-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [EDEN-News] RURAL WINGS - E-Learning via Satellite in Rural Areas of Europe Datum: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:15:30 +0200 Von: EDEN Secretariat secretariat@eden-online.org Antwort an: eden-ml@eden-online.org Organisation: EDEN Secretariat An: undisclosed-recipients:;

Rural Wings Closing Conference

Nearly 30 partner institutions' 48 months of hard work is coming to an end at the end of 2009. On *17-18 October* the final conference http://synedrio6.com/index1.htm of the 6th Framework Programme project, called Rural Wings, will be held in the Apollon Conference Hall http://www.media.uoa.gr/usability/location.php?l=en in *Piraeus, Greece*. The event is co-organized by the Scientific Association of Primary Education Teachers for the dissemination of New Technologies in school practice.

The partnership has already finished installing 110 pilot sites http://www.ruralwings-project.net/rw/RWSites/RWSites.aspx in 13 countries' rural areas all over the world, many of which are introduced in detail on the project's web site. Read the encouraging success stories http://www.ruralwings-project.net/rw/RWSites/GRMesta.aspx of small communities that enhanced their multi-grade education and/or opened up their societies to show their treasures to the wide world by the use of modern satellite technologies http://www.ruralwings-project.net/rw/project/SatTech.aspx. The outline of the Rural Wings scenarios http://www.ruralwings-project.net/rw/project/Apps.aspx, a collection of videos http://www.ruralwings-project.net/RW/home/videos.aspx broadcasted over TV channels and the Internet and news about the Teachers Contest http://ruralwings.rd.forthnet.gr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=225&Itemid=104 can also be read on the *project's web site* http://www.ruralwings-project.net/, while a selection of concrete scenarios within the 3 clusters (Learning @ Home http://ruralwings.rd.forthnet.gr/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=13&Itemid=47, Learning @ School http://ruralwings.rd.forthnet.gr/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=14&Itemid=46 and Learning @ Work http://ruralwings.rd.forthnet.gr/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=22&Itemid=45) as well as specific applications http://ruralwings.rd.forthnet.gr/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=26&Itemid=59 can be found under the e-Learning Tool http://ruralwings.rd.forthnet.gr/ menu.

The main thematic areas of the Closing Conference are the following:

* New Technologies in Education; * Educational software; * Internet; * Distance learning; * Educational Policy and implementation of New Technologies to school practice

Contact the organisers mailto:azoakou@ea.gr?subject=Rural%20Wings%20Closing%20Conference for more details.

EDEN Secretariat