EUROPEAN SCHOOLNET TEACHERS' NEWSLETTER #51
September 3, 2001
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MyEUROPE
News
ActivitiesSCHOOL MANAGERS CENTER
A New EUN Site is Born: SMCEUROPEAN TREASURY BROWSER
Teacher Testers WantedDOT SAFE
Internet Safety Study InvitationPROJECTS
Le Méditerranéen, Online Magazine
Louvre.edu, Arts for All
Working Together
In the footsteps of EratosthenesCALLS FOR COLLABORATION
European Interactive Good News, Slovenia
Substances Around Us 200, Slovakia
Getting to Know You, Ireland
The World of Insects, UkraineRESOURCES
All French Museums Database: Museofile
Poisonous Plants and Animals
World Art Treasures
The Ancient World Web
Teaching the Holocaust Through StampsEURO FOCUS
Eurolandia
Euro, One Currency for Europe
Euro-Education FranceCOMPETITIONS
Childnet AwardsEUROSCOPE
European Schoolnet Conferences and Events Page
Welcome back to noisy corridors, late summer freckles, chalk, keyboards,
marks and stress, pleasures and school laughs!Our Nordic colleagues have already been working for some weeks, whereas our
Southern friends are still enjoying the sun, but I am sure you will all be
working hard, creating learning and sharing with your pupils for the next
nine months :-)This first newsletter of the school year is quite full of ideas and calls
for you to take off to the world of the Internet at school in many
different ways whatever and wherever you teach. The EUN Teachers Newsletter
will soon be hosted in a very special website within the new EUN portal for
teachers. Our web team has worked hard all summer and will soon launch a
brand new platform especially dedicated to European teachers. You will be
informed about it through the web and also via our different newsletters.
Stay close!Happy to be back in contact with you all!
My very best wishes for the starting school year :-)
Brigitte
brigitte.parry@eun.org
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Link and Learn Europe
_________________________________________________Add your own news on our site: A new online form for submitting news is
available now for anyone who would like to promote school events, what's
going on in your school or what are your plans for using ICT for this
school year. Use this simple form to add your own news on our site!
Pictures and texts are welcome!http://www.eun.org/eun.org2/eun/subdesc_myeurope.cfm?sub_id=360&language=en
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ActivitiesFolk Costumes: 5 countries are already represented in this virtual museum
of the European Folk Costumes. Read more and contribute:
http://www.eun.org/eun.org2/eun/en/myeurope/content.cfm?lang=en&ov=6456Soon: "Clean Up Europe" is an activity where children evaluate the
environmental situation of their city and compose an official letter to
their authorities. The letter should be constructive and propose solutions.For this school year, myEUROPE will make a special effort to give the
schools, the teachers and their pupils more visibility through some special
site corners: "School of the Week" and "Teachers of the Month". New
activities will be launched: "European Waterways" (linking schools across
Europe), "mySchool of Tomorrow" (sharing pupils and teachers visions of
what the school of the future should be like), "Travelling School Bag" (A
bag full of items chosen as incentives for story telling and European
awareness travels around Europe), "myEUROPE Polls", "Meet an MEP" and more.Contact: Petru Dumitru
Petru.dumitru@eun.orgMyEUROPE
http://myeurope.eun.org_____________ SCHOOL MANAGERS CENTER_________
By and For Decision Makers
______________________________________________The start of new school year sees the launch of the dynamic version of SMC.
Now School Principal can easily contribute to this site by filling in
their events and news items on line.For September the focus is on Schools of the Future. Visit some schools in
Ireland who creating an on line community for their students, parents and
staff, using a technology developed by IBM. Why not take a look at one of
the Netherlands most technically advanced schools, or visit a unique
project in Grenoble in France linking 7 schools around the globe. This
month there is a feature on two school principals, from Finland and Sweden,
whose schools have won recognition from their ministries for innovative
approaches to ICT.Contact: Anne Gilleran
anne.gilleran@eun.org
_________ EUROPEAN TREASURY BROWSER__________
European Education Gems
______________________________________________Teachers and students interested in testing ETB's treasures (multilingual
European learning resources) are invited to step forward. During the final
pilot in winter 2001-2002, the test groups are called for the evaluation of
the user-friendliness of the application. For teachers dealing with ICT in
education, this is a great opportunity to bring European dimension into the
classroom!http://www.en.eun.org/eun.org2/goto.cfm?did=7468
Email for more information to etb@eun.org!
__________________ DOT SAFE______________________
Safe Survey on Safety
_________________________________________________Internet Safety Study Invitation
"I am most worried about students of 14-16 years of age, as they do not
properly understand the meanings and references even if they pretend to.",
says one of the teachers who took part in the survey.
The Internet is changing for the better how we live, work and learn.
However, there are increasing concerns about the negative aspects,
especially for children.EUN invites you to tell us about your experience and your way of handling
internet security in your school:
http://www.culturalireland.org/dotsafe2/Contact: Margit Hofer
margit.hofer@eun.org
___________________PROJECTS_____________________Inspiration
_________________________________________________Le Méditerranéen, Online Magazine
Le Méditerranéen is a junior on-line magazine that deals with the
Mediterranean area.
Created in 1997 as part of the multimedia ensemble Les Mémoires de l'Eau,
it progressively widened its scope to all subjects in which its young
editors and readers are involved: environment, but also cultural heritage,
society, economy, history of ideas …
This project was presented to me in Paris and I was impressed by the
commitment of the teachers who run this project. If you are interested in
working on articles related to Southern culture this year, this is a nice
way to do it.http://pedagogie.ac-aix-marseille.fr/journal/
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Louvre.edu, Arts for AllIf you teach visually impaired children, this site is a great initiative
launched during the last eSchola week by the famous French museum "Le
Louvre" to enable those children to have access to the beauties of arts.
Special activities are suggested, guidelines and advice are also available.
We welcome this high quality project for special needs education.http://www.educnet.education.fr/louvre/escholb.htm#r1
Contacts:
Daniele Valentin
daniele.valentin@education.gouv.fr
Cyrille Gouyette
gouyette@louvre.fr
_________________________________________________Working Together, Cultural Collaboration
This project has just been rewarded for its excellence in international
school collaboration: 8 virtual classrooms for 16 teachers and their 193
pupils communicate, develop three themes and manage 8 autonomous web sites.
All exchanges are done in English. The "real" classes are located in
Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Japan and Sweden. The pupils are between
16 and 20.
Take a look and contact the teachers for advice if you are testing a
similar initiative in your school.http://wkto.free.fr/
__________________________________________________In the footsteps of Eratosthenes
In 205 B.C., the Greek astronomer Eratosthenes, at the time Director of the
Great Library of Alexandria in Egypt, proposed a purely geometrical method
to measure the length of the Earth's meridian. This discovery has been
adapted by professional primary school education experts and was
implemented in many schools during the last school year. It will be
available again for 2001-2002, join in!
This is an excellent activity designed to teach experimental science at
primary school level.http://www.inrp.fr/lamap/activites/ciel_terre/projet/eratos/eratos.html
___________CALLS FOR COLLABORATION_______________
Create Together
__________________________________________________European Interactive Good News, Slovenia
For pupils aged 6-15http://www2.arnes.si/~osljledina3s/dobren/intnewspaper.html
"Have you ever taken part in good action? Than you know that a good thought
brings another good thought and good action calls for another good action
too.
In our school Ledina Primary School we have prepared the project "Good news
from our school and our town" and the result of it is our European
Newspaper "Good news". The newspaper is open for everyone who cares about
what the world will be like tomorrow.
You are invited to take part in our Good News newspaper. Find in your
neighbourhood something good and tell us about it, you can find something
bad and tell us what could be done to change this situation. Good news is
anything that makes our world better. "You can write one of the following journalistic articles: news, report,
commentary, opinion poll, correspondence column … or you can send us simply
your reflection and thoughts on the e-mail address:
home.osljledina@guest.arnes.siRead about the project on the web site:
http://www2.arnes.si/~osljledina3s/gnews/gnews.htmlContact: ljubica.kosmac@guest.arnes.si
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Substances Around Us 2000, SlovakiaThis is a chemistry and biology project aimed at students aged 12-18.
Students from different Slovak schools have already been working on various
topics such as biochemistry, the chemistry of cosmetics, materials science,
environmental chemistry, pyrotechnics, food, medicine, etc.
If these themes interest you, please join in and share your lesson plans
and work with Slovakian colleagues.The projects are presented in English, French, German and Slovak at:
www.gymsnv.sk/lon2001
http://www.gymsnv.sk/lon2001
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Getting to Know You, IrelandThe teachers from this very dynamic school in Ireland runs many different
projects. Many can inspire you or trigger a wish to contact the team for
professional exchanges. They would like to expand the content of their
"school garden" project with European colleagues. Take a look at their site
and get in touch if you want to focus on environmental awareness this year.http://homepage.eircom.net/~foregan/
____________________________________________________A group of schoolboys, aged 12 to 16, are very interested in the world of
insects, they breed some, they organise expeditions and gather a lot of
information.
They are looking for other groups of pupils willing to share this passion
and add their own observation of insects.Contact email:
vasia54@farlep.net______________ RESOURCES_____________________
Teach Differently
______________________________________________All French Museums Database: Museofile
The French Ministry of Culture offers you a unique access to all the French
museums database. You can search by place, name or theme. Then you are
provided with basic information and a link to the museum's site.
This is a very valuable resource for lovers of French and international
heritage as well as for teachers organising school trips in France.http://mistral.culture.fr:8004/cgi-bin/multione/MUSEOFILE/MFsommaire?MID=dS7
0EzryTHKe
____________________________________________________This web site contains valuable information on poisonous plants and
animals. A wide range of species are described and classified according to
their habitat and biological origin. Special attention is given to the
behavior of venomous snakes and insects with advice on how to avoid a
deadly bite.http://library.thinkquest.org/C007974/
____________________________________________________The main purpose of this site is to share, stimulate and feed the love of
fine arts. Thanks to the 100,000 slides belonging to the Jacques-Edouard
Berger Foundation, all of them devoted to art, and including the main
civilizations, such as Egypt, China, Japan, India, Europe, its purpose is
to offer a different approach to art through Internet.
A very good site to bookmark if you teach or are interested in art!http://www.bergerfoundation.ch
____________________________________________________Alternative Theories, Archaeology, Art, Buildings Monuments and Cities,
Daily Life, General Resources, History, Inspired By Ancient World,
Institutions and Organizations, Language and Literature, Philosophy,
Mythology and Religion, Science…these are the different gateways to
clusters of links related to resources and web sites about ancient
civilisations. A good bookmark for many of us!http://www.julen.net/ancient/
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Teaching the Holocaust Through StampsThis project tackles the painful issue and memory of the World War II
holocaust through the study of stamps, pictures and paintings done by
children. If you teach history and wish to collaborate with the arts
teacher of your school, take time to look around this very interesting web
site, read the teachers' guide and even add your own pupils' drawings to
the projet.http://web.macam98.ac.il/~ochayo/einvert.htm
______________ EURO FOCUS_____________________
All for One and One for All
______________________________________________The change of currencies will be a great challenge for many Europeans. We
need to inform pupils and advise them on where to find useful information.
This Italian project can help pupils understand through information, games
and news. This site is in English and Italian, it has been running for
quite a while and it always looks fresh, updated and interesting.http://eurolandia.tin.it/euro/eng/index.html
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Euro, One Currency for EuropeThis is the official European site on the EURO in 11languages. It is a
reference for Europeans looking for reliable information about the new
common currency. It is organised into two sections: "basics" and "how to
prepare". A bookmark for history, economics, and many other teachers.http://europa.eu.int/euro/html/entry.html
____________________________________________________The French Ministry of Finance proposes information on the Euro as well as
sets of teaching units for primary and secondary education. This is one
European example, I suggest to go to your own Ministry of Finance's web
site and check, each country should provide teaching aids in these times of
changes.http://www.euro.gouv.fr/enseignants/index.htm
__________________COMPETITIONS_____________________
The Winners' Corner
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Childnet AwardsHave you got an idea for connecting children online? Win prize money and a
trip to the Awards Ceremony in Paris, 2002!The Cable & Wireless Childnet Awards aim to reward innovation and
participation across borders by 1) highlighting and rewarding children, and
those working with them, who are developing outstanding, innovative
Internet projects that directly benefit other children world-wide and 2)
encouraging those with limited resources to extend what they are doing. The
programme is run by Childnet International, a non-profit organisation which
seeks to make the Internet a great place for children. The site is
available in 3 languages: English, French and Spanish:http:// www.childnetawards.org
__________________EUROSCOPE______________________Do Not Miss Anything or Anybody!
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