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Electronic games in schools

Today's students live in a world which is ever more embedded in virtual communication, requiring them to develop their e-literacy skills and critical awareness; a task in which schools could have an important role. European Schoolnet is interested in exploring the present and potential place of electronic games in schools across Europe. The articles in this thematic dossier are intended to contribute to this task.

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	P2V policy visit in Paris: a focus on VLE The last peer learning visit of the P2V project took place on 15-17 September 2008 in Paris. The meeting focused on Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs), a key priority for the French Ministry of Education which hosted the event at the International Centre of Pedagogical Studies (CIEP) of Sevrès... Full article

	Another series of country reports online: Austria, Israel, Norway and the US Another series of the Insight country reports is available online. The focus of the annual update, compiled with the help of policy makers in the 31 member countries of EUN, is to present trends with regard to new technologies in school education. Reports from Austria, Norway and Israel, besides three special reports from the US (Arizona, Indiana and Wisconsin) are food for thought for the school year. Full article

	Learning 2.0: a study on the impact of Web 2.0 innovations on education and training in Europe European Schoolnet was among invited experts at the Learning 2.0 validation workshop organised by the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPST) in Sevilla in October 2008. The objective of this one year long study is to assess the impact of Web 2.0 trends on the field of learning and education in Europe, and to propose avenues for further research and policy-making in Europe. Full article

	EC-TEL workshops in Maastricht: outcomes from SIRTEL'08 and SE@M’08 The proceedings of SIRTEL'08 and SE@M’08, two workshops ran by European Schoolnet at the third European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL'08), have been published and are now available online respectively at http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-382 and http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-385. EC-TEL’08 was held in Maastricht (the Netherlands) on 17 September 2008. Full article