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We are pleased to announce the Local to Global Video Competition! This is a wonderful way for your students to showcase your IT and Video skills. This competition is open to Post Primary Schools in Northern Ireland only. Further information is available at www.britishcouncil.org/nireland or in the attached documentDownload 11279_climate_master_artwork.pdf . Good Luck!
The aim of the European eTwinning Prizes competition is to highlight best practice in collaborative school projects using Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
This year the UK is represented by six projects, in all four categories. Well done to:
Category ages 4-10
Susie Arnott from Backworth Park Primary School for their project My town, your town. Our lives in a calendar.
Margaret Hay from Cauldeen Primary School and Owain Richards from Cliff Lane Primary school for their project Little Explorers: look - think - talk - imagine – realize
Category ages 11-15
Nick Falk from Sackville School for their project Podcasting
Category ages 16-19
Anne Jakins, also from Sackville School for their project Preparation for Working Life
Category Science and Maths
Nick Falk from Sackville School for their project The teaching and learning of scientific subjects in our schools
Kiki Haines from Eastbourne Comprehensive School for their project Draw me the task
The final 8 projects finalists will be announced on 1 February. Read more.
The French National Support Service gets regularly a large number of e-mails or phone calls from French teachers looking for British schools to twin with. Those requests concern mainly primary education and aim to set up bilingual (French-English) partnerships between the two schools. The ICT tools used vary from electronic correspondence only to more interactive activities using interactive white boards and/or video conferencing.
My team and myself would welcome any specific request from UK schools interested in such partnerships and looking for French partners. Despite the majority of primary schools involved, secondary education schools are most than welcome to get in touch with us.
My team will do their best to facilitate your French partner school finding in cooperation with the UK National Support Service!
If you have already registered on www.etwinning.net, and are having difficulty finding a French partner school, please get in touch with us by sending an e-mail describing both your school and expectations to : etwinning.drt@cndp.fr.
A new European prize for young people is launched January 2008. It targets people aged between 16 and 30 who have been involved with projects helping to promote understanding between peoples of different European countries.
Organised by the European Parliament and the Foundation of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen, the Charlemagne Youth Prize provides funding of €2,000 - €5,000 for existing projects that foster a shared sense of European identity and cooperation. The best projects from each of the 27 EU Member States will be invited to Aachen, in Germany, on 29 April 2008.
As well as promoting European and international understanding, the winning projects will serve as role models for young people living in Europe. In particular the organisers are looking for practical examples of Europeans living together. The projects can focus on the organisation of youth events, youth exchanges or internet projects with a European dimension.
Application forms are available on the European Parliament's UK Office website at: www.europarl.org.uk The deadline for applications is 8 February 2008.
For more information, please contact caroline.boyle@europarl.europa.eu
Recently, the national television station ‘France 2’ did a special feature on eTwinning and its video-conferencing partner tool, FlashMeeting. Read more.
Are you interested in getting involved in an eTwinning project with a school in Iceland? To learn about how eTwinning is working in Iceland, we recently talked to Gudmundur Ingi Markusson, the Coordinator for eTwinning in Iceland. Read more.
Building on last year’s successful campaign, we are delighted to announce a new UK Back to School campaign from 15 January-15 February 2008 to coincide with the Comenius deadline for School Partnerships. Read more.
