Documents 5.a: What is TwinSpace?

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== TwinSpace:  a space for collaborative work ==
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<br> '''TwinSpace''' is the place for the project members, the space where planned activities are developed. Students and teachers are the main users of TwinSpace; they can contribute depending on their access profile. <br>
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eTwinning is of course about collaboration amongst teachers and - more importantly - about collaboration amongst students. The purpose is to go beyond parallel work, where each partner completes a series of tasks and then compare results, and making students involved in a common task from the beginning can add great value to the project. With this main objective in mind, eTwinning offers a platform for each project where the work can be developed. This platform is TwinSpace, where students and teachers have tools to work, both&nbsp;with their school&nbsp; mates and their partners.  
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'''TwinSpace''' is a private space, which can only be accessed by people who have been given permission by the administrators. It is designed to include those people who are not registered in the eTwinning platform, which allows students, parents or teachers working in the project to see what is happening. <br>
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TwinSpace is a private space, which can only be accessed by those who have been registered by the administrators. It is designed to include people who are not registered in eTwinning, which allows students, parents or other teachers to work in the project or see what is happening.
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Further on, we shall&nbsp;look into&nbsp;the details of the possibilities of this platform, but now we shall study the basic organisation.&nbsp;Each TwinSpace is comprised of two areas: general tools and activities. The first one is common to all spaces, and it includes:
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[[Image:Nuevo TwinSpace.png|thumb|center|597px]]<br>
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#Links to activity pages,
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The project coordinators’ imagination and a proper initial planning of both the project and the tasks are factors to guarantee that students will be involved from the start in their common work. <br>
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#The home page, including the list of TwinSpace members, a calendar, the inbox and a common blog,
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#Teachers' Room (not accessible to students),
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#Students' Corner (where teachers can read but not write),
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#Chat.
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The content of the '''TwinSpace''' can be published totally or partly, depending on those in charge. This is especially interesting, for example, in the case that there is personal information about the students, in connection with the topic of data protection.<br>  
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== Páginas de actividades y herramientas ==
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In previous units we mentioned that the colour for the teacher’s personal Desktop is orange; in this case, the colour for TwinSpace is blue. <br>
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Todas las secciones anteriores son privadas y sólo pueden ser vistas por los miembros del TwinSpace, a excepción de la página de inicio, que puede hacerse pública. La segunda área la conforman las páginas de actividades. Es aquí donde se desarrolla la mayor parte del proyecto, donde alumnos y profesores interactúan, trabajan de forma colaborativa y pueden exhibir los resultado de su trabajo. Son los propios usuarios los que diseñan su número y estructura según las necesidades del proyecto. Cada página puede hacerse pública o mantenerse privada, sólo accesible a los miembros de ese TwinSpace.
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Al abrir una página, podemos elegir entre una serie de herramientas, y añadir una o varias de ellas, según la actividad concreta que vayamos a desarrollar. eTwinning está en continuo desarrollo y evolución, así que esas herramientas irán cambiando y aumentando en número con el tiempo, pero las que hay ahora disponibles son:  
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<br>'''Blog''' Un diario en el que los participantes escriben artículos ("entradas") sobre los temas acordados o contestan las entradas de otros. Las entradas están dispuestas en orden cronológico inverso, de forma que las más recientes aparecen primero.
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Note that to the left of the image you can see an activity index with titles that do not offer details to identify the author’s country. These are collaboration activity pages where the project partners have taken part. They can be organized into subjects, groups, type of activities, etc. The way the activity pages are presented is to be agreed by the project members. <br>  
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If this is your first project, and therefore your first TwinSpace, click in the top right corner to obtain help: <br>
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'''Foro''' Un lugar para la discusión y el debate, donde se publican y se comentan mensajes sobre temas determinados. La estructura es parecida a la del blog, pero los mensajes pueden clasificarse por etiquetas, de forma que puedes leer y seguir el debate de cualquier tema en concreto.
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'''Wiki''' Una wiki permite la elaboraciòn conjunta de documentos sin necesidad de encuentros personales. Un miembro escribe un artículo y los demás pueden modificarlo, de forma que la persona que lo lea ve sólo el resultado final y no las modificaciones que se han ido haciendo durante el proceso. Este curso que estás haciendo está elaborado en una wiki, en la que han intervenido y colaborado el Servicio Nacional de Apoyo y los tutores y coordinadores del Curso de Formación, que provienen de todas las Comunidades Autónomas.  
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[[Image:Primer TwinSpace.png|thumb|center|597px]]
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'''Biblioteca de documentos''' Mediante esta biblioteca puedes subir y ordenar archivos, manejar carpetas, etc. Aquí puedes compartir todo tipo de archivos (de texto, imágenes, presentaciones de diapositivas...) y decidir quién puede verlos.
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'''Galería de imágenes''' Es una herramienta parecida a la Biblioteca, pero pensada especialmente para subir imágenes. Cuando accedes a una carpeta, puedes ver las imágenes en miniatura sin necesidad de descargarlas.
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The platform welcomes you to the new TwinSpace and through the Help button you will have access to the TwinSpace Guide:<br>
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'''Visor de contenidos web''' Abre un editor de html que te permite publicar contenidos web o incrustar objetos de la red (por ejemplo, vídeos de youtube)
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[[Image:Ayuda primer TwinSpace.png|thumb|center|597px]]<br>
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In each new TwinSpace, there is a default page of activities which have already been created as an example with the title Introduce yourself which, of course, you can modify or delete:<br>
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This is the moment to create your new activity pages and start a collaborative adventure amongst teachers and students from different countries, for mutual enrichment. In addition, the first time you Access TwinSpace it will probably show some words in English. This should not pose a problem for teachers who do not speak it. Later on, we will see how to select the language in Twinspace depending on what each user wants (Go to [http://www.etwinning.es/apls/cursos/curso_en/index.php/Documents_5.c:_How_to_change_the_language_in_Twinspace documents 5.c]).
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Note: the eTwinning platform is being constantly updated, so the translations may not be simultaneous to the best techniques used.
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Current revision as of 10:38, 20 November 2012

Back to Unit 5


TwinSpace is the place for the project members, the space where planned activities are developed. Students and teachers are the main users of TwinSpace; they can contribute depending on their access profile.

TwinSpace is a private space, which can only be accessed by people who have been given permission by the administrators. It is designed to include those people who are not registered in the eTwinning platform, which allows students, parents or teachers working in the project to see what is happening.



The project coordinators’ imagination and a proper initial planning of both the project and the tasks are factors to guarantee that students will be involved from the start in their common work.

The content of the TwinSpace can be published totally or partly, depending on those in charge. This is especially interesting, for example, in the case that there is personal information about the students, in connection with the topic of data protection.

In previous units we mentioned that the colour for the teacher’s personal Desktop is orange; in this case, the colour for TwinSpace is blue.



Note that to the left of the image you can see an activity index with titles that do not offer details to identify the author’s country. These are collaboration activity pages where the project partners have taken part. They can be organized into subjects, groups, type of activities, etc. The way the activity pages are presented is to be agreed by the project members.

If this is your first project, and therefore your first TwinSpace, click in the top right corner to obtain help:



The platform welcomes you to the new TwinSpace and through the Help button you will have access to the TwinSpace Guide:



In each new TwinSpace, there is a default page of activities which have already been created as an example with the title Introduce yourself which, of course, you can modify or delete:



This is the moment to create your new activity pages and start a collaborative adventure amongst teachers and students from different countries, for mutual enrichment. In addition, the first time you Access TwinSpace it will probably show some words in English. This should not pose a problem for teachers who do not speak it. Later on, we will see how to select the language in Twinspace depending on what each user wants (Go to documents 5.c).

Note: the eTwinning platform is being constantly updated, so the translations may not be simultaneous to the best techniques used.

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