Geschwister-Scholl-Realschule is one of four NRW official European schools in Gütersloh since 2015. Our mission is to collaborate, communicate and develop projects with schools throughout Europe.
Erasmus+ has taken place at our school since 2017 and is well established. Now, the digital age is here and there is a platform to help us excel at our projects since the school year 2020/2021. Let’s introduce: eTwinning. eTwinning is a platform developed by the European Union to help this mission succeed in the digital age and increase collaboration between students and staff throughout the EU. eTwinning makes it possible for schools to safely share data, increase communication and produce products together with much greater ease and speed. On the eTwinning platform we are able to go beyond Erasmus+ and initiate and implement new projects with many different schools and groups, increasing our ability to spread the ideals of the European community while improving students’ English, social, cultural and digital skills. Through this exchange, we want to establish – perhaps even long-term – European contacts. There are several functions available on eTwinning: eMail, live chats and our favourite, TwinSpace. In TwinSpace, students and teachers are able to share posts, private emails with no attachments, photos, videos, audios and much more. TwinSpace is secured through a password and only authorised students and staff of the special project have access to this project’s TwinSpace only. It is an educational “social media“ platform without advertising or fake news.
The Erasmus+/eTwinning-team at Geschwister-Scholl-Schule works for realising these opportunities to our students. The team is made up of teachers from all grades and subjects in order to guarantee a high level of quality in all aspects of project implementation.
If you have any questions, or are interested in participating please contact us.
Here is a short introduction to the Erasmus+/eTwinning-team of Geschwister-Scholl-Realschule:
Michelle Tenge-Rietberg:
- Erasmus+/eTwinning Head Coordinator
- Subjects: English, Spanish, Economics, Social Sciences, Civics, Catholic Religion and European Workshop
- School Curriculum Author for Economics, Civics, Social Sciences and European Workshop
Simone Herzig:
- Department Head of Social Sciences, Economics and Civics
- Subjects: Social Sciences, Economics, Civics, History and Geography
- School Curriculum Author for Economics, Civics, Social Sciences and European Workshop
Michael Kielgast:
- Department Head of History
- Erasmus+/eTwinning Coordinating Assistant
- Subjects: History, English and European Workshop
- General Multimedia Advisor
Franziska Ludger:
- Erasmus+/eTwinning Coordinating Assistant
- Subjects: English, Maths, European Workshop, Self-regulated Learning and Art
- Assistant in Digitalisation
Markus Cinar:
- Erasmus+/eTwinning Coordinating Assistant
- Subjects: Maths, Social Sciences, Economics, Civics and Geography
- Assistant in Student Professional Development and Career Choices
We look forward to continuing to support many students in the implementation of Erasmus+/eTwinning-projects in the future.
Best regards
the Erasmus+/eTwinning-team of the Geschwister-Scholl-Realschule