Etwinning Conference 2016

The etwinning conference in Nottingham has to be one of the highlights of the year.  I always come away feeling inspired, enthusiastic and part of a fantastic network of educators.  This year was no exception, despite the uncertainty following the EU referendum, it was clear that this was not going to stop teachers from discussing projects and planning global learning.
Following the results of the referendum it is crucial that we continue to develop children's global awareness.  Etwinning is one of the tools that can be used to do this, through projects that link to the curriculum and collaboration with classes around Europe.
This year the focus of the conference was digital literacy.  There were workshops from some excellent presenters that gave some great ideas for classroom practice.   The keynotes were interesting and informative. @inkythinking's visual representation of the whole conference was absolutely amazing.

It is always hard to quantify what was the most inspiring aspects of the conference.  What I do know is that even with only 3 weeks of term to go, I am planning my next etwinning projects and thinking of all the digital literacy skills I will enabling my pupils to showcase in their projects.