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Eszter Babati, Mark Bali and Zsofia Ferenczy, former students at Batthyany Lajos Gimnazium, in Nagykanizsa, Hungary were encouraged by their former teacher, Janos Blasszauer, to promote the Energy is our Future school programme (FuturEnergia) at the Festival of Science and Technology.

This event is organized by the Slovak Association for Youth, Science and Technology (AMAVET) at Comenius University on Faculty of Natural Science in Bratislava, Slovakia, on 27-29 November 2008.

The Festival of Science and Technology 2008 is under the patronage of the President of Slovak Republic, Ivan Gašparovič, and will host more than 150 young scientists from five European countries: the Czech Republic, Belgium, Germany, Spain and Poland.

More about the event:
http://www.amavet.sk
http://www.festivalvat.sk

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Chat is a form of real-time communication which uses technology similar to that of electronic mail (e-mail); millions of users worldwide spend some time each day exchanging ideas and materials over the internet.

Taking part in chat sessions with experts and classes to discuss energy related themes can be a great opportunity for students and teachers as it helps to increase students motivation, facilitates communication among schools bringing diverse classes closer together.

The chat sessions can create conditions for effective and collaborative learning/teaching allowing long-distance exchange and interaction among groups of teachers, students, experts, who have the chance to investigate and understand ideas that may have a global impact.

These activities encourage students to be independent learners within a collaborative environment breaking the routine and making learning more varied.

Before gathering online the participating schools are provided with background information to help prepare the chat and get familiar with the theme.

http://www.cardarelli-massaua.it/futurenergy.htm

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