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This wiki was first used for reflexions about :Scientific Experiments European Kit for eTwinning We use it now to share information about creating an eTwinning group: **Experimental sciences**. You can present yourself on this page: Present yourself and add your ideas about the group : Group Planning To express your interest to eTwinning CSS in joining the group, please fill in this form: [].

=**Experimental Sciences**=

__Description:__ Experimental Sciences is a subject-based web 2.0 community of teachers sharing their professional experiences on physics, chemistry, biology, geography, technology and citizen science.

The eTwinning form for creating the group (download) : [|Group_planning_tool_030210]

1. Determine the purpose of the Group.
What are you aiming to achieve with your Group? Write down your ‘tag line’, i.e. a short statement, that communicates the purpose of your Group easily to all. Like “eTwinning, The community for schools in Europe”

2. What are the Learning Goals of the Group?
Write down the expected skills&competences that your members will acquire.

3. What is the orientation of the Group?
Is your Group task-based, e.g. established for a specific learning activity such as a course or seminar? Or is it practice or subject-based community with a focus on learning about common practices, etc.?

===4. Define the Leadership team and other roles (Core members, Tutors and Mentors, regular members) within the Group. The CSS will help you as a main Group manager, however, someone has to take care of the every day job! === Think of the different roles in the Group:

**Roles and tasks**
· ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·
 * Moderator** (someone who helps leading the Group)
 * Sub-group moderator** (someone who helps to lead a smaller sub-group in different languages and topics depending on interest)
 * Tutoring and supporting new members** (someone who welcomes new members and helps them get started)
 * Facilitator of online events** (someone who helps with running and organising online chats and other events, e.g. advertising the event, inviting members)
 * Helping with technical problems** (someone who can answer "how to..." questions )
 * Bringing in knowledge as a subject matter expert** (to moderate special events or interventions in your area of expertise)
 * Help coordinating and managing the content** (someone who keeps the Group area in good order)

You can also think of allocating the roles for a certain period of time only, and rotate them. Write down your rule of recruitment so that the new potential members know how to become a member.

· Leadership team: can be one person or distributed o take responsibility and set the goals o determine how the group will achieve these goals · Core members: e.g. Sub-group moderators, subject matter experts, content coordinator · Support people: e.g. mentors, tutors, event coordinators, technologist · Community members
 * Hierarchy of the participants in the Group:**

5. How is the recruitment of new members planned?
How can new members join in? Do they need permission? From whom? Is your recruitment plan viral, e.g. leadership team and all members engage new members from their previous contacts? Or do you use external ‘marketing’ like blogs, news articles? Write down your rule of recruitment so that the new potential members know how to become a member.

6. Communication plan.
It is important that others can have an idea of what this Group is about. How can others know about your Group? Do you make some text publicly available to everyone to read?

They can be related to achieving your goals, keeping your community alive, transforming your community to a new area, having happy members who feel that they learn and are part of the community, etc. Up to you to define! How do you know your Group is successful? Communicate your goal and task out to members clearly!

What are the short term goals for your Group? What are the long term goals for your Group (i.e. vision)? Can you plan the events and activities for the first month? Will there be synchronous sessions? Think of a schedule, teachers are busy and like to plan in advance. Write down a detailed plan for the first month and a rough plan for the whole year. It is OK to change it later, but it’s needed to get started.