LAST CALL FOR TEACHERS TO TAKE EU WIDE SURVEY ON ICT SUCCESSES IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
How do Information and Communication technologies (ICT) make a difference in primary schools in Europe? Have you successfully used ICT in your school with children?

This is the last opportunity to share your experience and be part of an EU-wide study conducted by European Schoolnet on behalf of the European Commission.

The survey is aimed at to those working with ICT in schools, teachers, head teachers, ICT-coordinators to investigate the impact of ICT.
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EMINENT CONFERENCE REPORT PUBLISHED
The EMINENT conference report highlights ideas and topics debated over the two days of European Schoolnet's annual conference, which took place in Rome on 4-5 December 2008.

The event was attended by 240 participants from all over Europe and beyond, representing ministries of education, industry partners, teachers and experts. Keynote speakers included Mike Trucano of the World Bank and the conference was opened by Giovanni Biondi, Chair of the EUN Steering Committee.
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EDUCATION LEADERS BRIEFING IN LONDON
The Education Leaders Briefing, which took place in London on 12-14 January 2009, was organized by Microsoft in collaboration with European Schoolnet. The event took place in conjunction with the British Education and Training Technology Show (BETT).

It brought together representatives of Ministries of Education, policy advisors and education officers. European Schoolnet chaired a session at the event on 21st Century Education Policy and Research.
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XPERIMANIA ACTIVITIES IN PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY: "CHECK OUT THE PROPERTY"
Secondary school students aged 10-20 years old, in groups of maximum two or three, are invited to participate in the ‘Check out the property!’ competition. Submissions uploaded before 30 April 2009 will be evaluated and the best entries will be awarded with a personal media player for each student and a stipend for their school to be spent on scientific classroom resources.
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XPERIMANIA CHAT IN FRENCH: HOW ARE CHEMICALS USED IN ART RESTORATION?
How can we preserve pieces of art for future generations? How is chemistry used to help prevent the deterioration of old art works? In the Xperimania chat “How are chemicals used in art restoration?” on 5 February at 14.00 CET students can put these questions to Mrs Myriam Serck-Dewaide, the Director General of the Belgian Royal Institute of Artistic Heritage (Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique. The chat language will be French.
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STELLA PROJECT BOOSTS SCIENCE EDUCATION IN EUROPE
The STELLA project aims to foster better science education in Europe. In 2009, the STELLA team is creating a set of guidelines for documentation and transferability of good practices, which is an issue currently being debated in many countries.

The guidelines are targeted to teachers, decision makers, school authorities and school heads and will be disseminated both at national and European level. The STELLA portal, which brings together interested stakeholders, aims to collect science education practices all over Europe.
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BRIDGING INDUSTRY AND SCIENCE EDUCATION: KEY TO EUROPEAN INNOVATION
In December 2008, PlasticsEurope published an interview with Marc Durando, European Schoolnet’s Executive Director.

The interview focused on the efforts and current strategies by European industry to make science teaching more attractive in schools. PlasticsEurope is European Schoolnet's partner in the FutureEnergia project to raise young people awareness about energy efficiency.
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WATCH THE WINNING DATA PROTECTION DAY VIDEOS
With 16 European participating countries, 77 videos submitted in two months and more than 25,000 daily visits on the website (www.dataprotectionday.eu), the Data Protection Competition has closed successfully on 28 January 2009 which marks Data Protection Day .
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE EUROCOMPETITION FINALISTS!
The finalists of the Eurocompetition (www.eurocompetition.net), a poster competition to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the euro, are now published! From 15 September to 31 December 2008 over 1,800 schoolchildren from the euro area took part in this online competition organised by the European Commission.
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DEVELOPMENT YOUTH PRIZE 2008-2009: CREATIVITY MEETS AFRICA
Human development in Africa is the challenging topic of the Development Youth Prize, which closes end of May 2009. The European competition invites students aged 16 - 18 to show their creative views on Africa - authors of the most original submissions will win a trip to Africa! The competition website is online and open to new submissions.
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1,000 SCHOOLS REGISTERED FOR SPRING DAY FOR EUROPE 2009
Agrupamento Biotehniški center Naklo - Srednja šola, in Slovenia, is the 1000th school to join the Spring Day for Europe 2009 campaign. As part of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation, the event aims to encourage schools to organise many debates and activities focusing on Europe and creativity. The campaign is expected to raise schools’ interest from 25 March to 9 May 2009.
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Upcoming EUN meetings:
5-7 February: eTwinning Pedagogical Development Workshop, The Netherlands
10 February: Safer Internet Day
13-15 February: eTwinning Conference, Prague, Czech Republic
4 March: Project Management Committee Meeting (ASPECT), Vigo, Spain
5-6 March: Consortium Meeting (ASPECT), Vigo, Spain
10-11 March: Technical Workshop on SQI-OAI (ASPECT), Leuven
14-15 May: First ASPECT Conference on Best Practices for Improving Interoperability in Learning and Teaching in Schools, Barcelona, Spain