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The Link Up! Symposium is a small scale working conference about ICT and educational innovation. It is organised by the Dutch Inspectorate of Education. Strengthening the connections between education policy, research and school practice is the aim of Link Up!.

The symposium is for invited guests only, 3-3 participants from England, Scotland, France, Denmark, Hungary and the United States. The symposium is organised around 4 themes:

1. Changes in learning and teaching
2. Professional development
3. ICT and organisational change
4. Action research and mode-2 knowledge

Thursday September 30^th and Friday October 1^st

For the symposium each country is supposed to provide information on policy, research and practice in their countries. The Ministry of Education, Sulinet Program Office and the National Institute for Public Education provide the following documents.

Contents

• Educational Information Strategy (2004–2006)
• Exchange of Educational Content: Network of Clearinghouses for Educational Software and Content
• KidSmart
• Schoolnet Express Tax Allowance Program
• Digital trolley
• Schoolnet – “Public Utility” Internet Network 2005
• Sulinet Express ICT based modular in-service teacher training program
• Schoolnet – Content development, framework development and further training for teachers
• Activities of the Sulinet Program Office
• Digital Knowledge Base Program
• Hungarian Innovative Schools
• Valnet / Itcole – Watermarks project
• Zorka 2004 – Science Laboratory Project
• National First-aid-knowledge Competition
• Grandchild – Grandparent Informatics Competition
• Sulinet Languages column
• Challenges in the usage and teaching of ICT in schools