Annual eTwinning Conference in Brussels

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Annual eTwinning Conference in Brussels

• Brussels
• 23 25 February 2006

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Programme of the conference

• 23 February 2007
• -Opening Address (Jan Figel member of the
  Commission in charge of education, training,
  culture and youth)
• -eTwinning Prize Ceremony presentation of
  Awards to Prize Winners by Jan Figel
• -21 Century Learning new ambitions, new
  pedagogy, new buildings, new opportunities
• -School Videos Video addresses from pupils in
  eTwinning projects
• -Three Years of eTwinning (Eugenio Riviere
  responsible for eTwinning at European Commission

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Programme of the conference

• 24 February 2007
• -Strengthening eTwinning seminars about the
  tools available for eTwinning projects
• -Models for School Collaboration (presentations
  of winning projects)
• -eTwinning and Professional Development
• -Animation workshop
• -Brussels Future exchange interactive session
  with Pedagogical Advisory Group
• ? 25 February 2007
• -National eTwinning workshops, roundtable with
  all participants, panel discussion on the
  European Quality Label, Closing address
  eTwinning and school networking

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Exhibitions of European eTwinning projects

• During Brussels eTwinning conference there were
  27 national stalls of the projects of teachers
  and students who run eTwinning projects
• The project EUROSCHOOL was presented by a
  Slovak participant of the Conference Zuzana
  Mészárosová

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Objectives of the project EUROSCHOOL

• To develop the attitudes of students to the
  integration process in Europe and prepare them
  for the active and valuable participation in the
  life of the EU
• Strenthen students feelings of the appurtenance
  in the EU
• To motivate students to meaningful debates about
  the extended community of the EU
• To create working relationships with students of
  the partner school Bundeshandelsakademie in Linz
  in Austria, to exchange the opinions and
  comparisons of thir points of view
• To develop the communication in English language
• To support the development in ICT
• The project has an ambition to create a deeper
  co-operation of the teachers of Civics, Law
  Studies, Geography, History, English and Computer
  studies

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Assets of the project EUROSCHOOL

• Motivation of the project participants to study
  European Integration process with the help of the
  Internet
• More information about other countries of the EU
  and their differences in the way of life
• More information about other cultures from the
  first hand
• Participants exchange of knowledge about the EU,
  its symbols, environment, transport and energies
  in the EU and human rights, education, culture
  and sport in the EU and future of the EU
• Improvement in the communication in English
  language
• Creating teaching means for others
• Safe way of using the Internet

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This presentation was created by Zuzana
Meszarosova, a Slovak teacher and participant of
an Annual eTwinning Conference in
BrusselsMarch, 2007