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P2V policy visit in Barcelona

On 20-22 February 2008, the second policy peer learning visit of the P2V project (Peer to Peer Networking for Valorisation) took place at the Department of Education of Catalonia, Barcelona. The meeting brought together thirty experts and project partners to develop policy solutions to an ‘issue’ identified by Catalan partners on ways of encouraging innovation in Catalonian schools

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	Could this be the future of learning? An innovative learning model is currently been developed under a European Commission scheme which could revolutionise the way we learn. iClass has been in the making for the last four years as a platform to know more about the way we acquire knowledge and ‘learn how you learn’. Full article

	e-safety policies and initiatives across Europe in 2007 This study analyses how ICT in education policies in 22 European countries respond to emerging e-safety issues. It looks in particular at how far e-safety is a priority on a policy level, its goals and ways of implementation, safety issues as part of the curriculum and examples of good practice. Full article

	Spotlight on Calibrate schools Profiles of 14 schools have been recently added to the Calibrate gallery which includes self-portraits of nearly 75 schools participating in the project. The profiles have been drawn up by the schools themselves and include information concerning the role of ICT in respective schools... Full article

	Folksonomies, social bookmarking and tagging: the state-of-the-art Folksonomies and social tagging are an often cited example of Web 2.0, but what are they actually? How does social bookmarking differ from conventional bookmarks and what do folksonomies constitute of? Full article