This school year Spring Day for Europe runs from 25 March to 30 June 2008, with a particular focus on 9 May, when Europe Day is celebrated. The new web portal welcomes schools to register a this address: http://www.springday2008.net

The portal is the central point of the campaign and features a number of curriculum-based activities, resources, services and tools that can be accessed by schools once registered.

Online activities and competitions
Following the Spring Day for Europe tradition, to provide the possibility to get as many classes as possible involved, online activities address all age groups, from pre-primary to upper-secondary education.
 
Digital games
A set of digital games will be offered to support and make the teaching and learning of European topics more fun for students. The games are interactive and cover a number of thematic European areas.

Teaching and learning resources
The Spring Day for Europe web portal harvests a collection of teaching and learning resources to help teachers prepare and organise lessons focusing on the theme of Intercultural Dialogue.

Other web portal features
A set of special tools are available on the portal for schools to use: chats, blogs, e-cards, newsletters, podcasts and access to publishing tools. The portal also features tips on traditional activities (i.e. non-ICT activities) such as: how to organise an event that involves a local, national and/or public European figure; lesson outcomes and contributions to activities and competitions; event reporting; and information about key European public figures that visit schools to talk to young people.

Using the latest technologies, the portal also enables schools to communicate and exchange information with peers in Europe and beyond through online chats, blogs, RSS feeds, mailing lists and podcasts.

http://www.springday2008.net

Contact: Spring Day for Europe 2008 Team springday2008@eun.org