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European Schoolnet Teachers' Newsletter is an update of events, projects, calls for collaboration, resources and any other topics of interest to teachers. It is written by Brigitte Parry - a teacher in the EUN Office responsible for school networking. It is posted by email to thousands of subscribers every three weeks in Danish, Dutch, English, French, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Slovenian. There are also online versions in Polish, Lithuanian, Japanese and Hebrew. It is unique, effective and popular in many countries in Europe and beyond. EUROPEAN SCHOOLNET TEACHERS' NEWSLETTER #111 February 8, 2006 SPRING DAY IN EUROPE 2006 COMPETITIONS FOCUS Dear colleagues, After the Catalan version, we are very proud to welcome a new regional translation of this newsletter. The Basque authorities wish to provide more international opportunities to Basque schools in their own language. We particularly thank Eukeni Urgoiti for doing this translation. Now some simple thoughts that come to me as I travel and meet many people in many countries: The last eTwinning Professional Development workshop that took place in Italy revealed an amazing diversity in the roles of school leaders across the EU. The support of a school leader is crucial to the development of the International dimension in education. This really is what matters for all the people who work in schools. This is what counts and this is the reason why we get up every morning: we are working at the source of society: children J Kindly yours :) ____________SPRING DAY IN EUROPE 2006____________ www.springday2006.org Walk Through New Web Site The Spring Day web site is your chance to share, network and show what you do. It is important to register for several reasons, but one reason that you may not know about is that by registering you guarantee the safety of the whole web site. We need to be able to make sure that nothing rude or violent or inappropriate goes on line. All contributions are moderated in all languages. The Spring Day web site is a safe area for your pupils. Web master: Besty Verheij Web Editor for news and content: Agathe Djelalian Agathe.Djelalian@eun.org Translations: Sophie Vandeputte Technical development: Mourad Etbaz ________________________ Europe is our living space but many young people feel that it is far away from their daily life. In this Blog, we give the floor to young Europeans to express their concerns, feelings, and hopes about the future of the EU and ask concrete questions on European issues. They may also make suggestions on how they feel Europe can get closer to its citizens. We will invite experts from all EU institutions to make comments and answer their questions. Contributions can be made in all EU languages. For technical reasons, you must send your questions and suggestions to your national pedagogical advisor who will insert the texts in the Blog. Comments are open to all. http://www.springday2006.org/ww/en/pub/spring2006/contact/teachers.htm General European coordinator: Valentina De Mari valentina.demari@eun.org ________________________ General European coordinator: Nuria de Salvador nuria.desalvador@eun.org My Proposal for Europe: Contributions can start now, votes will take place between the 21st of March and the end of April. Where is Europe? Local Heroes http://www.springday2006.org/ww/en/pub/spring2006/learn_and_debate.cfm ________________________ Choose a theme, get your pupils to learn about the EU institutions and draft a law for Europe. Let them play the roles of Commissioners, Members of the European Parliament and Ministers. Finally get your pupils to agree and propose a law that will have a positive impact on all European citizens. http://www.springday2006.org/ww/en/pub/spring2006/making_decisions.htm General European coordinator: Katerina Bavorova katerina.bavorova@eun.org ________________________ General European coordinator: Sylvia Binger sylvia.binger@eun.org Dialogue with the wider world: http://www.springday2006.org/ww/en/pub/spring2006/togetherworld.cfm Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Solidarity http://www.springday2006.org/ww/en/pub/spring2006/togetherworld.cfm Peace Poem: Contact: Brigitte Parry Together in the World, Call for Global Partners If you are located outside Europe: Asia, Africa, America, Australia, you are welcome to the Spring Day global partner finding forum. This is a good opportunity to focus on global issues with EU schools, to get to know the EU and set up partnerships with schools from all continents. http://www.springday2006.org/ww/en/pub/spring2006/togetherworld.cfm Coordinator: Sylvia Binger __________________ COMPETITIONS___________________ Recognition and Rewards Green Week, Biodiversity This year’s Green Week will focus on biodiversity. The annual environmental conference and exhibition will take place in Brussels between 30 May and 2 June 2006. Part of the event is the annual Green Week School Competition, which encourages young people from all EU Member States, candidate and EFTA countries to learn about environmental issues and express themselves artistically. Younger children can enter the competition with drawings and paintings illustrating their opinions about biodiversity while older pupils are invited to submit short digital videos on the same theme. The top three winners of each category will be invited to Brussels for the awards ceremony during Green Week. A selection of the best entries in each category will be presented at the conference. Deadline for entries is 25 March. http://www.greenweek.eun.org Development Youth Prize 2006, Focus on Africa This is a new competition; it will be renewed every year for 4 years, with a different focus every year. Pupils aged 16 to 18 are invited to express their views via a collaborative class art work and message on how the EU can make a difference towards developing countries. Classes will be able to compete either with digital contributions (like multimedia montages) or non digital contributions (like photographs and posters). The winners will be invited to the Development Week in Brussels; they will also get cash prizes to be partly spent on a development project with an African class. There is an obvious link between the schools working on Spring Day in Europe, Together in the World, and this competition. It is easy to get involved in both projects and benefit from all opportunities. The web site will be available mid-February, it will be in 20 languages and registration will be open until the end of this school year. Project Coordinator: Brigitte Parry Award for Excellence in Interpreting Philosophy for Children An award of US$200 will be made by ICPIC for the best essay among those submitted on the nature and significance of doing philosophical inquiry with children. The aim of the Award is to encourage renewed visions of the nature and significance of doing philosophy with children. Essays for the 2006 competition must be submitted electronically in a Rich Text Format (RTF) by February 28, 2006 to Dale Cannon <cannodw@wou.edu>, Director of the Award Committee, with a copy to Roger Sutcliffe <rogersutcliffe@onet.co.uk>, President of ICPIC. _________________________________________________ European Award for Languages The European Award for Languages recognises innovative, effective and replicable projects from schools, colleges, universities, business and other institutions which are involved in exciting language-learning initiatives. Not only do winners receive the Award, which marks them out as among the best in Europe, there are a number of additional special prizes, including the Mary Glasgow Language Trust Award which this year stands at a generous £2,000. _________________________________________________ Children's Rights in Images, Art Competition This competition is targeted at children aged between 5 and 10, who will illustrate an article under the guidance of their teacher. It will be possible to submit contributions on a template for graphic files with a description of teacher's activities (the template will be accessible in December). Food4U Competition How much do we eat? When do we eat? But, above all, what do we eat? If your pupils are aged between 14 and 19, the competition FOOD 4U is giving them the chance to tell their story using video. _____________________ FOCUS ______________________ Inspiration Play DeCiDe - Deliberative Citizens Debates In this game website teachers can find kits ready to print, background information and visual instructions to run six debates about controversial life science issues: pre-implantation genetic testing; stem cell research; Teachers can use it in Science Clubs, Parents Evenings... or to do an enthusiastic introduction to a curriculum theme – the students can see how formal learning will be important in their citizenship. The kits are keen to use in Biology, Chemistry and Philosophy classes. It approaches topics like: cost-benefit equation, risk concept, precautionary principle, ethics, etc., besides many specific scientific concepts. Languages for now: English, Estonian, Italian, Portuguese and Slovene. This project can very easily be combined with Spring Day in Europe. 26 Projects in One School, Cyprus Gloria Sepou is a head teacher in Cyprus. She could enter the book of International projects record! Her school is running 26 international projects in parallel! For information and inspiration: Gloria Sepou lav@cytanet.com.cy Teacher of English Blog, France Sylvie Marc teaches English in France, and she is now running and maintaining a blog to inform and share with colleagues. Many teachers are now testing new ways to use the Internet like Wikis and Blogs. http://ourblog.over-blog.org/ Media Studies If your pupils (secondary level) or you are interested in using mass media as a learning vehicle at school, take a look at this web site. It is in English only; it is attractive and offers many resources, links and examples. http://start.at/mediastudies Euromyths, EU The European Commission's Press Office in London monitors the British press's highly distorted coverage of the European Union. Euromyths are scare stories based on hearsay, rumours and half-truths, many of which have been repeated so often that they have become accepted truths within the public and media consciousness. http://www.cec.org.uk/press/myths/ It is more and more important to educate young people to healthy food behaviours. This web site aimed at UK teachers, can be a resource for all, it provides information, discussions, contacts, and learning materials about this very important issue. http://www.foodforum.org.uk/ Snaith Primary School Web Site, UK We see many schools’ web sites, but this one makes a difference. Take a look, surf around and lose yourself in this very nice primary school online world! http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/ Animated History of Latin Alphabet A very simple but instructive animated gif on how the characters we use today developed from Phoenician. Have a look – it is very short but rich in information! http://janpeters.net/pics/stuff/alphabet.gif _______________ COLLABORATION__________________ Create Together Networking Librarians, Italy A group of public schools from the province of Rome, with students aged from 3 to 19, is looking for European partner schools, in particular from English, French and Spanish speaking countries. The idea is to set up a European network of school libraries to facilitate the exchange of books and documents, both in paper and electronic format, and to build up a common catalogue, with the final objective of enlarging the offer available to students, improve their language skills and make young citizens growing up with an European view. _________________________________________________ Cultural Project, France In this school a group of 5 English, German and Russian teachers would like to exchange about culture and traditions, sports, songs and school programs. The pupils to involve in the project would be 5 to 11 years old. Contact: Nelly Depuntis _________________________________________________ European Pupils' Magazine This online tool for collaborative magazines is now used by many schools. The project has a new redesigned web site: They are looking for new partners. _________________________________________________ e-Pals Project in French This initiative aims at linking up schools from all French speaking countries: France, Belgium, Quebec, African and Asian countries. They are launching their new campaign for this school year; contact them if you are interested. Contact: http://lavis.site.voila.fr DROFoLTA (Detecting and Removing Obstacles to Foreign Language Teaching Abroad), managed by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya in collaboration with the Universitat Ramon Lull. This is a survey for teachers of foreign languages on the theme of mobility. Please spend some time on this survey, mobility is important. The deadline is very close! _________________________________________________ Village Looking for Partners, Senegal The Village of Mpal-Senegal, is looking for schools to enrich their plans to link their inhabitants young and old with the rest of the world. They have a lot of ideas and they are eager to share their cultural wealth with you. Contact: Ibrahima GAYE ************** THE EUROPEAN SCHOOLNET TEACHER'S NEWS************** You are receiving our electronic newsletter because you are subscribed to the EUN's News listserv. Feel free to forward this newsletter as you wish. The information contained herein is public-domain information and no claims are made about its ownership or reproduction rights but if you have any questions, or you need more information on this service, for unsubscribing, or for subscribing to any of the EUN's other Newsletters, visit: http://www.eun.org/newsletter or send an email to: brigitte.parry@eun.org If you wish to see your project, your news or your call for partners announced, please send us your project description and we'll try to promote your work. Don't forget to specify the type of project and age groups concerned and any other helpful details. 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