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EUN teachers newsletter No. 83
Brigitte Parry 08 February 2004
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| December 1, 2003 |
WSES
Overview of EUN-UN Events
A new Community is Born
SPRING DAY IN EUROPE 2004
Facts Files
Values
Activities
Together in Europe
Spring Day at School
COMPETITIONS
Annual Innovation Prize, Altran Foundation
SO/DI Postcard Contest
FOCUS
Learn with your Mobile Phone
European Mosaic Project
New ENO Website
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Electricity and Electronics, Romania
Accountancy, Tourism, Catering, etc, Italy
Civil Engineering and Public Works, France
Agricultural School, Portugal
Associated Secondary School of Services, Slovakia
Railway Transport School, Bulgaria
Goods Labeling Dictionary, Germany
COLLABORATION
Science Project, Italy
Cultural Email Exchange, Slovenia
Reading and Writing Portuguese, Portugal
Curious Finnish Students
Water Project, Portugal
Tell Me, Short Term Project, Portugal
Exchange While Learning Languages, Latvia
Interpaul News Magazine for Students, France
EVEIL Association, Citizenship, France
Is Multilingualism in Europe a Necessity?, France
Wanted European Partnerships, Lithuania
Role of Assistant Teachers, Greece
Prof-Inet Activities, Canada
EUROSCOPE
European Schoolnet Conferences and Events Page
Dear colleagues,
This time I leave the welcome message to my Austrian colleague, Thomas Maier:
"My name is Thomas Maier and I have worked for European Schoolnet for
almost four years. I am responsible for the new eSchoolnet website, which has
been entirely redesigned and will be launched January in 2004. The eSchoolnet
team has thought a lot and came up with some magnificent ideas to which you
can contribute.
One of those ideas is called "Experience Counts". Teachers, administrators,
trainers, etc. provide documents, pictures, multimedia files, interviews, etc.,
what ever they find suitable, that explain how they use ICT in everyday school
life and share their experiences with other colleagues.
Another, more challenging, idea is the eSchoolnet "Hot seat". A teacher,
administrator, a trainer with expertise in a certain field takes the Hot seat
for a week, provides some background information, is ready to answer questions
in a forum and prepared for a chat with interested colleagues.
I hope we have made you curious and inspired your imagination to make learning
a road of discovery that you can walk together with colleagues from all over
Europe. If you are interested, please contact me at thomas.maier@eun.org
My best regards to all too!
Brigitte
brigitte.parry@eun.org
PS: My apologies, these newsletter are getting longer and longer. That's a
good sign for schools, a bad sign for translators!
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The universal right to learn and exchange information
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Overview of EUN-UN Events
Three days of outstanding events aimed at schools, human rights and Information
and Communication Technologies:
On December 10, an email will be sent to registered schools by Tim Berners Lee,
the scientist who invented the world wide web, and most probably also by a United
Nations high official.
On December 11, some pupils present at the World Summit, some schools on other
continents will be able to interact with a head of State on issues related to
human rights.
On December 12, the first meeting of the Global School Networks Alliance will
take place and discuss how to be an important voice in setting the global ICT
agenda, help build cross-cultural understanding and support the implementation
of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals through the use of ICTs
Activities for schools:
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/wsis/activities.asp
The World Summit Web site:
http://www.itu.int/wsis/
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A new Community is Born
All the schools that register to the World Summit activities are also invited
to a very unique world wide online community that allows them to share projects,
meet and discuss.
This is certainly the most fascinating online community we have ever seen. It
is now "inhabited" by schools from 88 countries that are put in contact
thanks to the magic of Information and Communication Technologies. We hope that
this community will give all schools many collaborative opportunities and ideas.
To facilitate exchanges we have opened forums in English, French, German, Spanish,
Italian, Dutch and Portuguese.
We will certainly think of ways to expand this network and provide schools more
chances to work together at global level.
__________ SPRING DAY IN EUROPE 2004 _______________
The Enlargement of Europe
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Facts Files
A group of 29 European teachers has worked with their pupils to provide you
with facts about what their country is famous for, main inventions, national
festivals, do's and don'ts for foreigners. Those facts are very interesting
but of course reflect the vision of one school. A forum is attached to those
files and you are free to express your own views!
Responsible: Brigitte and Chui Hsia
http://futurum2004.eun.org
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Values
A set of important values has been extracted from the charter of fundamental
rights and the new constitution proposal. In this activity, we suggest to choose
a value, define it, find examples and put it into real action on Spring day.
For instance, why not make your school a school of tolerance on Spring Day?
And why not make sure that it stays like this!
Responsible: Valentina and Brigitte
http://futurum2004.eun.org
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Activities
This is a set of activities that put together school contributions from old,
new member states, and candidate countries. Schools are invited to contribute
in English, French or German about Local Treasures, Discover Europe, Water Tales,
and A symbol for the enlarged Europe.
Responsible: Petru
http://futurum2004.eun.org
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Together in Europe, twin up, learn and tell about the other
Twin up with a partner in a new/ old/ candidate country
Consider a suggested topic or choose your own
Collect information for your partner
Exchange information and pictures
Select, refine, check with partner and edit
Publish an article about your twin on the web
Responsible: Petru and Brigitte
http://futurum2004.eun.org
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Resources
The site will provide links to other trusted sites containing information on
the following themes: art, culture, traditions, country profiles, economy, enlargement,
European citizenship, geography, history, news, and European values.
Responsible: Petru with the Spring Teachers
http://futurum2004.eun.org
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Spring Day at School
Spring day will be like last year, an explosion of creative European citizenship.
We will send registered schools tips on how to organise a nice Spring Day, but
it is very much up to you and your pupils to do for the best. Celebrate and
debate the enlargement with sister schools in Europe, politicians, local authorities,
parents, your community, but do it! The enlargement is a very important event
that will change the life of all European citizens; we need to talk about it.
Responsible: YOU!
http://futurum2004.eun.org
_________________COMPETITIONS ______________________
Be the Best :-)
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Annual Innovation Prize, Altran Foundation
The 2004 Award Call for Applications for the Altran Foundation for Innovation
annual Prize has been launched and its theme is: 'Discovering, understanding
and enjoying Science through innovation'.
This 2004 Award is under the patronage of Mr Philippe Busquin, Commissioner
for Research and Member of the European Commission.
The sub-sections are:
- Discovering science: helping as many individuals as possible learn about science
by providing them with access to scientific information and culture.
- Understanding science: facilitating the exploration and assimilation of scientific
concepts, principles, and theories.
- Enjoying science: making science more appealing.
Further information on the award:
http://fonda.netarchitects-europe.com/DevSite/index.jsp?id=000001060272382890
Apply for the award:
http://fonda.netarchitects-europe.com/DevSite/index.jsp?id=000001053526669609
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SO/DI Postcard Contest
SO/DI is an international multimedia expression contest proposing to groups
of children to create virtual wishes digital post cards using multimedia resources
provided at school.
It is open to the children of kindergartens and primary schools
Deadline: December 20, 2003.
Contact : Adélie Mariannes
sodi2003@tutytam.org
Web site for information and registration:
http://www.tutytam.org/sodi
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Inspiration
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Learn with your Mobile Phone
Philippe Steger teaches in Montpellier, he was one of the winners of the eLearning
awards this year. I have the privilege to have met him and see that the flame
in the eyes of some teachers is still going and there is hope that things will
evolve and change the right way!
He is involved in a very innovative and interesting project making lessons,
evaluation questionnaires and other online resources available to pupils from
mobile phones. We do not know if this is the future of education and technologies
but without people like him, dedicated and creative, nothing would move forward.
His email address:
stegerp@wanadoo.fr
His web site:
http://www.wapeduc.com
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European Mosaic Project
European-Mosaic is a network of a dozen schools in Europe that decided to work
together on the expression of their environment; the project also provides games
and educational activities on Europe.
The main idea behind the project is that students show their monuments and places
of interest from a different perspective. The second aim is to understand diversities.
Our way of living might be totally different but still with our diversities
we are one. The third aim is Living with Diversities.
The first steps of the project are available from:
http://www.european-mosaic.learningtogether.net/
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New ENO Website
ENO is a global network of schools focused on environmental issues. They offer
resources and interaction to schools and can serve as an example in terms of
dedication to education, school networking and environmental concern. They have
a new web site, take a look at it:
http://eno.joensuu.fi
____________ VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS________________
The Future in Their Hands
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Electricity and Electronics, Romania
Angela Nesteriuc teaches electricity and electronics at the Grup Scolar "Samuil
Isopescul", Romania. Her pupils are 15 to 19 years old. She is looking
for partners in Europe and beyond for her pupils to exchange about adolescence,
training and apprenticeships, parents and families, work and careers, etc.
Contact: Angela Nesteriuc
aangelan@yahoo.com
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Accountancy, Tourism, Catering, etc, Italy
Antonietta Fabbretti works in a vocational school in Italy. In her school,
they train pupils to future careers in accountancy, catering, tourism, graphic
design and advertising. She is very very eager to collaborate with other schools
in Europe.
Her email address: antofabbretti@libero.it
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Civil Engineering and Public Works, France
This school is situated near Bordeaux in France. They are specialized in civil
engineering and public works and they would like to set up a Leonardo project
but they desperately need contacts in construction companies for their pupils
to do apprenticeships.
If you teach in such type of school, maybe you can help with contacts. This
is an urgent request.
Celine Victor Sanchez
celinevictor.sanchez@wanadoo.fr
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Agricultural School, Portugal
Joao Carlos Monteiro, teaches at the " Ecole Professionnelle Agricole
de Fermil de Basto " situated in Souto Grande Molares-Portugal. He would
like to network with other agricultural schools around Europe to set up collaborative
projects.
His email address: epafb@aeiou.pt
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Associated Secondary School of Services, Slovakia
The Associated Secondary School of Services is situated in Prešov, Slovak
Republic. The town has more than 100.000 inhabitants and there are many important
commercial, cultural and educational institutions.
The school provides great variety of study programs at different levels; such
as hairdresser, hair cosmetics, photographer, cosmetician, tailor with specialisation
in men's clothing, in women's clothing, versatile clothes production, clothes
production operator, clothes making, services and household management, economic
services.
They are looking for partners of the same type in Europe.
Contact: Lucia Lattová
llattova@yahoo.com
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Railway Transport School, Bulgaria
Kirilka is a teacher at a Secondary Railway Transport School in Russe, Bulgaria.
She is very interested in building European Partnerships and took part in Spring
Day 2003. She would like to get in touch with similar schools in Europe.
Contact: Kirilka Georgieva
cyrillabg@yahoo.com
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Goods Labeling Dictionary, Germany
This upper secondary vocational school situated in Hofgeismar-Germany is looking
for German speaking partners to take part in a project building a goods labeling
dictionary. The pupils from Herwig-Blankertz-Schule will maintain the web site.
The project's site:
http:// www.warenverkaufskunde.de
Contact: Lisa Wagner
LisaWagner@web.de
_______________ COLLABORATION__________________
Create Together
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Science Project, Italy
This is a bilingual school situated in Rome, Italy. They cover Italian, math
and religion in Italian, science, English and geography in English. They also
organise lot of sports activities and technologies are integrated to all subjects.
They are looking for partners for a science project for their elementary children.
The objectives would be: let them acquire a scientific mind and learn how to
form hypothesis, collect data and perform experiments.
Alessia Tozzi
info@marymount.it
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Cultural Email Exchange, Slovenia
"We, at the 4th Primary School Celje - Slovenia, have a group of students,
aged 13-15, who would like to set up an e-mail correspondence with their colleagues
from other countries across Europe. In those emails, they would present themselves,
their country and especially their hometown - its rich history and beautiful
sights."
Contact: mojmir.mosbruker@guest.arnes.si
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Reading and Writing Portuguese, Portugal
Emília Miranda is working with pupils aged 9 to 14. She has been teaching
for 27 years and is involved in collaborative project about Portuguese literature.
The authors she and her pupils study are: Álvaro Magalhães, António
Torrado, Manuel António Pina, António Mota, Luísa Ducla
Soares, Alice Vieira, Vergílio Alberto Vieira and José Jorge Letria.
She is looking for partners to expand the project and give it an international
dimension.
Contact: Emilia Miranda
np24dg@mail.telepac.pt
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Curious Finnish Students
A class of Finnish 14-15-year olds got curious about the life outside of their
country boundaries. They decided that the best way to get information about
their peers would be to ask them to respond to a survey.
This resulted in an on-line questionnaire that asks questions about school,
home, family and leisure time, as well as living in the neighborhood, and questions
about the way the youth envisage their future.
Once the survey is over, the results will be analysed by students in school
subjects like history, foreign languages, and so on. The results will be published
by students on the school's website later.
Take your time and let European youngsters get their voices heard!
The questionnaire is at:
http://www.enis.fi/xyz/index.html
Puolalanmäki school website:
http://www.tkukoulu.fi/~pmk/index2.html
Puolalanmäki school is part of the Finnish ENIS network:
http://www.enis.fi/
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Water Project, Portugal
Maria João Correia works with primary school children and she is looking
for partners for a project related to water. She is also looking for other primary
school teachers who are involved in water projects to exchange experiences.
This could of course lead to pupils email exchanges and other collaborative
experiments.
Email: Maria João Correia
fanecacorreia@hotmail.com
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Tell Me, Short Term Project, Portugal
The "Tell Me" Project is promoted by the Ecole Comenius 3 Network.
It aims at comparing Christmas traditions from all over the world. It is open
to all school levels. All contributions will be appreciated and published on
the web.
Visit the Project website:
http://www.ecolenet.nl/tellme/tell-me-open/
Contact Francisca Soares
mfsoares@netcabo.pt
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Exchange While Learning Languages, Latvia
Marija teaches in Lettland, she has a group of pupils aged 16-17 who also belong
to a club called "German is fun". She is looking for partners to set
up a collaborative project with german as vehicle languages where the pupils
would exchange and have fun while learning German.
marija.mickevica@inbox.lv
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Interpaul News Magazine for Students, France
Jean Pierre teaches English in a French "lycée" (High School)
outside Paris and his class (15-16 year-olds) specializes in Media studies.
He would like to find partners to set up an international-online-bilingual (English/French)
newsmagazine (Interpaul) for school students
Topics of the month:
December "boy-meets-girl"
January: "Urban life/Urban legends"
March: "Adolescent crisis"
All sorts of articles- facts or fiction, survey, dialogues, interviews- would
be welcome to illustrate these topics.
Contact email: Jean.Pierre.Gross@ac-versailles.fr
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EVEIL Association, Citizenship, France
EVEIL Association is a French Non Profit Association whose purpose is to promote
active citizenship among young people and pupils. It is developing educational
programmes to inform French pupils about environment, health or worldwide issues
Its members would like to find Partners in others European Countries to develop
a European Scale Programme on Environment, Active Citizenship, European Institutions
or European Enlargement.
ForContact emails: guillaume.lecoque@eveil.asso.fr
or info@eveil.asso.fr
Website : http://www.eveil.asso.fr
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Is Multilingualism in Europe a Necessity?, France
This is the topic that a group of 17-year-old French pupils is working on.
It is also a question that is at the heart of all collaborative experiences.
If you wish to work on this topic, contact the teacher. Her pupils are involved
in an overall project on Europe and also taking part in the young European Parliament
initiative.
Magali Rautureau-Roger
magben@free.fr
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Wanted European Partnerships, Lithuania
Lithuania will soon join the European Union and many schools are eager to set
up projects with their new neighbours!
Kaunas Pilenai secondary school with its 12 to 18 year old pupils and teachers
would love to make many contacts and discuss collaborative ideas.
Contact name: Aukse Dereskeviciene
Aukse@mail.lt
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Role of Assistant Teachers, Greece
The Special Primary School of Kilkis/Greece, is very interested in getting
information about the role of the "assistant teachers" in other countries.
There is a new member in the school staff and she would really like to know
if there are any associations in European countries, legislation about the role
of the assisting personnel, ideas and projects about supporting the special
teacher in the class and finally any colleagues who might be interested in contacting
her and exchanging experiences and materials.
Age of students 4-14
Mental retardation, Autism, Physically Handicapped, Down Syndrome
Please contact: eidsxol@otenet.gr
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Prof-Inet Activities, Canada
Projects in French
We have been promoting the Prof -Inet projects from Québec for many
years because they are led by serious people who take school collaboration seriously,
assist teachers and students and try to bring in more and more creativity to
their projects. They are inviting you to take part in three activities this
year. The deadline for registration is mid-January.
The themes are:
. Alerte aux pluies acides! (10-14 year olds)
. Les jeux des cours d'écoles (8-12 year olds)
. Ton toit... Mon toit (8-10 year olds)
http://www.cslaval.qc.ca/prof-inet/aai/collab/proj-ass5.htm
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