European Schoolnet Newsletter – Issue 75, January 2013

SUMMARY

Issue 75 – January 2013

JANUARY HIGHLIGHT

Event: Safer Internet Day 2013 – Connect with respect!

Safer Internet Day 2013 is almost upon us. Taking place on Tuesday 5 February 2013 with the theme of online rights and responsibilities, we will be encouraging all users to ‘Connect with respect’. A series of events and activities will be taking place in more than 100 countries across the globe to mark the day and raise awareness of the issues. Find out more and join in the celebrations at www.saferinternetday.org and on Twitter #SID2013.

NEWS 

Learning in teams: virtual school trip

Watch how primary school pupils in Florence, Italy, used digital tools to organise a virtual school trip to London and learn about other cultures as part of iTEC learning activities. According to the teacher: “There was a change in the students’ working methods: they worked in groups and discussed in a new way, and the students started to collaborate with new classmates”.

Introducing 3D learning in the classroom

The Future Classroom Lab is pleased to announce the addition of a new sponsor to the lab. Gaia Technologies, one of the leading developers of 3D learning technologies, will work in partnership with the Future Classroom Lab in developing visual learning scenarios for the future classroom. Find out more at the project website and read a white paper on the impact of 3D learning in education. 

New solutions for industry and education collaboration bring STEM teaching and careers further into focus

A critical component of inGenious, the flagship European Commission project fostering STEM education and careers, are a series of National deep-dives or "Needs Analyses" on industry and education collaboration in the teaching of STEM. The reports provide enlightening information about STEM teaching in 15 European countries and will form the basis of a comparative assessment of the state of industry-education collaboration in Europe. Register to the inGenious Teacher Community and be among the first to read these reports!

EVENTS

Visit the eTwinning stand at BETT, London
One of the world’s biggest educational events, the British Educational Training and Technology (BETT) trade show takes place in London’s ExCel centre from 30 January – 2 February 2013. During the BETT show teachers from all over Europe travel to London to find out what’s new in the world of educational training and technology. If you’re planning to travel to BETT drop by the eTwinning stand and join the eTwinning BETT discussion on Twitter @eTwinning_CSS, #etwbett.

Pupils and teachers redesigning the school

On 14 January, the Future Classroom Lab hosted teachers and pupils from Immaculata Instituut, Malle, Belgium. The theme of the visit, part of the school’s iTEC activities, was ‘Redesigning the School’. Both pupils and teachers offered contributions on how they would like the education system to evolve, with an emphasis on more interactive learning environments, and self-directed learning.

EVENTS & MEETINGS