European Union supports international school projects through special portal
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European Union supports international school projects through special portal
Thursday, 24 August 2006 00:00
Korfball is a sport played in a great number of schools. Many korfball coaches are teachers and numerous international players caught the korfball bug whilst playing the game with their schoolmates. Using the infrastructure prepared for international school projects via eTwinning.net, driven by the European Union (EU), seems to be a great launching pad for progressing korfball development in schools.

The EU in its desire to see greater collaboration and exchange of information between schools has developed a portal called eTwinning.net, where teachers and students use the Internet to work together across borders. Schools cooperate, exchange information and share learning materials. Schools in primary and secondary education (indicative age bracket: 3-19 yr olds) within the EU are involved. Various activities with optional content are supported; the eTwinning.net website enables schools to collaborate and exchange information through the provision of sophisticated information communication technologies.

Sports is one of ten promoted topics on eTwinning.net, but in terms of project uptake sits in 8th place. For further information check out the profile article of Sports.

Many European schools, doing international projects with a korfball element, can start using the portal immediately; other schools can get inspired by checking out existing collaborations and/or may network through the "Find a Partner" feature.

The IKF encourages schools where korfball is practised to register on the site and to make their school available for projects with other schools. The summer months seem to be a good time to do the groundwork for next year's challenges.

More about eTwinning.net portal.

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