On October 24, the Ministry of Education and Madad Azerbaijan held the press conference dedicated to the results of the eTwinning Plus project implementation in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The event that took place at the Ministry's Bureau on ICT for Education and gathered media and educators from twenty participant schools. eTwinning Plus is an extension of eTwinning program, which provides an online platform for educational staff to communicate, collaborate, develop projects and be part of the most exciting learning community in Europe. 6 countries, including Azerbaijan, has become part of eTwininng Plus... read more »

The European Commission and the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council jointly organised this conference for school leaders to discuss how schools can best benefit from European co-operation by making it part of their school development strategy. Conference participants explored the role of school leaders in European school co-operation and ways in which EU programmes such as Comenius can support schools in developing an international strategy. They also looked at how EU-supported projects and eTwinning can effectively contribute to tackling current challenges for schools. read more »

On September 26-29 "eTwinnning Plus Contact seminar" was held in Krakow, Poland. Representatives of European countries, such as Germany, United Kingdom, France, Poland, Slovakia and Czech Republic shared their experience on working in eTwinning and gave useful recommendations on successful implementation of eTwinning projects to the teachers from eTwinning Plus countries. Azerbaijan was represented by the member of Partner Support Agency Khuraman Mammadova and two teachers who are actively involved in eTwinning Plus since it started in Azerbaijan. Ruhiyya Mahmudova... read more »

On October 1-3 teachers recently joining the eTwinning Plus project were provided with a training session for new eTwinners. The following schools were present at the training: Baku European Lyceum, Taraggi lyceum, Zangi lyceum, schools N7, 189, 42, 20 and 164. During the training teachers were guided through eTwinning Plus portal, introduced different tools on the platform and in TwinSpace, which is a place for teachers to work on their joint projects and also had a chance to see the pedagogical value of eTwinning Plus. The training was mostly practical giving the teachers an opportunity to use their ICT skills... read more »

Azerbaijan has become part of the eTwinning Plus project since January 2013, funded by the European Commission. The initiative is implemented and coordinated by Madad Azerbaijan in partnership with the Ministry of Education. The project aims to promote collaboration among the secondary schools in Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ukraine, and Georgia with their counterparts in 33 European countries through joint educational projects using a unique online platform. Within the first year, 40 most active, innovative and technically-savvy English, French and German language teachers from Azerbaijan's 20 schools will join... read more »

In June and August meetings were held to present the eTwinning Plus project to the selected schools and to show teachers and school staff the opportunities that the project opens for them. Representatives from 10 schools participated in the first meeting in July. On August 26th, teachers and administrative staff of six schools got familiar with the eTwinning Plus project. After the presentation by project coordinator Khuraman Mammadova, participants had a chance to ask questions about it. After these meetings number of teachers from participating schools sent their applications in order to get involved... read more »

As we know, since 2013, Azerbaijan participates in the international eTwinning Plus project. The project implementation phase in Azerbaijan started in summer. Three meetings were held to introduce eTwinning Plus project to the school principals and teachers. The project's new website and facebook page was launched in order to provide the updates and news on the implementation of eTwinning Plus in Azerbaijan. Madad Azerbaijan conducted rigorous interviews to select enthusiastic teachers for participation in the project. As of September, 37 teachers from 16 schools have been selected and registered for the projects. read more »