Between 4-7 June of 2009 (Friday, 5 June in Ireland), registered voters in the EU's 27 Member States will use their votes to elect 736 members of the European Parliament or MEPs.
Our software
Know Your Europe is great for learning all about Europe and the European Union, try it out today, excellent for both home and the classroom.
Learn all about the
European Parliament and it works at
www.europarl.ie/abouteu.htmlNewstalk Quiz on the EU:
Chris Donoghue of Newstalk quizzed Irish candidates from the South on the upcoming European elections, below is their findings. The list of ten questions came from a mix of children’s quizzes on the European Parliaments website.
Quiz Questions:
- What year did Ireland join the EU?
- How many stars are on the EU flag?
- How many countries joined the EU on May the 1st, 2004 when Ireland held the Presidency?
- What date is Europe Day?
- Which two countries were admitted to the EU in 2007?
- What is the capital of Bulgaria?
- How many countries use the Euro as their currency?
- Who is the minister for state with responsibility for European affairs?
- Which country currently holds the EU presidency?
- How many EU commissioners are there at the moment?
Answers: 1) 1973; 2) 12; 3) 10; 4) 9th May; 5) Romania & Bulgaria; 6) Sofia; 7) 16; 8) Dick Roche; 9) Czech Republic; 10) 27
Top of the class were outgoing MEPs Brian Crowley (FF) and Kathy Sinnott (Ind) with 9 out of 10. At the other end were Ned O’Keeffe (FF) and Toireasa Ferris (SF) with 3 and 4 out of 10 respectively. Sean Kelly (FG) scored 1 out of the 3 questions he answered before withdrawing and saying the quiz was an unfair way of judging MEP candidates. Alan Kelly (Lab) and Colm Burke (FG) scored 6 out of 10. Listen to the full quiz below.
Newstalk - Are Our MEPs Smarter Than 10 Year Olds? - May 2009
If only they played Know Your Europe, any MEPs want a copy of Know Your Europe let me know, more than happy to pass it on.
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Know Your Europe, Know Your USA and Know Your World were reviewed this week at
anseo.net today, and it's another great review from anseo.net. Our software was again awarded their "Top of the Class" award and I am very pleased with the feedback, thanks again Simon.
"Know Your Ireland is in my opinion the definitive solution for any teacher teaching Geography classes. There is nothing else out there that looks better, works better or teaches better. There are a number of other solutions out there but I think this is the very best.
I would echo these sentiments in all three other products. Another worthy “Top of the Class” award." anseo.net - 12 May, 2009.
To read the full review visit the
anseo.net website:
http://anseo.net/blog2/?p=1033What is
anseo.net?
"Anseo.net has grown from humble beginnings as a basic blog to a fully-featured magazine-style web site. The basic premise of Anseo.net is opinion. The authors, all practicing primary school teachers, write about things in education that they are passionate about."Labels: Know Your Europe, Know Your Europe 2.0, Know Your USA, Know Your World, Media, News
Know Your Europe is now available to order. All current EdWare customers will be mailed details in the New Year on upgrade options, all customers who have already ordered Know Your Europe 2.0 should have received their CDs in the past two weeks.
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The School Edition of Know Your Europe comes with a comprehensive Control Panel. The Control Panel is only available with the School Site License Edition of Know Your Europe 2.0. The main features of the Control Panel are included below.
Custom Quizzes, you can select which feature you want in each quiz and exam. You can also force the quiz so your students have to take the custom quiz.
Edit Feature Names, Hints & Tips, this is great for creating your own hints ideal for editing our software to suit your local area.
User Groups, have a computer room which is shared among all students, create Groups of students for each class.
User Progress & Scoreboards, it is now possible to view and print a report of students progress, we have also added a scoreboard so you can check the top and bottom students at a quick glance.
Advance User Management, even easier to edit, delete and add students to Know Your Europe.
Even more Game Options, want to check for capital spellings, disable students from creating accounts, enable the game timer, hide the name of each country in the puzzle, disable web links, disable printing, all this and more can now be enabled or disabled through our improved game options.
You can also print Country Fact Files and Maps from the Study section with the School Edition of Know Your Europe.
Remember the School Site License can be installed on an unlimited number of computers at your school including the home computer of each teacher (great for lesson planning).
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The CDs were mailed out to schools the week of 08 December. Schools should receive them this week, but due to Christmas mail it may take longer to deliver than usual.
Country Maps
Detail maps of each country are provided in both English and Irish, these greatly improve the learning experience and are very detailed. The School Edition also enables you to print the map plus a country fact file.
Audio
Each topic and geographic feature is narrated by Nicola Crean in both English agus Gaeilge, this greatly improves the quizzes and allows the user to hear each feature.
National Flag
The national flag and a brief description of each country are provided, there is also a brief description of each feature. This is backed up by the optional Wikipedia links.
About Europe
The new section about Europe features some brief stats on Europe and the EU. It also features satellite photography from NASA, including a map that can me enlarged to full screen and shows the historic weather patterns. This is great for Digital Projectors and Whiteboards.
English & Gaeilge
The CD-Rom of Know Your Europe comes with both the English edition and Irish edition of Know Your Europe, Aithnigh d’Eorap.
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Each topic covered in Know Your Europe is supported by our Google Earth links, this allows you to quickly locate the topic in Google Earth, great for a real world perspective. We also have optional links to Wikipedia (can be disabled in the control panel), this great way to find out more information on each topic, print detailed country information and a huge array of photographs.
UPDATE, Know Your Europe is currently being mailed out to customers who have pre-ordered, you should expect your CD in the mail this week.
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Know Your Europe features over 80 photographs from across Europe, enhancing the learning experience for students and helps them associate geographic locations with actual photos of the location. A sample of the photos are shown above, these can be viewed full screen from within Know Your Europe.
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Know Your Europe 2.0 is currently being packed up to be sent out to schools, expect delivery early next week.
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One of the greatest additions to Know Your Europe 2.0 is the inclusion of detailed maps of each European country, all fifty included. These offer a great way to learn about each country.
School Edition:
The school edition also allows you to print a fact file of each country including their map, flag and brief information. The map can also be displayed full screen and works great with an interactive whiteboard.
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I am very happy to say that Know Your Europe 2.0 will be available in December, it took longer then expected but we have added many new topics and think it was worth the wait:
- About Europe (includes satellite photos)
- UN Regions
- Countries
- Capital Cities
- Major Cities
- Mountains
- Rivers
- Lakes
- Islands
- Oceanography
We have also added the following features which greatly improve the learning experience:
- High quality maps of each country.
- Over 50 photos from across Europe.
- Excellent printable worksheets.
- Fifty Countries of Europe, including Microstates.
- Updated with Kosovo and Montenegro.
- Puzzle of countries is greatly improved.
- Google Earth and Wikipedia web links.
- Updated and evolved interface.
- Many more enhancement throughout Know Your Europe 2.0
Once the CDs are ready we will being mailing them to customers, please be patient as we have a large number of CDs to mail.
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Screenshots from the all new Know Your Europe 2.0, the software will be released next week.
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The new edition of Know Your Europe 2.0 was due this month, but it has been delayed until early November. The reason for the delay is that I want it to be perfect, currently at the final stage of testing and fine tuning and want to ensure it works great.
Again sorry for the delay, I understand that some customers have been waiting a few weeks now for this. Once testing is complete the CDs will be sent out.
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We are pleased to announce that Know Your Europe 2.0 will be available in late October 2008. We will be updating our website with latest product information over the next month, check back soon.
You can now pre-order your copy of Know Your Europe 2.0, contact us today.
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We are currently finishing development on the new edition of Know Your Europe. The new edition will be available in early November and all current users will be contacted regarding the update once available.
New features in Know Your Europe 2.0 include:
- New EU members and EU candidate countries included.
- Many new topics covered including, islands, lakes, oceanography, regions and much more. We have also enhanced the current topics already included, countries, cities, rivers and mountains.
- Over fifty scenic photos from around Europe to enhance learning.
- Improved three step learning process, Study, Quiz and Examine.
- New advance printable worksheets, country fact file, teaching resources, flags and much more.
- High quality maps of each country, and their flag.
- Further details on each feature.
- Google Earth links included.
- Improved puzzle of the countries of Europe.
- Learn through English and Irish languages.
- Wikipedia links to each feature included.
- Montenegro and Kosovo, plus smaller micro states are now included.
- Overall Know Your Europe will be an excellent product.
If you want to learn more about Know Your Europe 2.0, please contact us for the latest information.
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The update for Know Your Europe will be available this summer, hopefully before the summer holidays for schools. Current users will receive details in the mail once the new edition is available.
The new version of Know Your Europe includes many updates and now features new European Union members and recently declared Kosovo and Montenegro. We have also added oceanography, islands, lakes, major cities and much more. The maps of each country have been updated along with each national flag.
Over the coming weeks I will be posting details of the update and offering a sneak peak for users. So check back soon...
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On the 17 February
2008 Kosovo declared independence from Serbia, this is a great time to learn more about the region and the history of
Kosovo.
We have just completed our new
Kosovo printable worksheet which is now available to download, by clicking the link below. This is great to photocopy for classroom use, or use with an overhead projector with a class. Details of this fact-sheet will be e-mailed to all members of our newsletter.
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