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Towards the conference
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More than 200 attendants from 24 European countries and from Iran,
The Philippines and the USA will attend to the opening session of
the 19th ESP-COMP@CT-ECOLE conference in Jarvenpaa Hall at 17
o'clock March 10, 2005. There will be about 40 participants from
Finland. Other big national groups come from the Netherlands,
Denmark, Italy, Germany and Spain.
The main topic of the conference is "Learning Goes Mobile - a
Collaborative Knowledge Building Conference on New Media, Learning
and Schools". The keynote speaker of the conference opening is Mrs
Riitta Vänskä from the company Nokia.
The participants of the Comenius 1 and Comenius 2.1 seminars, as
well as those of the German speaking DaF Workshop will join the
conference at the opening. Besides, there will be a group of the
local network of teachers who collaborate in matters of ICT from
Järvenpää and around.
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Helsinki South Harbour
February 23, 2005. |
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The Comenius 1 and Comenius 2.1 contact seminars of the 19th
ESP-COMP@CT-ECOLE conference started working on Wednesday
March 9, 2005. The Comenius 1 seminar takes place in
Koivusaari secondary school Järvenpää, as the Comenius 2.1
is situated in Tikkurila, Vantaa.
The represantives of Daf Südost, the Comenius 3 network,
also arrived in Helsinki on Wednesday, March 9. They had
their first interim meeting in Hotel Scandic Continental.
The 3rd International DaF Workshop organized by DaF Südost
and Dafnord, the standing community of non-native teachers
of German, will take place in Kerava Upoper Secondary School
March 10-11.
The ESP Board also started working in Järvenpää on March 9.
Alll board members were not present yet, only 8 of them. But
four more are expected the join the Board on Thursday, March
10, as the Board meets in Järvenpää Hall at 2 o'clock p.m.
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Warm clothing |
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There was a rabbit sitting on our terrace this morning,
March 9, 2005 as I woke up. It seemed to say to all
conference participants that it is very wise to have some
warm clothing when you stay in this country in winter. I
took some photos of the rabbit, and you can see her in a
picture on the right. Actually, I have met her many times
during this winter. She has become in a way domesticated.
But she runs away, of course, when I try to come closer to
her. I will show my photos to my grandchildren who have not
seen the rabbit live, yet.
We live about 13 km from the centre of Helsinki. It is a new
phenomenon around big cities like Helsinki that wild animals
stay in the areas where there are detached houses, or space
for their staying. Pheasants and other big birds, or
squirrels, are quite ordinary visitors in our yards. When I
drive to my school 40 km northwest from home, I sometimes
see elks or caribous in the forest, and I prey that they
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A rabbit on our terrace, March 9, 2005 |
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The speakers of the opening session |
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The main topic of the conference is “Learning Goes Mobile”. The
keynote speaker to this topic is Mrs Riitta Vänskä from NOKIA. Teemu
Leinonen and Jürgen Scheilbe from the University of Industrial Art
Helsinki will present a mobile learning demonstration that will be
carried out on board during the conference. There will be greetings
of the Educational Board, Jarvenpaa City, National Socrates agency
CIMO, COMP@CT and ESP/ECOLE. |
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Many different events |
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The 19th ESP-COMP@CT-ECOLE conference and the Comenius 1 contact
seminar in Jarvenpaa is organized in cooperation of the ESPfi and
COMP@CT, Jarvenpaa City and CIMO. The Educational Board of Finland
supports the organizing of the conference.
The Comenius 2.1 contact seminar is organized by Palmenia Centre for
Continuing Education Vantaa (Helsinki University). The DaF Workshop
for teachers of German is organized by the Comenius 3 network DaF
Südost, in cooperation with Dafnord, the permanent community of
non-native teachers of German. |
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More than 30 presentations about educational ICT |
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The conference will continue in Jarvenpaa Upper Secondary School on
Friday, March 11. In the afternoon, after the lunch, the
participants will be transferred to the cruise |
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