A picture says a thousand words !

here are some pictures of Mödling from my album.

I am interested to see your favourite 7 pictures of the town, in terms of what you would show a friend visiting here for the first time from another country :-)

http://picasaweb.google.com/nigelstonham/MDlingBestCityInTheWorld

Halloween in Mödling on 31st October

come along for pumpkin cutting, dressing up and trick or treat!

more information here http://bss.daotec.com/TheEnglishRoom/worksheets/halloween.html

"Why I want to meet the England football team in Vienna on 16th November!"

lets have a competition:-

please write a hundred or so words, as a comment to this file, on the topic in title - "Why I want to meet the England football team in Vienna on 16th November!"

I will look for some prizes, like a football, "Bend it like Beckham", "Fever Pitch" ( Nick Hornby is also here during that time , see http://www.einestadteinbuch.at/ ) and Beckham's autobiography... maybe even with luck a meeting with some of the team, who knows....

best of luck, and have fun, nigel

Digital Libraries - the future of learning ?

In Australia:-
"Remote Australian Library System Receives Award for Teaching Technology Literacy Skills Through Preservation of Culture.
2007 Access to Learning Award recognizes the Northern Territory Library for providing free computer and Internet access and training to impoverished indigenous communities"
for more see the article here:-
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalDevelopment/GlobalLibraries/Announcements/Announce-070820.htm

In Vienna:-
http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/sprachlabor/info a pdf in both English and German describes the centre available for students and staff at the Vienna University of Economics

In Mödling ( best city in the world ! )
The English Room and eklass combine to provide a local centre for digital learning and communication, in a pilot program planned to go to some of Mödling's twin towns in the next phase. http://www.eklass.org/

mum@work pictures from artkids!

The English Room - International Womens Day 2007 - mum@work

so, for international womens day in 2007, we helped organise a competition in the schools for kids to draw their mum@work. results were exhibited in the stadtgalerie on March 8th, and the winners selceted by the audience.
Tamara painted the winners in oils, and the results are now back in Mödling, soon to be shown in then english room, klostergasse 8.
see them online here:- http://www.artkids.nu/emum1.html and http://www.artkids.nu/emum2.html

eklass - Verein in Gründung

www.eklass.org for details .....

The English Room in Mödling

new pictures today:-