Register for NANOYOU and learn more about nanotechnologies

Have your students heard of nanotechnologies? You can awake their interest in science classes with the dynamic games, experiments and activities proposed by NANOYOU. Check out the fascinating activities that other teachers have already been using in the classroom. Nanotechnologies already affect many aspects of your life - discover the amazing nano world together with your pupils.Read more...

1,000 ways to celebrate Europe!

There are already 1,000 Spring Day events taking place all over Europe. The first 1,000 schools that have shared their events on our website have now been awarded a special event kit, which includes guidelines, stickers, a map of Europe and posters. Read more...

Educational netbooks: Spanish launch event held successfully online

The Spanish launch event was held online on 27 April 2010. Over 15 people participated in this very interactive session organised using the Elluminate online conference application.. Read more...

Coming soon: Scientix, DG Research's new science education platform

From May 2010 on, Scientix, the new web-based community for science education, will be available for teachers and researchers from all around Europe. This new user-friendly information platform, coordinated by European Schoolnet (EUN) on behalf of the European Commission (DG Research) will collect teaching materials from hundreds of European projects and make them available in a range of European languages on an on-demand basis. Read more...

Seven workshops in two days – Xperimania Science Ambassadors in Birmingham, UK

Altogether 150 students took part in the Xperimania chemistry and physics workshops during the Science Ambassadors’ visit to Birmingham, UK, on 29-30 March 2010. Despite the typical English rainy weather, the mood in the classrooms was full of excitement and enthusiasm.. Read more...

Resources: Football and science - do they mix?

With 50,000 users, Footee is a highly popular free online education resource that builds on football’s appeal to young people 6-12 and their love of games, competition and social networking to make learning effective and fun. European Schoolnet is working to make the resources relevant to learners across Europe and among the many games are 14 that develop scientific understanding. Read more...

What parents think Vs what children really do online

The Insafe networks reports that more than a half of French parents estimate that their children stay safe on the Internet, but kids say they actually do encounter a problem at some point according to 2 surveys conducted by e-enfance in 2009.. Read more...

The Digital Agenda starts to take shape

The newly formed European e-Skills Association (EeSA), of which European Schoolnet is a founder member, is pleased to note that in a recent communication by Commissioner Kroes "Digital Agenda: Kroes welcomes Ministerial support " (19 April 2010), there is clear attention to the importance of increased e-skills in the coming Digital Agenda. Commissioner Kroes astutely identified the exclusion of many citizens from the information society and the professional ICT skills shortage as constraints to the further contribution that ICT can make to productivity and growth. Read more...

Aspect International workshop to take place in Lisbon on 7-8 May

Over 40 teachers from Belgium, Lithuania, Romania and Portugal will participate in the ASPECT project's International workshop in Lisbon to discuss the use of learning resources and learning content repositories in maths and science lessons. The workshop will particularly explore how learning content standards (such as SCORM and Common Cartridge) can be exploited by teachers and how different types of "content packaging" can add value to the learning experience.

As well as this face-to-face workshop, the ASPECT project will launch a series of online webinars on technical issues related to learning content standards on May 25th. Details of these will appear shortly on the ASPECT web site (http://aspect-project.org).. Read more...