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Europe
Online Project – the Netherlands 2004
Aim
The project “Europe
Online” was facilitated by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. Aim of the
project is to enhance knowledge of and contacts between Dutch high school
students and their colleagues in the new EU-Member States. This project will
both stimulate European Citizen awareness and knowledge of the cross-border
abilities of ICT.
The Project
Ten Dutch schools
virtually contacted a partner school in one of the ten new Member States. The
Dutch students and their colleagues in the partner school built up ongoing
communication through ICT-means.
The emphasis
of these contacts is on the similarities and differences in culture and custom
between the two countries and the role of ICT. Key is cultural diversity between
the two partner countries with respect to youth culture.
The
Competition
The competition element means that there is a price for the Dutch school and its
foreign partner school that come up with the most original and catching
presentation on the similarities and differences between them in their day to
day life.
Criteria
- Contents and subjects
of communication between students.
- Means of Communication (Open Wicky, e-mail correspondence, website)
- Level of participation of the Dutch and of the partner school (is it a joint
effort?)
- Final Presentation (means, originality, etc.)
Planning
The announcement of the winner and the price ceremony was held on 9 December
2004.
This
Competition is a pilot. On the basis of the experiences of this project a format
will be developed that can be used by other schools to start and build out
communication with schools in other countries. The format will also give tips
and suggestion on how to get started. Final aim is that after this Competition
contacts and exchange of experiences between schools of Member States will be
stimulated and become a structural part of school curriculum.
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