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Before adding participating teachers to TwinSpace, we must decide what profile to give them, depending on the work to be done. If necessary, these profiles can be modified any time.<br> | Before adding participating teachers to TwinSpace, we must decide what profile to give them, depending on the work to be done. If necessary, these profiles can be modified any time.<br> | ||
| - | - Teacher-member: although they have more privileges than a member student, their task is very similar. They can take part in different tools, collaborate with images, documents, add messages to | + | - Teacher-member: although they have more privileges than a member student, their task is very similar. They can take part in different tools, collaborate with images, documents, add messages to blogs, wikis and forums, once all these tools have been created by an administrator. They will also take part in the Teacher's Room and other spaces created for this profile, which will be discovered later on. When an annexed partner is added to the project, the system awards him/her the default role of a teacher-member in the TwinSpace.<br> |
- Teacher-administrator: they have control and full access to every place in TwinSpace. Amongst other things, they are the only ones who can decide what parts are kept private and which ones are made public. Founder partners of a project automatically become teacher-administrators of the TwinSpace.<br> | - Teacher-administrator: they have control and full access to every place in TwinSpace. Amongst other things, they are the only ones who can decide what parts are kept private and which ones are made public. Founder partners of a project automatically become teacher-administrators of the TwinSpace.<br> | ||
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<br>'''Some advice:''' | <br>'''Some advice:''' | ||
| - | - We shall be giving teacher-administrator rights to anyone we deem appropriate, especially | + | - We shall be giving teacher-administrator rights to anyone we deem appropriate, especially if they take an active part, as long as there is a clear idea of the responsibility behind the access to all the tools: edition, creation, elimination... So administrators must have some basic knowledge to manage TwinSpace and learn about the functions and possibilities, in order to avoid possible conflicts and mistakes.<br> |
| - | - We must grant administrator rights to those teachers who develop organisational functions in the project | + | - We must grant administrator rights to those teachers who develop organisational functions in the project or who direct groups of students and we want them to manage them. In projects with many partners, it is advisable to have several teacher-administrators, to avoid a small group from taking on too much work and share responsibilities.<br> |
| - | - It is advisable for teachers starting in eTwinning and TwinSpace, especially | + | - It is advisable for teachers starting in eTwinning and TwinSpace, especially if they do not have too much experience using ICTs, to have an initial teacher-member profile. Then they can expand their functions and responsibilities. Having a member profile does not involve having fewer functions in the project; it is a preliminary step to taking on full responsibility in the management and achieving good results with commitment in the work designed.<br> |
- The member role can also be a suitable profile for teachers who are going to make specific contributions to the project but not participate entirely.<br> | - The member role can also be a suitable profile for teachers who are going to make specific contributions to the project but not participate entirely.<br> | ||
Revision as of 11:26, 21 March 2010
Teacher-member and teacher-administrator profiles
We have already seen different possible profiles in TwinSpace in Unit 5 and, in greater detail, those for student-members and student-administrators. In this Unit we shall study the teacher profiles. Most of what has been studied before will be of great use here too, especially the basic features of TwinSpace tools. This is why we will try not to repeat concepts that have already been dealt with.
However, it could be useful to remember the main part we mentioned when we spoke about student rights and profiles, and apply this to teachers.
Assigning user rights
Before adding participating teachers to TwinSpace, we must decide what profile to give them, depending on the work to be done. If necessary, these profiles can be modified any time.
- Teacher-member: although they have more privileges than a member student, their task is very similar. They can take part in different tools, collaborate with images, documents, add messages to blogs, wikis and forums, once all these tools have been created by an administrator. They will also take part in the Teacher's Room and other spaces created for this profile, which will be discovered later on. When an annexed partner is added to the project, the system awards him/her the default role of a teacher-member in the TwinSpace.
- Teacher-administrator: they have control and full access to every place in TwinSpace. Amongst other things, they are the only ones who can decide what parts are kept private and which ones are made public. Founder partners of a project automatically become teacher-administrators of the TwinSpace.
Some advice:
- We shall be giving teacher-administrator rights to anyone we deem appropriate, especially if they take an active part, as long as there is a clear idea of the responsibility behind the access to all the tools: edition, creation, elimination... So administrators must have some basic knowledge to manage TwinSpace and learn about the functions and possibilities, in order to avoid possible conflicts and mistakes.
- We must grant administrator rights to those teachers who develop organisational functions in the project or who direct groups of students and we want them to manage them. In projects with many partners, it is advisable to have several teacher-administrators, to avoid a small group from taking on too much work and share responsibilities.
- It is advisable for teachers starting in eTwinning and TwinSpace, especially if they do not have too much experience using ICTs, to have an initial teacher-member profile. Then they can expand their functions and responsibilities. Having a member profile does not involve having fewer functions in the project; it is a preliminary step to taking on full responsibility in the management and achieving good results with commitment in the work designed.
- The member role can also be a suitable profile for teachers who are going to make specific contributions to the project but not participate entirely.
