LC Virtual Exchange Document - Flipbook - Page 4
• The European Commission programme, eTwinning is not specifically intended to find a partner school with
which to do an exchange but it works very well for this purpose. Potential partners can be filtered by
language, country, area, town, type of school, etc. See below for further details.
• There will be plenty of contact between you and the partner teacher, so finding a like-minded person is a
great start.
• The Embassies also receive demands from schools, so they might be a good place to ask.
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Next steps
When you have identified a partner school, following these steps will help you to make the virtual exchange a
successful experience:
• Verify students have signed your relevant school
image/video/AUP policy.
• Choose a suitable online platform for shared
access. Ask the IT team in your school or the
teacher in your partner school.
• Connect with the host teacher and set up a
shared, online calendar. This will help you to
formulate a clear program from the start.
• Agree on the schedule of meetings for the two of
you and for the virtual exchange and establish
aims and objectives for each scheduled meeting.
• Brainstorm all possible language and cultural
• Pair-up students. There are different ways of
doing this and you should discuss the best option
in your context with your partner. There is a form
for students to fill in to help with this in the
appendix.
• Decide upon appropriate Netiquette for all
activities related to the virtual exchange.
• Start the virtual exchange as early as possible to
build long-term friendships.
• Plan how you are going to carry out the chosen
activities/projects with your students. (See
‘Things to think about! In the appendix)
projects with your exchange school.
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