On Tuesday, April 24, an open workshop is organized with the local collaborators of the Pädagogische Hochschule about the topic of

“Teachers as change agents – innovative ways of bridging education and the world of work”.

The precise schedule of this workshop includes:

The workshops at BMR are designed to promote discussion and exchange between leading R&D and innovation actors. The themes of the different workshops are related to the “Luxembourg Cluster Initiative”: BioHealth, EcoInnovation, ICT, Materials and Production Technologies, Space.

The three contributors of the Smart living workshop are:

• Dr Rod McCall, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), University of Luxembourg

• Prof. Dr Charles Max, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), University of Luxembourg

• Prof. Dr Didier Stricker, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, DFKI GmbH

The workshop takes place in Luxembourg on May 22. More information is available at:

http://www.business-meets-research.lu/Home/About-Business-meets-Research

Other contributions within this symposium were:

Learning to Teach in School-Based Courses: Kenneth Zeichner / Katherina Ann Payne (University of Wisconsin – Madison)

Learning to Teach English in Urban Settings : Lauren Gatti (University of Wisconsin – Madison)

Promoting Collaborative Approaches to Developing Effective Teachers: The Contribution of Cultural-Historical Activity Theory: Viv Ellis, Anne Edwards (University of Oxford – UK)

L’objectif du projet, initié par le syndicat intercommunal proSud en collaboration avec le FNR, l’Université du Luxembourg (SnT) et le Science Club du Musée d’Histoire Naturelle, consiste à sensibiliser les élèves de façon ludique, active et positive à la technique et d’éveiller en eux la joie de l’expérimentation et de la créativité.

Les élèves de 15 classes scolaires des 12 communes de la Région SUD sont invitées pour la durée de 4 heures au Pavillon 5 à Esch-sur-Alzette où ils pourront construire eux-mêmes, par groupes de deux, des robots qui, en fonction de la rapidité des raisonnements et du degré de la créativité, pourront plus ou moins vite bouger et se déplacer. À la fin de la demi-journée les performances des robots seront testés sur un parcours d’obstacles.

Cette année-ci, l’atelier est organisé en collaboration avec le laboratoire de recherche DICA-lab qui

• prendra en charge l’organisation des activités
• entamera une documentation scientifique des performances créatives des élèves.

http://www.multilingualweb.eu/

See the program page with the speakers’ slides and the relevant parts of the IRC logs.

http://www.multilingualweb.eu/documents/luxembourg-workshop/luxembourg-program

At a time of heightened attention to teacher training in the web 2,0 era, this expert video explores poignant insights and thoughtful opinions, from three leading professionals, on social media in the field of language teaching and teacher training.

The interviews were conducted on the occasion of the webinar session “ Teacher training in the age of Web 2.0: The current situation & future perspectives” on November 2011 in Lyon. They have been reconceptualised with the aim of shedding light on the difficulties, challenges and opportunities of language teachers in the classroom setting and of teacher training in relation to the use of Web 2.0 technologies, tools and applications. This new series of expert videos will, hopefully, provide inspiration for a broader audience.

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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication[communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

This brochure presents the 10 best practices from the “ Teachers’ competition for social media use in formal language learning contexts”, run throughout 2011. The aim of the competition was to identify the role of web 2.0 technology in classroom settings for language learning and teaching practices in Europe. Now that we have highlighted current good practices through the competition, this special publication is about to share these deserving and admirable practices with a broader audience. We hope that this publication will be of interest to teachers, educators, parents and pupils sharing good practices in the use of social media in classroom settings.

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The European Commission has organised a series of conferences and events in close collaboration with pan European language projects throughout Expolangues.  The four days programme of EC drew attention to   languages and mobility and the importance for employment and social inclusion.

On the second day of Expolangues, the EC invited Prof. Charles MAX (University of Luxembourg) to present the LS6 network for its innovative approach and its unique mix of activities in the area of language learning and social media.

A workshop included

• Presentation of EACEA (The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency) for the future EC programme and the various initiatives of the Multilingualism unit
•  Presentation of three selected European projects
•  a round table with a panel of experts

Furthermore, beyond a workshop contribution, LS6 was present in an official EC stand, located in E16, for four days fair.  As social media and its potential value to language learning are becoming apparent, LS6 took an initiative of involving with expo-visitors for interactive and participative activities using live blog (dica-lab LS6 blog) together with dynamic stand presentations.

Live blogging was not only about sharing thoughts, stories, testimonies of meaningful language learning processes and social media that LS6 promotes, but also moving expo-visitors from simple bystanders to active participants of the event.  It was possible thanks to four different instant dissemination;

- tweets or blog posts (text-based),
- 60 second video clips,
- short audio comments
- screencasts as commented activities on a website

Despite the unexpected cold in Paris, the enthusiasm of expo-visiors towards LS6 live blog has gathered more than 10 videos, more than dozen tweets, several audios as well as few screencasts.  All these contributions are disseminated instantly via our dica-lab LS6 Blog with the request/option for further commenting and extending the contributions on the site.

Thanks for Expo-visitors joining our live blogging, for the EC giving an opportunity to participate in Expolangues, for all members of LS6 supporting this event and of course, all the LS6 public via our social media presence.

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