And the winners are…… After we ran out of time at the excellent Gala Dinner we did not have time to announce the Winners of the Enquiring Minds project. We were all really impressed with your efforts and despite some technical difficulties with Deep Zoom...

There were many very good projects at the European ITF09, and all are winners for participating. However, we had to choose the winners that would be given the opportunity to travel to Brazil to participate in the World Wide ITF09, and hopefully win the...

Here is PDFs on all the presentations and the Futurelab Workshop from the ITF 09 in Vienna;   Link to the presentation by Christian Fonnesbech on the Climate Mystery                       Link...

As promised I hereby upload the graphic notes made by Deirdre Crowley during the event. This is the first entry in a series that will contain important material from the European ITF09; winning VCTs, Power Points, etc…. All notes are uploaded as deep...

The rest of the morning the groups from yesterday were increadibly dedicated in creating their digital content. You could see heads smoking while videos were edited, photosynths created and songs recorded! I am very curious to see the results! It was...

Thursday morning started with a speech by Dan Roberts from Saltash Community School in the UK. Dan is a great example on how innovative work can be rewarded also in your professional life: he has become promoted assistant head teacher as a result of winning...

Futurelab professor Lizbeth Goodman started by presenting the ClubTech programme which has successfully reached 5.4 million young people, very many of them poor and at risk, with very innovative and engaging technology programmes in the United States...

The morning of the second day was opened by the General Manager of the Vienna Hofburg, Mrs. Denner, with an impressive video featuring the beautiful Ceremony Hall that the ITF is being hosted in. We surely appreciate being in such a famous location that...

Hi all Finally we arrived in Vienna:) The Hofburg is amazing, majestic and very very big...... All of us here are very excited about this event finally taking place! Teachers are setting up their stands and everyone is feeling the spirit of the...

Petra Jenner (44) has been General Manager of Microsoft Austria since 1 February 2009. She is in charge of 340 employees and is responsible for the Austrian partner business system, which includes over 5,000 companies and around 5 billion euros added...

Christian Fonnesbech is founder and director of Congin, a Copenhagen based design and production studio for story based, cross media content that works with companies and customers across Europe. Christian has developed and produced dramatic, interactive...

Dan Roberts is Assistant Head Teacher with responsibility for Learning at Saltash.net Community School and has taught science for the last 6 years; Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy at key stages 3-4 and Biology at key stage 5 (students aged 11...

Franz Kuehmayer has a long track record of successful leadership positions on an international scale. He received education at the Technical University Vienna, Austria; the Kellogg School of Management, Chicago; and the University of Washington, Seattle...

I am very excited to announce that the graphich note taker Deirdre Crowley will be taking notes at the European Innovative Teachers Forum 2009. Deirdre Crowley is the founder of Crowley & Co., a Washington, DC-based consultancy that helps clients...

Hi all Now a lot of valuable information will start flowing your way, so pay attention and stay tuned:) We have prebooked rooms at three hotels in Vienna (numbers are equivalent to the pins on the map); Le Meridien Hotel Vienna Hotel Lindner...

Welcome to the ITF09 Blog! We are now starting to upload information leading up to the Innovative Teachers Forum 2009. This blog will hold information on keynote speakers, hotels, and many other interesting things. The ITF09 will be held at the...