PIC LOOKS AT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICY AND PRACTICE
Representatives of the EUN’s Policy and Innovation Committee (PIC) met in Brussels on 13 June 2007 for the second PIC meeting of the year. The event was organised in connection for the EUN Steering Committee meeting on 14 June.

Eighteen PIC representatives from 11 countries took part in the discussions. The theme of the meeting was the link between policy and practice; discussions also focused on the plans to strengthen EUN’s work on school practice.
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THREE YEARS OF ETWINNING CELEBRATED IN BRUSSELS
The final CSS/NSS meeting for the 2005-2007 phase of eTwinning took place in Brussels, on 12 June 2007. The meeting both celebrated the excellent and successful collaboration during this first stage of eTwinning as well as paved the road for future activities for the 2007-2008 school year.

Chaired by EUN Executive Director Marc Durando, the meeting brought together 60 representatives of the National Support Services (NSS), the Central Support Service (CSS) and the European Commission.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP IN TALLINN
The final professional development workshop of the 2006/07 series took place in Tallinn, Estonia on 7-9 June 2007. 90 participants from 22 countries came together for this workshop aimed at teachers from primary school.

Enel Mägi, CEO of the Tiger leap Foundation, welcomed the participants and talked of the importance of eTwinning for teachers and pupils at primary level as it gives them the opportunity to broaden their pupils’ European horizons and extend their own professional development.
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NEW ETWINNING HANDBOOK 2007
Following the success of last year’s first edition, a new eTwinning book was recently published. The new ‘Learning with eTwinning: A Handbook for Teachers’ is now available in print and online.

The aim of this book is to give teachers comprehensive information on what it means to be involved in an eTwinning project and resource to get started in an eTwinning project as well as to find out about some of Europe’s top projects from the 2005-2006 school year.
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YOUNG PEOPLE PLAY M-GAMES AT EMAPPS.COM SUMMER SCHOOL
Using 3G mobile phones with built in cameras and GPS devices, groups of young people took part in educational games to explore the historic town of Torun in Poland during the second eMAPPS.com summer school 4-8 June 2007.

The summer school was a major opportunity for some 50 teachers from the 14 participating schools, national coordinators and project partners to show mobile learning games developed in the project.
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SAFER INTERNET DAY WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Children and their teachers presented their winning projects in the Safer Internet Day 2007 Competition at a ceremony in Brussels Town Hall on 11 June 2007.

Richard Swetenham, Head of Unit at the European Commission’s DG Information Society, congratulated the winners from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, the UK and the United States and thanked sponsors Vodafone, represented by Annie Mullins and Liberty Global Europe represented by Bert Holtkamp.
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SPRING DAY MEETING IN BRUSSELS
The second project meeting for Spring Day 2007 took place on 16 June 2007 in Brussels. Almost all Pedagogical Advisers and twelve National Liaisons from the EU member states and candidate countries came together to report on their activities and experience.
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EUN STRENGTHENS INITIATIVES IN CONTENT EXCHANGE
EUN experts recently attended two key meetings in the area of interoperability and content exchange: the EDRENE kick off meeting which took place on 11-13 June 2007 in Naples and the European Foundation for Quality in eLearning (EFQUEL) Open Seminar on 13 June 2007.
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SUCCESSFUL PENCIL SCIENCE TEACHERS CONFERENCE
More than 120 participants attended the final PENCIL Science Teachers conference on 14-16 June 2007 in Technopolis, the Flemish science centre located in Mechelen, Belgium. About 100 science teachers from all over Europe attended the event.
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COSN AND EUROPEAN SCHOOLNET JOIN FORCES
EUN and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) announced on 4 June 2007 a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the aim to share knowledge, resources and insights on the role of education technology.

Both organisation will work closely together to explore synergies, exchange ideas and join forces to develop technological tools and services that will be beneficial for both education systems.
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EUROPEAN SCHOOLNET AND Appe TO COOPERATE
European Schoolnet was recently approached by the Association of Petrochemicals Producers in Europe (Appe) to launch an educational campaign for upper primary and secondary schools.

Together, they are developing an innovative concept to enable young people to explore the properties of materials, and understand some of the chemical processes involved in creating materials used in every day life.
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