Connecting schools to internet

Some 15,000 schools throughout the European Union were connected to the Internet in October 1997, the first of Netd@ys Europe, when they organized over 1,000 events and together set up a European network in order to share their methods and experiences. An even greater participation is expected in Netd@ys Europe 1998.

1. 1. Every child should have affordable access to high quality educational and cultural information and services. There should be noncommercial spaces and electronic commons akin to public playgrounds, where children can safely explore, play, create, learn, and participate in civic life.

1. Increasing internet access
2. Developing electronic interactive learning

1. Promoting interactive networking
2. Promoting digital literacy
3. Improving secondary education

1. Protecting children from internet marketing exploitation
2. Exchanging secondary school students
3. Developing new distance education