The conference this year was held in in Gurgaon NCR of Delhi, India from 12 – 16 November 2010. It was organised by St. Mark’s Senior Secondary Public School, Meera Bagh in collaboration with the Asia-Europe Foundation of course and with the support of the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
As always the occasion brought teachers and teacher educators together from many countries and over 30 projects were proposed.
Ireland was represented by a representative of ourDepartment of Education and Skills, Mr. George Porter, by Ms. Angela Rickard coordinator of the GoCyberGreen project and Ms. Adrienne Webb, president of the Computers in Education Society of Ireland.
We were given a tour of St Mark's School and were astounded by incredible hospitality and warmth of the teachers and pupils who welcomed us to the school, to the conference and to India, that most incredible country!
The Irish delegation were paying close attention to the way the conference was run because we plan to bring it to Ireland in the year! More about that in future posts.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
8th AEC-NET Conference, Denmark 2009 by Joann Durack
During the October mid-term break I was asked to represent my school, Malahide Community School and Ireland in the 8th Asia Europe Classroom Conference which was being help in Sønderborg, Denmark
On arrival to the Comwell Hotel we registered our details and got a bag packed full of information which we needed for the next few days. The welcome dinner was being held in Sønderborg Castle where we were greeted at the entrance to the Castle by an actor playing the part of one of Denmark’s ancient Kings. The Conference was then officially opened by the Secretary General Danish National Commission of UNESCO, Minister for Education. Remarks were also made by members of the Asia-Europe Foundation.
After dinner was served we moved into another room where eight dancers showed us a number of traditional Danish dances. After dessert we also got to see two students from a local school performing four songs. During the night we also had a choir from a local primary school sing for us.
Tuesday morning came, this was the day we met HRH Princess Marie of Denmark. She arrived at 9.10am, when she was welcomed by Ambassador Dominique Girard. Princess Marie greeted us and welcomed us to her country, where she said she was happy that the conference was taking place in Sønderborg. We then started our conference with an overview on Climate Change and its impact. In the afternoon all six projects which were nominated for awards presented their projects to the conference. There were two entries each from Finland and Singapore, while Ireland and Greece had one project each. We also had our photograph taken with the Princess. Dinner that night was held in the restaurant in the hotel.
On Wednesday we began with a conference with each country which attended introducing their proposed new projects for 2009/2010. In the afternoon delegates visited either a local primary or secondary school. My group visited the Secondary School, where we were given an overview of the Danish education system, along with a tour of the school and lunch. We also got to go into some of the classes where students were presenting projects on “My Carbon Footprint” projects. After the visit to the school we visited a Science park where we were allowed to explore and then had to attend a talk, which gave us information about the park. Dinner was again served in the Comwell Hotel.
On Thursday I got to visit Sønderborg town with the Finish students where we did some shopping. In the afternoon we then set up a table which had information on our proposed projects for 2009/2010. Each country did the same thing and people came to your table if they were interested in taking part in your project. Ireland had about 15 countries interested in their “ Go Cyber Green” project.
A farewell dinner was then had where each country did a cultural performance. Every participant was rewarded with a certificate and champagne glasses which is in fact what all married couples receive on their wedding day in Sønderborg. This night was filled with great fun but unfortunately it brought an end to a great week. Personally I feel very grateful to have been chosen to attend this conference. I learnt a lot about different cultures and made some very good new friends and overall I enjoyed my trip.
Joann Durack
Malahide Community School
On arrival to the Comwell Hotel we registered our details and got a bag packed full of information which we needed for the next few days. The welcome dinner was being held in Sønderborg Castle where we were greeted at the entrance to the Castle by an actor playing the part of one of Denmark’s ancient Kings. The Conference was then officially opened by the Secretary General Danish National Commission of UNESCO, Minister for Education. Remarks were also made by members of the Asia-Europe Foundation.
After dinner was served we moved into another room where eight dancers showed us a number of traditional Danish dances. After dessert we also got to see two students from a local school performing four songs. During the night we also had a choir from a local primary school sing for us.
Tuesday morning came, this was the day we met HRH Princess Marie of Denmark. She arrived at 9.10am, when she was welcomed by Ambassador Dominique Girard. Princess Marie greeted us and welcomed us to her country, where she said she was happy that the conference was taking place in Sønderborg. We then started our conference with an overview on Climate Change and its impact. In the afternoon all six projects which were nominated for awards presented their projects to the conference. There were two entries each from Finland and Singapore, while Ireland and Greece had one project each. We also had our photograph taken with the Princess. Dinner that night was held in the restaurant in the hotel.
On Wednesday we began with a conference with each country which attended introducing their proposed new projects for 2009/2010. In the afternoon delegates visited either a local primary or secondary school. My group visited the Secondary School, where we were given an overview of the Danish education system, along with a tour of the school and lunch. We also got to go into some of the classes where students were presenting projects on “My Carbon Footprint” projects. After the visit to the school we visited a Science park where we were allowed to explore and then had to attend a talk, which gave us information about the park. Dinner was again served in the Comwell Hotel.
On Thursday I got to visit Sønderborg town with the Finish students where we did some shopping. In the afternoon we then set up a table which had information on our proposed projects for 2009/2010. Each country did the same thing and people came to your table if they were interested in taking part in your project. Ireland had about 15 countries interested in their “ Go Cyber Green” project.
A farewell dinner was then had where each country did a cultural performance. Every participant was rewarded with a certificate and champagne glasses which is in fact what all married couples receive on their wedding day in Sønderborg. This night was filled with great fun but unfortunately it brought an end to a great week. Personally I feel very grateful to have been chosen to attend this conference. I learnt a lot about different cultures and made some very good new friends and overall I enjoyed my trip.
Joann Durack
Malahide Community School
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