EUROPEAN SCHOOLNET TEACHERS' NEWSLETTER #42
November 14., 2000
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SPECIAL EUN CALL
Open Posts at the EUN Office, BrusselsVIRTUAL SCHOOL
Join Europe, Special Needs Department
European Immigration to the United States, History Department
Euroscope Contest, French Department
New Team, Music DepartmentNETD@YS
CoMuNet Netd@ys Animation Activity
A Cultural Journey into AustraliaCALLS FOR COLLABORATION
Email Exchange with Portuguese Secondary
Trees, Wood, Forests, France
Expectations and Youth, Germany
ICT Collaboration with Romanian School
2001 Virtual Novels Project
Penpal Exchange for Adults, Portugal
Ecology in Europe, Waste Management, Spain
Online Magazine, Italy
Internet Challenges Project
Drawings and Paintings Exchanges, Sweden
Exchange in English for Italian School
Exchange in French with Spanish SecondaryPROJECTS
Romanian Virtual School Project
An example of Citizenship Initiative, France
Nordit Project, Nordic CountriesRESOURCES
US Presidents
Presidential Inaugural Addresses
US Presidents Trivia Quizzes
Welcome to Washington, Guided Tour
Citizenship Clips
Teaching English Literature on the Net
The Official Eiffel Tower SiteCOMPETITIONS
Spanish Babelnet 2000EUROSCOPE
European Schoolnet Conferences and Events Page
Amazing news: the Hebrew version of the EUN Teachers' Newsletter reaches
2200 subscribers! It is available from:
http://netdays.org.il/eun/
in two versions - doc and rtf, we warmly thank our partner from Israel for
this extraordinary effort to disseminate our information bulletin.This week, a special focus on two initiatives:
The EUN Virtual School has just very successfully been promoted at a
European ICT exhibition in Sweden. This unique group of 110 teachers
provides you all with contacts, projects and expertise in all subjects.
http://www.eun.org/menu/vs/Netd@ys 2000 is a European Commission initiative to encourage educational,
cultural and other organisations to set up educational on-line projects.
The official launching of Netd@ys 2000 will take place in Paris on November
23 during the French Salon de l'Education. Netd@ys Week will take place
from November 20 to 27. Visit the site and join in!
http://www.netdays2000.orgAnd as we have all been following the American elections, I guess many
English teachers are working on this topic with their pupils. We have
selected a few sites to save you time and energy surfing for teaching
materials.Enjoy this newsletter!
BrigittePS: We sympathise with all the colleagues who unfortunately suffered
through the terrible floods that recently affected Europe.______________ SPECIAL EUN CALL_________________
Tempted by Brussels?
_________________________________________________Open Posts at the EUN Office, Brussels
Here is a special official message from M. Ulf W. Lundin, our office director:
" This is an announcement for 7 new posts in the EUN Office. All the posts
are related to the EUN web site.
The general terms and qualifications (including some background in
formation) for the posts can be found at:
http://www.en.eun.org/eun.org2/goto.cfm?sid=1803 of the new posts are related to the INSIGHT Observatory including a
Content Manager for this post; full information can be found at:
http://www.en.eun.org/eun.org2/goto.cfm?did=2624.2 other posts - a Content Manager and a COMENIUSspace web editor - are
meant for the new eSchoolnet site; full in formation is at:
http://www.en.eun.org/eun.org2/goto.cfm?did=2625The 2 additional posts are a web editor for the School Managers Centre web
site, full information at:
http://www.en.eun.org/eun.org2/goto.cfm?did=2626
and a technical web master for the technical web team, full information at:
http://www.en.eun.org/eun.org2/goto.cfm?did=2627"_________________VIRTUAL SCHOOL________________
For Teachers By Teachers
_______________________________________________Join Europe, Special Needs Department
The main objective of the project is to make the children "translate" their
thoughts into digital documents, send them to the team who will publish the
entries on their website. The children who participate can win a digital
camera or software.
The contributions the coordinators hope to receive are: pictures; scanned
paintings and drawings, digital photos, recorded sounds and computer
graphics. They can also send texts that they write in their native tongue -
or in English if they can. The children's texts must always be accompanied
by an English translation done by the teacher.
The objective is to focus on every possible way of communication.For further information, please contact maja.bodottermyrup@telia.com
_________________________________________________European Immigration to the United States, History Department
This project offers resources and teaching materials to European teachers
about this important period of our European history. The site is divided
into nineteen sections including: Periods of European Emigration; European
Emigration Statistics; The Journey; Immigration Acts; Emigrants: Countries
of Origin; Events, Issues and Immigration and Biographies of Immigrants.
There is also a collection of online lessons that enables you to use the
material in the classroom. Please email John Simkin at
spartacus@pavilion.co.uk if you wish to contribute material or lessons to
the project.Subscribe to the History Newsletter from the Virtual School's site:
http://www.en.eun.org/vs/history/history.html_________________________________________________
Euroscope Contest, French Department
Canal Rêve (Lingua D - Babelnet) and the French department of the Virtual
School are launching a new contest the about the discovery of the European
Union.
The deadlines for entries are October 30 to December 20, 2000.
The " Euroscope - L'Europe en photos" competition proposes to all learners
of French as a foreign language to make a web page about a European country
other than their own.Video cassettes offered by the " Editions Didier " will be sent to the
winners.http://www.en.eun.org/vs/french/french.html
http://www.sbg.ac.at/rom/babelnet_________________________________________________
The first Planning Team meeting of the newly formed Music Department took
place in Glasgow, Scotland on 9 - 10 November. Members from Scotland,
Norway, Sweden, Finland and Austria attended the meeting and planned
together.
Information about the Music Department is available from Moira Hunter, the
co-ordinator
moira@skene.f9.co.uk
Please do not hesitate to contact her if you teach music, your experience
will be most welcome.___________________ NETD@YS____________________
http://www.netdays2000.org
_________________________________________________CoMuNet Netd@ys Animation Activity
The CoMuNet project is launching the CoMuNet Netd@ys Animation Activity to
disseminate teaching practices and outcomes of integration of ICT within
Comenius or school projects. The schools interested in this activity should
write an article about ICT in Comenius or school projects which should be
no longer than 2000 words. Articles sent before November 20th will be
published in the CoMuNet Webzine: a kind of electronic book about ICT at
work in school projects. A special issue of the CoMuNet Webzine will be
produced for Netd@ys 2000 (20-27th November 2000).Guidelines to article contents and post are provided at
http://www.xtec.es/comunet ( click on CoMuNet Netd@ys 2000 Animation
Activity)
or contact Francesc Moliné by email
fmoline@pie.xtec.es_________________________________________________
A Cultural Journey into Australia
A big thank you from the coordinator to all the European Schools who joined
in on this cultural diversity online project. This exciting project is
growing all the time. If you did not have a chance to register but may be
interested in working with Australian schools in the future please visit
the site and go to the MEET section to see all the schools and school
galleries. We would also like to highlight the collaborative online forums
which any one is welcome to join.
You can join in on this event which is running from the 20th November to
27th of November.http://forum.edna.edu.au/netdays2000
__________CALLS FOR COLLABORATION_____________Work Together
______________________________________________Email Exchange with Portuguese Secondary
Isabel teaches in a Portuguese school, Escola Secundária Passos Manuel, in
Lisbon. Some students in her school wish to contact students from other
schools in Europe. They are 13, 14 and 15 years old, boys and girls, and
apparently attracted to the Netherlands!Contact: Isabel de Brito
ibrito@megamail.pt_________________________________________________
A group composed of a teacher training institute from the South of France
and two associations working for the promotion of ICT in education are
proposing a very nice project, open to all levels, from nursery school to
higher education. The topic is "Trees, Wood and Forests" and the language
is French.
The site offers very useful information and also services, advice,
sub-themes and a timeline for the whole of the school year.http://www2.toulouse.iufm.fr/pe/abf/projet.html
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Expectations and Youth, Germany
Sigrun teaches in a German upper secondary school. Her older students want
to learn about the expectations of other European students when they start
their business life. This project can be both formative and reassuring. If
you are interested in this exchange, please contact this German colleague.Sigrun Belau
S_u_P.Belau@t-online.de_________________________________________________
ICT Collaboration with Romanian School
This Romanian colleague teaches pupils aged 10 to 14. She would like to
start integrating ICT to her pedagogy. The first step would be a simple
email exchange with European partners.
Help her to join the community of connected teachers!Her school's site:
http:\\www.geocities.com\romanul1\pgold\eng\index.htmHer email: scoala7@mail.rdstm.ro
_________________________________________________
The purpose is to write a novel by identifying yourself to different roles
and imagining a story within the framework of a proposed scenario and
timeline.
This year, this long-term activity is proposed in four languages: three
novels in French, the others in German, Spanish and English.
Each novel has a coordinator. This may be interesting for language teachers
in collaboration with colleagues according to the topic chosen (history,
geography, art etc).http://193.252.92.211/roman/presentation.html
_________________________________________________
Penpal Exchange for Adults, Portugal
A Portuguese secondary school is organising a two-year course for adults.
To stimulate and motivate them, they would like to establish contacts with
other adult education institutes to create email exchanges between learners.Contact:
manuela_brd@yahoo.com
_________________________________________________Ecology in Europe, Waste Management, Spain
This school situated in Catalonia is urgently looking for a partner school
from any European country to work together with an international team on
this environmental topic.
If you are interested, please contact the coordinator:
Anna Aznar
aaznar@pie.xtec.es_________________________________________________
This group of pupils from the Liceo Linguistico I. Kant-Rome wants to
inform European students that since the 10th November they can find, on
their school's web site, a magazine in five languages (English, Spanish,
French, German and Italian) that features articles about cinema, theatre,
music, young people problems, and so on. The name of the project is "From
Rome to Rome" and it will be issued every month until June. They are
waiting for your suggestions, information about your countries, your
schools , etc, to add them to the content of their magazine: all
contributions are welcome, pictures, texts…
Contact teacher:
gif-gif@libero.it
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All pupils are invited to take part in this ICT challenge. The pupils have
to work on thematic questionnaires adapted to their different levels:Primary schools: Getting to know Germany, Getting to know the United
Kingdom and other English speaking countries. (in French)
Lower secondary schools :
Culture and civilisation : Germany, the UK and other English speaking
countries(in French)
Sport in Germany and the UK (in French, English, German)
The Titanic (in English)
Upper secondary schools:
Sport in Germany and the UK (in English, German)To know more:
http://english.teacher.online.fr/defi/go.htm_________________________________________________
Drawings and Paintings Exchanges, Sweden
A group of four Swedish teachers would like to set up an exchange project
with European partner schools where the pupils have special arts classes.
Then they would decide on thematic areas and ask the students to exchange
art works.Contact:Lars Ahlin
lars.aahlin@adalsskolan.org
_________________________________________________Exchange in English for Italian School
Rita is a teacher of English as a foreign language at the Filippo Smaldone
School in Rome. She teaches students from 11 to 14 and this year they are
working on a project about European communication and culture. She would
like to activate a connection between her school and European partners to
let the students communicate via the Internet and develop their knowledge
of European cultures.
rita burani
daphne-x@rocketmail.com
_________________________________________________Exchange in French with Spanish Secondary
If your pupils learn French or Spanish as a second language, and if you
work with children aged 13-14, you may be interested in starting an email
exchange with this Spanish partner.
Topics will be decided when the team is set up.Contact: Esther
emonso@teleline.es____________________PROJECTS___________________
Inspiration
_______________________________________________Romanian Virtual School Project
A few students and teachers from Romania thought that it was the right time
to built the Romanian school of the 21st century on the Internet. This is
how the virtual project called "ScoalaOnline" (The Online School) was born.
The main goal is, according to the team, to teach everybody, everything,
with absolutely no costs and better than anywhere else!
Well! Quite an ambitious goal! :-)
There are different departments in this new Romanian school: biology,
chemistry, languages, art, geography, etc.
Visit the site and do not hesitate to contact them for comments and
suggestions, contributions and links.http://www.x3m.ssitl.ro/ScoalaOnline/index.htm
scoala2001@yahoo.com
____________________________________________________An example of Citizenship Initiative, France
Armelle Toulemonde is a brilliant young French lady who has set up a
project worth mentioning as a very nice example of local citizenship that
may inspire some of you. She is building a network of associations of
volunteers, some of them anonymous, others famous, to teach French to
immigrants settling down in the region of Paris.
She would like to expand the initiative to the rest of the country in the
year.
If you would like to know more about what she does, send her materials
about the teaching of French to foreigners (adults and children), please
contact her. She can exchange in English and French.Email: coeursalire@free.fr
http://www.coeurs-a-lire.org/
____________________________________________________Nordit Project, Nordic Countries
This is a cooperative project between schools in Denmark, the Faeroe
Islands, Finland, Greenland and Norway. It includes resources on the Nordic
languages, social environment and history as well as an interactive
magazine for the students.
A project worth visiting for our Nordic subscribers.http://www.vennesla.vgs.no/nordit/nordit.htm
___________________RESOURCES____________________
Teaching Differently
_________________________________________________In this resource you will find background information, election results,
cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the
presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video
files, and other presidential sites are also included to enrich this site.____________________________________________________
Presidential Inaugural Addresses
Studying those inaugural speeches is certainly a good way to learn English
as well and civilisation. It is also interesting to match political
promises with historical reality!_____________________________________________________
This site proposes a series of quizzes about Presidents of the United
States. The answers are quite informative for teachers as well as pupils.
The questionnaires are complemented with homework help and bibliographies.http://www.synnergy.com/day/prestc.htm
_____________________________________________________
Welcome to Washington, Guided Tour
The goal of these pages is to give visitors a better understanding of the
history of Washington D.C. By taking the tours through various parts of the
city, visitors can learn about the history surrounding each site.http://library.thinkquest.org/2813/
_____________________________________________________I found this site while surfing for resources and what a nice surprise!
It offers a series of clips of topics related to citizenship. Some clips
also deal with themes like smoking, landmines and alcoholism. The
animations may be used in all French speaking schools, but also by teachers
of French as a foreign language all over the world. The questions raised
are important and treated in a very friendly way.
http://www.prevention2000.org/ecr_somn/accueil.htm____________________________________________________
Teaching English Literature on the Net
These web sites were made by Reinhard Donath, an English teacher in
Germany, famous for his knowledge of the Internet techniques.
The books presented here are
The English youth novel "Trumpet Voluntary" (for 16-17 year olds):
http://www.englisch.schule.de/trumpet.htm
The novel "Away" by Jane Urquhart (Canada)(for 18-19 year olds):
http://www.englisch.schule.de/away.htmThe site does not give you the books online, but helps you find teaching
tracks if you wish to study them in class.____________________________________________________
The Official Eiffel Tower Site
Imagine you go to Paris for the Netd@ys week!
Imagine you take your pupils to Paris on a school trip!
Well here is the official Eiffel Tower site for you and your pupils to
learn everything about this old French lady.
The texts are in English and French. There is also the possibility to look
at Paris from a webcam placed at the top of the tower. Enjoy!http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/tour_fr/index.html
_________________COMPETITIONS_____________________
The Winners Corner
__________________________________________________Learners (individuals or groups) are invited to write a photo-novel based
on pictures, put it all on a web-page and send it to the Babelnet-Email
indicated on the Site. The photos offered online are based on a play for
young people by the Austrian author Walter Müller. The photo-novel is
entitled "Romy y Julio". You are of course invited to invent your own story
and make your own photos. It can be great fun!!Contributions accepted till December 23rd, 2000.
Of course there are prices waiting for the best contributions. (Several
sets of IDIOMA HOY, consisting of 6 books each: Breve gramática, Practicar
y consultar la gramática, 1000 palabras de negocios, ¿Qué sabes?, Escribir
cartas, Tablas gramaticales).__________________EUROSCOPE______________________
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