NEW TEACHERS' WEBSITE DELIVERS STRONG LESSON IN E-SAFETY
European Schoolnet and 14 leading industry actors including mobile operators, social networking sites, internet and mobile providers, have launched TeachToday.eu, a website to help teachers encourage children to use the internet and mobile technology responsibly and safely.

As young people are proactive members of online communities, it is important to provide them with the knowledge and skills needed to behave responsibly and to gain the maximum benefits from ICT.
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PIC QUESTIONS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICY-MAKERS AND POLICY-SHAPERS
EUN’s Policy and Innovation Committee (PIC) met in the UK on 16 May 2008 to discuss how to improve the relationship between policy-makers and policy-shapers in the decision-making process. The meeting, hosted by BECTA, the UK national agency for ICT in learning, took place at their office in Coventry, and was a joint PIC-P2V meeting.
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eTWINNING WORKING GROUP MEETINGS
All three eTwinning Working Groups brought together members of the Central Support Service (CSS) and of the National Support Services (NSS) from 20-22 May 2008, in Brussels, to discuss the eTwinning Portal (WG1), Pedagogical Issues (WG2), and Communication and Networking (WG3). As the 2007-2008 school year is ending, it was also an opportunity to discuss the success and challenges the three thematic areas have encountered over the year.
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SPRING DAY SCHOOLS CELEBRATE EUROPE DAY
Most of the Spring Day schools have produced reports on their special events which were dedicated to Europe Day. The reports consist of pictures, texts and drawings. The purpose of the events was to raise awareness about our common cultural values and how young Europeans celebrate similarities and embrace diversity.
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COMMISSIONER WALLSTRÖM DEBATES EUROPEAN ISSUES WITH SWEDISH PUPILS
Margot Wallström, Vice President of the European Commission in charge of Institutional Relations and Communication, meet on 13 May 2008 more than 400 students to debate on the future of Europe at the Katedralskolan in Uppsala, Sweden.
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STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT THE MATERIALS IN TOYS VIA AN ONLINE CHAT
Students from nine schools around Europe - Slovenia, Hungary, Spain, Finland, Bulgaria, Denmark, Poland and Germany - participated in the fifth Xperimania online chat on Petrochemistry and toys; on 25 April 2008.
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PROFESSOR DHARMADASA CHATS ABOUT RENEWABLE ENERGY AND PLASTIC
On Friday 25 April 2008 Professor Dharmadasa from Sheffield Hallam University in the UK hosted a FuturEnergia chat on the subject of “Energy Technologies of the Future”.
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INSAFE FAMILY E-SAFETY KIT IN EUROPEAN HOUSEHOLDS
Launched on Safer Internet Day 2008 (12 February) the Insafe kit featuring Alex, Zeta and Hedvig has already been translated into more than ten languages and is circulating in eight European countries.
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HOW MELT TOOK THE FAST LANE TO CHINA
The MELT brochure has been published in Chinese by Skólavefurinn, our Icelandic partner in this project. Dr. Geir Sigurðsson has been creating teaching materials for Icelanders learning Chinese and introducing China to Icelanders.
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ICLASS HANDBOOK PRESENTED AT FINAL CONFERENCE
As part of the iClass project which comes to an end in June, European Schoolnet has produced a booklet to inform policy makers, researchers and practitioners about the project’s results. The publication titled ‘The Future of Learning? Results from the iClass project’ invites readers to know more about personalisation of education and how self regulation can help motivate learners.

The publication was presented at the iClass symposium which was organised in Brussels on 26-27 May 2008.
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ICLASS PLATFORM DEMONSTRATED IN LITHUANIA AND AUSTRIA
In recent months, European Schoolnet has organised two more validation workshops as part of the iClass project. Some 30 teachers and 20 students participated in the two workshops organised in Lithuania on 10-11 April (for teachers) and 19-20 May 2008 (students and teachers).

The Austrian workshop was the second organised at the Tourism School in Badhofgastein and welcomed for the first time students and teachers. The Lithuanian event took place at the Teachers Professional Development Centre near Vilnius.
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SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT YOUTH PRIZE 2007 COMPETITION
The DYP 2007 competition closed on 31 March 2008 with a total amount of over 1,100 eligible contributions from 27 European member countries. Evaluation is carried out by experts in development education, art and media until mid-June. Afterwards the finalists will be announced on the portal. All of them and their teacher will be invited to the prize-giving event that will take place in mid November in Strasbourg.
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TAKE PART IN THE EUROCOMPETITION
European Schoolnet, in cooperation with the European Commission DG Economic and Financial Affairs, is organising the Eurocompetition. Young people aged 10-14 years old from the euro area are invited to participate by creating a poster expressing their feelings and thoughts about the 10 years of the currency and its future.
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ASIA-EUROPE FOUNDATION AND EUN SIGN MoE
European Schoolnet and the Asia-Europe Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding identify synergies and cooperation areas. This partnership will allow both organisation to share expertise, exchange information and develop cooperation activities for schools, exchange on national policy initiatives and foster the development of networks of schools between European and Asian education systems.

GAMES IN SCHOOL
European Schoolnet has just launched in close cooperation with the Interactive software federation of Europe (ISFE) the first European study on the use of games in schools. 28 countries will be screened and a more detailed analysis will focus on Denmark, Estonia, Spain, France, Italy, Lithuania, Austria and the United Kingdom.
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STEERING COMMITTEE WELCOMES TWO NEW APPLICANT COUNTRIES
The EUN Steering Committee meeting on 22 April 2008 approved the application to the EUN consortium of two more countries for a full membership: Georgia and Turkey. Once negotiation finalised with these two new members, European Schoolnet will count 31 countries including Germany and Slovakia as observers. Negotiations with Latvia to join the Consortium are underway.

NEW FACES AT EUN OFFICE
Nathalie Scheeck and Agueda Gras-Velazquez have recently joined the EUN office. Nathalie in March 2008, as Translation coordinator, and Agueda in May 2008, as Maths, Science and Technology coordinator. This latest will be in charge of the management of science projects including INSPIRE and Xperimania.
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