Microsoft to sponsor participation of Malta’s ‘Most Innovative Teacher’ to Berlin forum
Microsoft Malta has extended its invitation to Malta’s most innovative teachers to submit their respective ICT in education projects and stand the chance of winning a free trip to the forthcoming European Innovative Education Forum organised by Microsoft in Berlin between the March 23 and 25th. The most innovative project which illustrates the use of technology in class, in the teaching and learning practices will be presented at t the Forum by the winning teacher.
Now in its seventh year, the European Innovative Education Forum forms part of the Innovative Teachers and Schools program, a global community of educators and schools sponsored by Microsoft’s Partners in Learning programme. The Forum is a gathering of innovative teachers and other education experts from all over Europe, showcasing their work and celebrating their success is an outstanding opportunity to reinvent education and get some new inspiration. The Berlin forum is expected to attract over 300 teachers from around 44 different countries across Europe who will be meeting in Berlin to share ideas about innovation in education and the role of ICT in education.
“The European Innovative Education Forum gives recognition and rewards innovative teachers who practice the elements of 21st century learning in their own classrooms, and who then incorporate these skills into the student learning environment,” explains Fabianne Ruggier Academic Programme Manager from Microsoft Malta. “Malta has so much to offer in the field of ICT in education to other European and global countries. Making available this opportunity to a Maltese educator dove-tails with the efforts co-ordinated by the Ministry for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport to recognise and reward teachers who integrate technology in their daily teaching practice.”
All teachers and educators who are interested to submit their participating projects should do so by not later than February 26. Interested participants are requested to join an online community on Microsoft’s Innovative Teachers Network and complete an application form which explains the project, its context and the use of technology in the delivery of a learning outcome. Interested individuals are to call the Microsoft Malta offices for guidance on how to join the online community and fill in the application form.
