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To be added to our press list please send an email to press-english (general) european-news (European media/pan-European media). MELT final review report: reviewers "urge the consortium to continue its excellent work which they consider an undoubted success" At the end of June 2009, the MELT educational content enrichment project, co-ordinated by European Schoolnet (EUN), received the final review report from the European Commission. The independent reviewers for the Commission's eContentplus programme had already complimented the MELT...
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ICT gender gap: stereotyped thinking continues to impact females’ choice for tech careers A high number of female students are not pursuing further studies or careers in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, despite having good basic computing skills, according to a study and white paper by European Schoolnet, commissioned by Cisco. The study can...
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First international Symposium brings together major global networks for innovation in education More than 130 high-level decision-makers from 30 countries, members of international networks active in the field of ICT in education are expected to attend the first ICT in Education Networks international symposium (http://is.eun.org)...
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The Learning Resource Exchange wins an IMS Award at Learning Impact 2009! European Schoolnet is pleased to announce that its Learning Resource Exchange (LRE) for schools received an IMS Learning Impact 2009 Leadership Award in Barcelona on 13 May in the category for Best Cross-National Solution.
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Digital games in classroom teaching: how do teachers use them? An inspiring first European overview A groundbreaking new European study, released today 5 May 2009 at a major EU conference hosted by the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, sheds light on how teachers use digital games in the classroom with their pupils for learning purposes. The conference was opened by the European...
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IMS Global Learning Consortium and the European Commission ASPECT Project Announce Partnership
Long Beach, California, Lake Mary, Florida, USA and Brussels, Belgium – 12 February 2009 – The nonprofit IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS GLC) and European Schoolnet, on behalf of the European Commission ASPECT project, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding...
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3rd Annual Data Protection Day - Surf the Net, Think Privacy: Making the internet a safer place for European citizens BRUSSELS, Belgium – 28 January 2009 —Today, Microsoft is pleased to take part in the 3rd annual Data Protection Day, hosted by Sophie in’t Veld, MEP, at the European Parliament in Brussels. Data Protection Day aims to raise awareness about data protection...
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Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the euro: design a poster and win a trip to Brussels!
10-14 year-old students from the euro area and Slovakia have until 31 December 2008 to design their posters for the Eurocompetition (www.eurocompetition.net). Besides the personal digital cameras for each national winner,...
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Celebrate Data Protection Day by making your own video!
Young Europeans between the ages of 15 and 19 years are invited to take part in the“Surf the internet – think Privacy” competition which was launched this week at www.dataprotectionday.eu. The challenge...
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Xperimania online chat: tackling the challenge of climate change
Lighter cars and energy efficient houses - new approaches to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions are discussed in the Xperimania (www.xperimania.net) chat on 6 November at 14.00 CET. Secondary school students are...
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eLearning Awards 2008: schools share good practice using ICT in lessons
European Schoolnet is launching for the eighth consecutive year the eLearning Awards, Europe's prime competition to award excellence and best use of technology in education. Schools and teacher training institutions are invited to take part and register at
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eTwinning: Europe’s schools take on social networking
Schools in Europe can now use web 2.0 tools to cooperate, via the new eTwinning portal (www.etwinning.net). Building on the success of the eTwinning Action since its launch in 2005, the new version of the portal serves over 45,000...
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Improving Europe’s skill base: new IT career portal launched - ICT industry leads multi-stakeholder action to develop long-term European e-Skills strategy
Leaders of the IT sector have launched a new initiative to promote e-Skills in Europe, at the e-Skills conference held in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Set up under the leadership of the e-Skills Industry Leadership Board (ILB) and supported by the European Commission’s DG Enterprise...
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CALIBRATE project final review - “The project has produced important results”
The CALIBRATE project ran from October 2005 – March 2008 and the final review of the project by independent experts has now been received from The European Commission’s IST Programme.
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EUN leads debate at high level event to raise interest in maths, science and technology
European Schoolnet chaired a session at the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) forum on 2 October 2008, focusing on how to increase young people’s interest in maths, science and technology (MST). Research indicates their interest in these topics is falling, and it...
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Xperimania science competition for schools: explore the properties of every day objects
To help teachers make science lessons more fun and interesting, Xperimania (www.xperimania.net), now in its second year, will concentrate on the properties of familiar objects and how chemistry contributes to them. Xperimania...
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Futurenergia School Programme 2007-2008: Awards Ceremony
German MEP Holger Krahmer brought the Europe-wide FuturEnergia school
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programme and its competitions to a close by hosting the awards ceremony at the European Commission in Brussels, on 17 September 2008. Commissioner Figel', responsible for Education, Training, Culture and...
Winners of Xperimania recognised in Brussels: girls come out on top in science competition
The winning students of the first Xperimania – from molecules to materials – (www.xperimania.net) competitions were awarded prizes at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Brussels on 16 September 2008. The 10 winners...
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Celebrate ten years of the euro with the Eurocompetition!
The Eurocompetition (www.eurocompetition.net), an online poster design competition for school children between 10 and 14 years of age living in the euro area and Slovakia to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the European...
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Rebuilding a European environmental website for young people: your opinion is needed!
Young Europeans, teachers and parents have still one week to give their
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opinion in rebuilding the existing Environment for Young Europeans (EYE) website of the European Commission. Taking the survey on http://eye.eun.org will...
10 years with the euro: a poster competition for kids
The EU's Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) celebrates its ten-year anniversary on 1 January 2009. Young people are invited to join in the celebration by taking part in the Eurocompetition (www.eurocompetition.net). This...
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How MELT took the fast lane to China
ICT industry alliance launches TeachToday initiative
Fourteen leading mobile operators, mobile content, social networking companies and internet providers today launch TeachToday.eu, a website designed to help teachers encourage children to use the internet and mobile technology responsibly...
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2008: The Year of Intercultural Dialogue
To celebrate the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, two new eTwinning
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project kits have been developed for schools to run projects on this featured topic.
Take part in Xperimania competitions and get a funny gadget – deadline
extended to 31 May 2008
Secondary school students all over Europe have until 31 May, 2008 to
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participate in the Xperimania competitions. Each participant will get a fun gift for each entry submitted between 1 April and 31 May. Overall winners will receive media players and a trip to Belgium...
Xperimania: new deadline for the competition
Until 7 April 2008, students in secondary schools in Europe can participate in two attractive competitions in the field of materials and petrochemistry on the Xperimania web site (www.xperimania.net). Teachers and students can...
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Annual eTwinning Conference, 14-16 March 2008
The eTwinning Conference 2008 will be held at the Hotel Grand Rin in Bucharest, Romania, from 14-16 March. The theme of this year’s conference is “Promoting Intercultural Dialogue” and the event will be attended by nearly 400 participants from across Europe.
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35, 000 schools now involved in eTwinning virtual school partnerships
eTwinning (www.etwinning.net) is an EU initiative to encourage schools to network with each other over the internet. In the three years since its launch, over 35,000 schools have signed up. At an eTwinning conference held in...
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Young people struggle to maintain their privacy online
57% of young people make their online social network profiles public and disclose a great deal of personal information, according to a recent survey of 21,872 people across Europe organised by European Schoolnet, coordinator of European Insafe network. Almost a third of youngsters...
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European Schoolnet helps children to stay safe on the internet
On 8 December European Schoolnet's Insafe team (www.saferinternet.org) launched a new tool for children to evaluate their online behaviour and receive appropriate safety advice based on their choices. The data gathered from this tool will be compiled into a report on children's internet...
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European Schoolnet Launches New Xplora Portal
Brussels, September, 22 2006 – European Schoolnet announces the launch of its new and improved Xplora website, a major European hub for the science education community. It has been updated to enhance usability and accessibility, expand functionality and boost awareness of important...
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German school among first in Europe to host web experiment
INTEL Ships Web Experiment “Photo Effect” to Gymasium Isernhagen
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eLearning Awards portal now online
The eLearning Awards is Europe’s premier competition rewarding excellent use of new technologies by schools.
Over €200,000 has been awarded to schools since it was first organised in 2000.
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6,000 schools registered for Spring Day in Europe 2006
Spring Day in Europe 2006 has reached the milestone of 6,000 schools. The 6,000th school is "Svetlina educational and cultural centre” from Sofia in Bulgaria.
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Agilent supports Xplora for web experiments
Agilent Technologies Foundation has made possible the development of an exciting new web experiment, the Millikan oil drop experiment. The foundation has provided a grant to Xplora (www.xplora.org), the European Science Education Gateway carried by European Schoolnet - EUN (www.eun.org),...
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Dynamic Geometry- an online event by Xplora and Deutsches Museum
Xplora (www.xplora.org ), the European gateway to science education and Deutsches Museum (www.deutsches-museum.de) are organising a Dynamic Geometry event, taking place at 10.30 on 14 March 2006 at the Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany.
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1,000 schools register for Spring Day 2006
On 12 December 2005, 1st TEE School from Volos in Greece became the 1000th school to register for Spring Day 2006. Schools have been signing up at a rate of more than 50 per day since registration opened on 23 November.
Future EU members are particularly engaged.
Romania leads...
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Catalan project wins eLearning Awards
A project called “Daring Reporters” from IES Ronda in Lleida, Catalonia has won the Young Digital Poland Award for best use of ICT in the eLearning Awards. The award was presented at a glittering ceremony at the EMINENT conference in Paris on 8 December 2005.
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Gilles de Robien ouvre la 6e Conférence internationale EMINENT - jeudi 8 décembre à 9h30
Organisée par le ministère français de l’Education et le réseau European Schoolnet-(EUN), la conférence annuelle EMINENT (Expert Meeting of International and National Educational Networks), se tiendra les 8 et 9 décembre 2005 à...
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CALIBRATE project fosters eLearning in an Enlarged Europe European Schoolnet (EUN) launched the CALIBRATE project in Tallinn on 10-11 October 2005. CALIBRATE stands for Calibrating eLearning in Schools and is a 30-month project to support collaborative use and exchange of learning resources in schools.
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EuropaGO EuropaGO is the Commission's website for young European citizens aged 10 to 14 years old.
The games are particularly handy for introducing European topics in geography, citizenship and music.
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EUN launches corporate portal
European Schoolnet launched on 19 April, 2005 a corporate site for its institutional and business partners and for anyone interested to know more about EUN activities and projects
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European Schoolnet building major new European gateway for science education At the Science in Society Forum in Brussels, Belgium, European Schoolnet unveiled the first version of a European science education gateway for teachers. The information site is currently online at www.xplora.org.
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Record number of schools participating in Spring Day in Europe 2005 More than 6200 schools have signed up for Spring Day in Europe 2005, which takes place on 17 March 2005.
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Green Week 2005 The European Commission's DG Environment invites all children in the enlarged EU and candidate countries, aged between 6 and 16 years, to take part in its Green Week schools competition 2005, organised by European Schoolnet.
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3000th school registers on eTwinning portal Colegio amor Misericordioso from Alfaro in Spain is the 3000th school to successfully register on the eTwinning portal. eTwinning is proving a successful tool for the internationalization of schools, connecting pupils and teachers to 27 countries in Europe with the view of strengthening...
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