To make the Round Table a truly interactive session, a chat room will be made available where participants will be able to post comments about the meeting ‘live’. Also a blog has been created at http://roundtable.eun.org/blog. It will be an informal place where to learn more about speakers, read interesting news and subscribe to conference podcasts.

The first entry of the blog says:
“What we want to do with the roundtable is to bring at the table three actors: stakeholders in education, the European Commission and industry to take stock of what has been achieved in recent years to bring to schools in Europe the benefits of ICT, but also to identify future directions, needs and challenges. Hence the tag line of the event: ‘Looking at the past to build the future’”

To know more about the Round Table, interesting statistics, know more about speakers during the conference or how to use the chat tool, etc, visit the roundtable blog.

In preparation for the Round Table, EUN has launched two surveys: one for participants and other policy-makers and one for schools, and the results will be analysed and presented at the Round Table. The schools survey aims to give a snapshot of the perspective of schools in Europe on ICT issues and on the future of schooling. Questions include: what are schools’ priorities in the years to come, where should the money be spent, does European collaboration projects bring added value to teaching and learning? The survey is expected to reach around 30,000 schools in Europe. It is available in English, French and German.

A report on the Round Table will be disseminated in early 2007.

Links:
http://roundtable.eun.org
http://roundtable.eun.org/blog