YES Forum http://www.yes-forum.eu/ News en YES Forum http://www.yes-forum.eu/typo3conf/ext/tt_news/ext_icon.gif http://www.yes-forum.eu/ 18 16 News TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:30:00 +0100 Y.E.S. Forum Position to Erasmus for All http://www.yes-forum.eu/system/news/detail/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=144&cHash=3394114b98ee3c190aee47e2760bfa0e

make it a programme for all young people

]]> In December 2011 the Y.E.S. Forum adopted the position statement on the Commission's proposal for the new “Erasmus for All” funding programme.

As the European network working with and for vulnerable young people across Europe, we very much welcome:
  • the significant budget increase proposed for the future programme,
  • the cross-cutting approach fostering the cooperation between policy fields impacting on youth and
  • a simpler, streamlined architecture of the programme, which makes it easier to apply for grants.
But we still think that certain elements of the “Erasmus for All” proposal as they affect young people need to be reconsidered! Read our recommendations for improvement of the proposal in the document.]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:30:00 +0100 Erasmus for All http://www.yes-forum.eu/system/news/detail/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=143&cHash=32d67fdaaa02694a62646da4d932fe0c

New EU Programme 2014-2020

]]> click here.]]> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:47:00 +0100 LS6 - language learning and social media http://www.yes-forum.eu/system/news/detail/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=139&cHash=b757dd4578a98f5ab901986657dff641

Lyon Webinar Forum online, participation in symposium and conference, prizes for teacher...

]]> Webinar The webinar Teacher training in the age of Web 2.0: The current situation& future perspectives, organised by ENS de Lyon-Ifé, took place on Wednesday November 30th, at 14:00 (CET). Thanks to the Lyon team’s organisation and the promotion on this event, the Lyon webinar has finished successfully with 40 virtual participants and many participants in Lyon. Also, our sincere gratitude goes to the invited speakers Mirjam Hauck, Melinda Dooly and Christine Develotte for sharing their perspectives and practice on teacher training in Web 2.0 era. Webinar Forum online Following this Webinar about teacher training in the Web 2.0 era, we would like to invite you to join our Forum to continue an ongoing discussion. The Forum space is here.  Please join us in our Forum discussion to share your valuable opinion and make your voice heard. International Symposium Monica Vlad (University Ovidius Constanta Romania) participated in the International Symposium Formation et professionnalisation des enseignants de langues, on 3-4 November at Paris. Monica presented “Language learning and teaching through social media in new EU countries” as well as our network. With this occasion, the LS6 network has been introduced in www.itilt.eu. iTILT stands for interactive Technologies In Language Teaching, and is a European project which aims to promote best practice in communicative language teaching using interactive whiteboards. Medea Conference The LS6 network participated in a second International Media & learning Conference (MEDEA), in 24-25 November 2011 at Brussels. Our project was invited to present the network in a special stand, provided by MEDEA conference for 24th November 2011. The LS6 network, along with other 5 LLP projects, had a privilege to present the network and distributed postcards, our studies(materials) to 240 MEDEA participants coming from all over the world. Also, if you is interested in participating in another competition, please have a look at the MEDEA Awards, an annual competition for educational media. Prize for teacher competition awarded  Thanks to the successful promotion on the teacher competition social media use in formal language teaching contexts, the LS6 team saw more than 80 entries and awarded the best practice out of many worthy practices. We now have the winner of the event Teacher’s competition on social media use in formal language learning contexts. To our great surprise, more than 80 entries were submitted and have competed for the first round selection. After choosing 10 finalists, the judges took time to go through each practice in detail for each category.  Finally, we have the winner teacher Ceri Anwen James in a Welsh-medium school Ysgol Gyfun Bro Morgannwg from Vale of Glamorgan, Wales (UK). Her practice embraces various perspectives of learning language in social media use as her practice integrates writing, spelling, and speaking and overall contexts. The official announcement can be found here. The website for the announcement is here. And here you can also read more about the best practice. New competition coming up Now LS6 is pleased to announce that we will run another competition Social media in INFORMAL learning contexts, i.e. outside of formal education settings.  The competition Social media in informal language learning and use: Video project - Interviewing adult learners will be run from January 2012. The competition aims at highlighting how a language learner in the Web 2.0 era uses social media for language learning in daily life outside formal learning contexts, and to award the individual who shares his or her best practice. The informal learning videos competition is led by Prof. Eija Suomela-Salmi (University of Turku,eisusa@utu.fi) and will be assisted by Siiri-Maija Heino (University of Turku,siihei@utu.fi) with close collaboration of the University of Luxembourg. Those interested will do video interviewing with individuals to find out good practices in social media and language learning in daily life. After video interviewing is made, we will gradually upload the videos in our vimeo space to share and to award the interviewee who has shared the best practice. Please find more information about the competition here. ]]> Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:30:00 +0100 Eurobarometer http://www.yes-forum.eu/system/news/detail/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=131&cHash=091aeeb3cb4970719244afbfaad41370

Attitudes towards Vocational Education and Training

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No stigma is attached to vocational training as an alternative to academic studies, with 71% of all European respondents seeing VET as a positive image in their country. However, a fifth of all the EU respondents believe that VET does not offer good career opportunities, and this is the main area which the EU initiative must improve by 2020.

To read all the statistics, please click here.]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:54:00 +0100 ATTEMPT http://www.yes-forum.eu/system/news/detail/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=128&cHash=5b19a7c071afb8f7aa70fc5ef01dec0f

project meeting - Interactive Form Theatre (IFT)

]]> click here.]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:39:00 +0200 Actions in Youth Policy http://www.yes-forum.eu/system/news/detail/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=126&cHash=af41b3b69b232b11a969104940ded0e8

Plans for the Polish Presidency

]]> For more information, read the presidency programme and click here.]]> Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:07:00 +0200 Education Europe http://www.yes-forum.eu/system/news/detail/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=125&cHash=0b68dc68afda2b8e2390e712e944d358

Proposal for New EU Funding 2014-2020

]]> The European Commission has proposed the new programme to succeed the current funding programmes in the area of education, training and youth from 2014. This is published as a part of the proposal for the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the EU for 2014-2020. The Commission proposes a new integrated programme, named 'Education Europe', which will bring together the current programmes in the area of education and youth, including the Lifelong Learning Programme, Erasmus Mundus and Tempus, and the Youth in Action Programme. The proposed budget allocation for the programme is EUR 15.2 billion. Among its priorities, the programme will focus on trans-national learning mobility, cultivate collaboration between education institutions and the work environment and will grant policy support to gather evidence on the effectiveness of education investments. However, the Commission did not outline details about the breakdown of the budget. So it is quite open what impact this new integrated programme might have on the EU Youth strategy 2010-2018 and how it touches the European cooperation in youth work. To read more about it, please click here.]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:37:00 +0200 LS6 language learning and social media http://www.yes-forum.eu/system/news/detail/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=124&cHash=e1ede39fe0c703a687d386b21d4dab83

Study report published and call for papers opened

]]> final report. A call for papers has been published regarding the topic: 'multilingual literacy and social media: challenges for learning and teaching languages'. All necessary information about this call can be found in the call document. Deadline for this call is September 25, 2011. ]]> Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:26:00 +0200 LS6 language learning and social media http://www.yes-forum.eu/system/news/detail/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=123&cHash=88d0c758a568e05955fb973774bdac86

June webinar videos online

]]> Where languages collide: How multilingual literacies make social media real held on June 14? Watch the recording here. Would like to join the discussion? See you at the forum (public discussion open from mid-June to mid-August) on the same topic.
And how about the second LS6 webinar on June, 29th: Give interculturality a chance - can social media make a difference? by Fred Dervin and Christine Develotte? You can find the recording here.]]> Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:32:00 +0200 Y.E.S. Forum Study Visit and General Assembly http://www.yes-forum.eu/system/news/detail/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=122&cHash=6a9f14ef5bdcd91aa99bc7dd94752cae

Review of the two events in Manchester

]]> To download the declaration and use it for your lobbying, please click here. To read a summary of the events, please click here. Further documents are available in our Community.]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:03:00 +0200