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<a
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/services/education-award/14-curriculum-award/246-education-award-2016.html"><big><b>2016
Best Practices in Education Award</b></big></a><br>
<br>
<b><big>Presented by Informatics Europe<br>
Sponsored by Microsoft Research<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/services/education-award/14-curriculum-award/246-education-award-2016.html">Call
for Submissions - Deadline June 1st<br>
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Informatics Europe proudly announces its <a
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/services/education-award/14-curriculum-award/246-education-award-2016.html"><strong>2016
Best Practices in Education Award</strong></a> devoted to
initiatives promoting informatics education in primary and
secondary schools.<br>
<br>
The Informatics Europe Best Practices in Education Award
recognizes outstanding European educational initiatives that
improve the quality of informatics teaching and the attractiveness
of the discipline, and can be applied and extended beyond their
institutions of origin.</p>
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The 2016 Award will reward a successful teaching effort in Europe
that: </p>
<ul>
<li><strong>has made a measurable difference in informatics
education in schools</strong></li>
<li><strong>is widely applicable and useful for the teaching
community</strong></li>
<li><strong>has made a measurable impact in its original
institution(s) and beyond</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>Examples of impact include course results, student projects,
textbooks, professional development, and influence on the
curriculum of other schools/countries.<br>
<br>
The 2016 Award is devoted to curriculum and professional
development initiatives for promoting informatics in schools as a
mandatory subject for all students. Initiatives at the (upper)
secondary level are particularly encouraged. The Award will honor
original contributions that emphasize successful initiatives for
teaching of informatics fundamentals in schools. Experiences and
reports showing how to use software or hardware tools in order to
improve learning in other disciplines than informatics will not be
considered.</p>
<strong>The Award, funded through a generous grant from Microsoft,
carries a prize of EUR 5,000.00</strong>
<p>The Award can be given to an individual or to a group. To be
eligible, participants must be located in one of the member or
candidate member countries of the Council of Europe (<a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.coe.int"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.coe.int">www.coe.int</a></a>),
or Israel. Members of the Informatics Europe Board and of the
Award Committee are not eligible.<br>
The Award Committee will review and evaluate each proposal. It
reserves the right to split the prize between at most two
different proposals (individuals or teams).<br>
<br>
<strong>Proposals should be submitted only at:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iebpea2016"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iebpea2016">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iebpea2016</a></a><br>
</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The proposal should include:</strong>
</p>
<ul>
<li>Names and addresses of the applicant or applicants;</li>
<li>Indication of whether the submission is on behalf of an
individual or a group;</li>
<li>Description of the achievements (max 5 pages);</li>
<li>Evidence of availability of the curricula materials to the
teaching community (max 2 pages);</li>
<li>Evidence of impact (max 5 pages);</li>
<li>A reference list (which may include URLs of supporting
material);</li>
<li>One or two letters of support. The letters of support may come
for example from school management or colleagues in the same or
another institution.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Deadlines:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Abstract<strong> </strong>and<strong> </strong>full
proposal: <strong>June 1, 2016</strong></li>
<li>Notification of winner(s):<strong> August 1, 2016</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><br>
The Award will be presented at the <a
href="http://www.informatics-europe.org/ecss/ecss-2016.html">12th
European Computer Science Summit</a>, in Budapest, 24-26 October
2016, where the winner or winners (one representative in the case
of an institution) will be invited to give a talk on their
achievements.<br>
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<strong>Award Committee:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Michael E. Caspersen, Aarhus University (Chair)</li>
<li>Gerard Berry, Collège de France</li>
<li>Muffy Calder, University of Glasgow</li>
<li>Judith Gal-Ezer, The Open University of Israel</li>
<li>Mark Guzdial, Georgia Institute of Technology</li>
<li>Lauri Malmi, Aalto University</li>
<li>Carsten Schulte, Paderborn University</li>
<li>Letizia Tanca, Politecnico di Milano</li>
</ul>
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<strong>Further inquiries:</strong><br>
<span id="cloak12996"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:education-award@informatics-europe.org">education-award@informatics-europe.org</a></span>
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