Press Release: eTwinning: Online school partnerships celebrate their fifth anniversary

Nearly 500 teachers met on 5–7 February 2010 in Seville to celebrate the fifth anniversary of eTwinning, an action that creates online communities of teachers and schools across Europe. Through eTwinning, over 85,000 teachers from across Europe work together in international school activities involving more than 50,000 schools in 32 European countries. In the five years of its existence, eTwinning has grown from being a partner-finding tool for teachers to become a rich, Europe-wide community of teaching and learning. On 5 February 2010, a prize ceremony is being held for 37 schools from 21 countries that are the top winners of this year's eTwinning Awards for excellence in eTwinning.