers really engaged in the projects.

This ceremony was greeted by the director of the National Directorate of Education at the national level, Mr. Throw it. He has also once again identified the impact that eTwinning has on the progress of teachers towards new methodologies in education. The ceremony was also greeted by one of the eTwinning ambassadors in Ukraine, Natalia, who was invited by one of the teachers awarded the corresponding award. This teacher was a partner in the evaluated project, together with this ambassador. Natalia appreciated the organization of the ceremony by the National Service, but at the same time she appreciated the commitment of Albanian teachers in joint projects. At the same time, she asked for further cooperation with the network of our ambassadors.

The winners expressed emotions at the moment of evaluation of their projects. At the same time, in this ceremony, the evaluations were distributed for the schools that were crowned as eTwinning schools for 2019. The heads of these schools expressed their evaluations for the teachers engaged in the projects and for the process as a whole.

The ceremony was organized at Hotel 2 Guitars in Durrës. During the ceremony, teachers who have considerable experience in implementing projects were awarded with prizes, where 3 prizes were awarded respectively for the age groups of 7-11 years, 12-15 years and 16-19 years, as well as for teachers with little experience in eTwinning projects.

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eTwinning Seminar for kindergarten and primary schools teachers Albania 6-8 May

The seminar took place on May 6-8 at Leonardo Hotel in Durrës. The seminar was an opportunity for primary school teachers and preschool teachers and gave these teachers the opportunity to get to know closely what eTwinning offers, how to become part of this community, how to benefit from the experiences of other teachers regarding the implementation of various projects.

Teachers gained experience in terms of project conception and implementation, met new partners and had the opportunity to develop competencies for the use of information technology.

The activity lasted 3 days and 72 teachers from Albania and Kosovo participated.

On the first day of the activity, 5 teachers from the areas of Kucovo, Tirana, Elbasan performed their experiences in eTwinning in front of the teachers. They shared with the participants aspects of the projects carried out with their students over the years. On the first day, the participating teachers became part of an “ice breaking activity”, with the use of Kahoot and video montage, as a starting point for the continued use of the spaces that technology offers.

On the second day of the activity, teachers focused on using eTwinning live, focusing on:

– how to do research in eTwinning live

– how to choose a partner

– how to attach to a project

– how to create a project as a leader and the steps to its acceptance by the National Service

Then the participating teachers used Padlet – in the framework of organizing the Fair of ideas, as a first step towards the conception of joint projects.

At dinner, the participants enjoyed national traditions in the historical city of Berat.

On the third day of this seminar, the participating teachers, divided into groups and supported by the network of ambassadors in our country, created the first projects related to the theme of the year “Democratic participation”. These projects were made active by the National Service and each group presented through flipcharts the main focus points of these projects.

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Round Table with School Directors for the promotion of the eTwinning School Label

On April 12 and 13, an event promoting the quality label of schools was organized in Tirana.

Directors of the schools of the Tirana City and Durrës Regional Directorate took part in the event, who first familiarized themselves with the conditions that the schools must fulfill in order to be ready in the process of their application to win the title as an eTwinning school. The fact was demonstrated that at least two teachers of a school must demonstrate their activity on the platform for at least two years and at the same time the policies that the school should follow in terms of the active engagement of teachers in curricular projects and in terms of using the safe internet were presented to the leaders.

The managers became familiar with the eTwinning platform and the involvement of Albanian teachers in this online community. The positive progress of the involvement of Albanian teachers was reiterated in the meeting, which has now reached around 4,000 teachers and 1,200 engaged schools.

The network of ambassadors and coordinators, who play a significant role in promoting this network and supporting teachers in terms of their involvement in national or international partnerships, were presented to the participants. At the same time, in these meetings, it was demonstrated how school leaders could register on this platform and how they could use functionalities to record the involvement of their teachers in this community. The ambassadors present at these meetings enabled their registration on the eTwinning platform.

The principals of the schools passionately discussed the activity of their schools, their involvement in this online community and their active commitment in the future to continue encouraging the involvement of other teachers in this process. They exchanged positive experiences in terms of creating policies at the school level for the professional development of teachers and emphasized the great role that etwinning can play in this direction.

 

MED Seminar

 

Organization of MED seminar for the first time in Albania, on March 25-28, with the participation of teachers and leaders of the National Service of countries such as Italy, France, Portugal, Malta, Tunisia, Lebanon, Cyprus, Slovenia, Spain, Mediterranean countries. The seminar aimed to offer collaborative ways and new opportunities for teachers in Mediterranean countries. About 80 teachers participate in the seminar. This activity was organized in Pogradec.

 

 

TTI Initiative

The TTI initiative, in the framework of the eTwinning program as part of the Erasmus+ program, aims to involve Higher Education Institutions and teaching students in the largest online community of teachers at the international level, in the eTwinning network.

This cooperation expands the spaces of mutual recognition between our students and those of Higher Education Institutions at the European level.

Exactly within the framework of this initiative, this activity aimed to promote eTwinning as an online community that brings together generations dedicated to the field of education to work together, to share values and experiences, to engage in curricular initiatives and projects.

The focus in this case was teaching students and this coincides best with the initiatives that MASR has undertaken to improve quality in our higher education system. It is not without purpose that this activity included teaching students who are currently attending higher studies at public HEIs in the field of teaching or have just completed them, in various branches and who are doing professional internships at public schools.

The TTI seminar took place on May 23 at the Plaza Hotel in Tirana.

In this activity, the aim was to familiarize them with the eTwinning portal, the commitment towards their registration process, as a new opportunity for them, to get to know and feel closely:

– the positive experiences of the teachers who are currently in the system, – the way they engage their students in curricular projects,

– the use of information technology tools in the field of education, as necessary tools for the development of their competencies in this direction

– the development of appropriate competencies in the field of communication and cooperation

– further development of competencies in terms of providing project-based learning.

Encouraging regional cooperation in the “eTwinning” program

Teachers from Albanian-speaking regions have gathered in Tirana for the activity organized by the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth with the theme “All together in eTwinning”. This two-day conference on November 4 and 5 with teachers from Italy, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia and Montenegro aimed to promote regional cooperation within the framework of the “eTwinning” program.

During the conference held in Tirana, the aspects of the progress of this program in Albania were demonstrated, as well as the positive experiences of twinning with partner schools at the international level were demonstrated by the teachers involved.

The participants also became an active part of two training workshops: “Learning through projects and games” and “How to improve our teaching by using tools and applications”.

Participants shared teaching experiences at different educational levels and from the respective regions.

After the training, the teachers also visited Dajti National Park as an attraction of the capital of Albania.

  • eTwinning supports the initiative ‘Move2Learn, Learn2Move’

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Erasmus, the European Commission offers new opportunities for young people to travel and discover Europe.

With this new initiative, young people engaged in educational projects will have the opportunity to travel to Europe to meet their European partners. It is expected that around 5,000 to 6,000 students will each receive a travel ticket.

eTwinning has the possibility to select the winners of the travel vouchers, who will be identified by teachers and students over the age of 16 who have participated in eTwinning projects and won this year the National Quality Label. Priority will be given to projects dealing with the theme of “Inclusion”.

The application, evaluation, and selection period will take place during the months of June and July. Teachers and students will be able to start the trips in August.

  • Impressive meetings for school leaders. Commitment and commitment to encouraging and involving teachers in the eTwinning platform and School Education Gateway.

Within the framework of the activity plan that the National Service is offering, a meeting with Leaders was organized in Tirana in the premises of “Sami Frasher” with the theme: “eTwinning a new space of the international community of teachers” This activity aimed to involve school leaders as promoters of the involvement of schools and their teachers in the eTwinning platform, as an incentive for their commitment to the twinning of schools at levels national and international. In this meeting, leaders were sensitized to the opportunities that eTwinning offers, the progress of the schools’ involvement in this platform, the current commitments of teachers in joint projects. Also, for the first time, the European platform School Education Gateway was presented, where teachers and leaders have the opportunity to be informed in real time about new developments in the field of education, activities organized at the national and international level in education, training and professional development opportunities for teachers. In this meeting, the Leaders debated and suggested ways and forms of encouragement for the involvement and engagement of teachers in the eTwinning program. They were also informed about the support that the National eTwinning Service will provide in terms of the further professional development of teachers. They were also informed about the competition process in which schools are included to celebrate the international eTwinning day together, through activities related to diversity and the impact that technology should have on the social life of young people. Headmasters of 9-year high schools from several areas such as Tirana, Durres, Elbasan, Fier, Vlore, Shkoder and Lezhe took part in the meeting.

  • eTwinning Weeks – Digital Citizenship, #eTwCitizen16

This year’s eTwinning Weeks, 10-27 October, will focus on “Digital Citizenship” – how eTwinning can develop the next generation of active European citizens.
#eTwCitizen16 will be about creating projects by teachers around the topic of digital citizenship. This campaign aims to engage teachers, students, members of the education system to generate project ideas related to Digital Citizenship, to be part of the international competition for the best project ideas. All projects created as part of the digital citizenship campaign will enter a competition using the hashtag #eTwCitizen16 in their project description. The founders of the winning project, who will be announced on November 17, will participate in a Future Classroom Lab course in Brussels. Participate by registering projects on the www.etwinning.net platform.

  • Mini-fairs: “eTwinning – challenge and opportunity for Digital Citizenship”

As part of the eTwinning program, the National eTwinning Service – Ministry of Education and Sports, will organize in four geographical regions Minifairs with the theme: “eTwinning – challenge and opportunity for Digital Citizenship”. This fair aims to present the current commitments of the teachers included in this program and simultaneously promote the participation of new teachers to be an active part of this program. At the same time, this fair will offer the possibility of online registration of new teachers, previously unfamiliar with the eTwinning platform, as well as their training, simultaneously demonstrating functionalities related to the design and implementation of a project, as well as functionalities with the use of Twinspace as a tool for communication, collaboration and sharing experiences. The coordination of the National Service for the organization of these Minifairs is currently being done through DAR/ZA, which notify and coordinate the schools for participation. The National Service selects from the platform the list of teachers who can demonstrate their activity in the Minipanair. The teachers on this list are teachers who have been active in the eTwinning platform and actually have the opportunity to present their completed projects for the regional competition that will be part of this Minifair. DAR/ZA coordinates the actions with the respective schools of these teachers to create the preparation facilities to appear in this Minifair. The national service at its own expense will guarantee the environment of the fair, the promotion spaces within this environment (tables), and some presentation tools such as leaflets, pens, rollups, posters and calendars. The schools of these teachers, depending on the projects they want to present, enable a dignified presentation at this fair. Each of these teachers will have their own space and can take a partner in the project and at least 2 students. Teachers must present their projects in the form of Power Point presentations on a tablet or laptop as well as with photos, posters, leaflets, or other objects. The fair is visited by teachers and other students who will have the opportunity to vote for the three best projects at the regional level.

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