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home > Media services > News > eTwinning camp brings young Europeans to sunny Lanzarote eTwinning camp brings young Europeans to sunny Lanzarote From 27 to 30 April, the six eTwinning Prize winning partnerships came together in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, for four days of technology-related workshops, pedagogical networking and rich intercultural exchange. For 77 young people and 28 teachers from all over Europe, it was the occasion to meet their ‘eTwins’ in a relaxing environment for a series of activities designed for the occasion by European Schoolnet, eTwinning’s Central Support Service. This first eTwinning camp welcomed 106 participants from 14 different European countries and took place at the Hotel Rubicon Palace, located in Playa Blanca on the southern cost of Lanzerote. The highlight of the hotel was its breathtaking landscape view of the lava fields of Timanfaya National Park. On the first evening, the group got to know each other during a dinner and afterwards with a quiz on Europe where all the participants played in mixed teams. The second day marked the official opening of the camp with welcoming speeches for the Mayor of Yaiza, Mr. José Francisco Reyes and Mr. Juan Cruz, Educational Director for Lanzarote. Mr. Mariano Segura, the Director of the CNICE, The Spanish Centre for ICT in Education (Ministry of Education), warmly welcomed the group on behalf of the Spanish Ministry of Education, while Mr Armin Bosch Head of Unit Comenius-Grundtvig of the European Commission, congratulated the winners of being exemplars for the success of eTwinning and told the group how the vision of eTwinning as a collaborative action was being achieved with great success. Workshops The days of the eTwinning workshop were split between work and play. There were two programmes of workshops, one for students and one for teachers, both of which ran in parallel in the mornings. The students learned about podcasting with Sebastian Dorok, video editing with Emile Vassallo, and exercised their creativity in Art and Craft with Magnus Saemundsson. The teachers had workshops on Intercultural Communication given by Bettina Zeidler, Blogging for Teachers given by Conor Galvin and eTwinning in a Whole School approach run by Pieter Hogenbirk. These workshops were facilitated by Brigitte Parry and Anne Gilleran. A special group of ten students together with Katerina Barorova created a record of the camp in the form of a blog, consisted of photographs, articles and interviews. This unique record of the event may be viewed at http://blog.eun.org/etwinningcamp The afternoons and evening were for more relaxing activities such as a treasure hunt and sports activities. The entertainment programme was devised by Sophie Vandeputte and Evita Tasiopoulou with great success. One of the highlights for everybody was the bus tour through the volcanoes of Timanfaya and a ride on a camel! On the last evening the outcomes of the various workshops were presented in a lively show and the camp ended with a wonderful feeling of togetherness. It was a truly unique experience of European collaboration while at the same time celebrating our uniqueness and diversity. Above it proved that eTwinning is fun!
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