Objective To exploit the engagement of young people with technology, there is a need to make e-Learning content more engaging. Schools and education authorities need to find new ways to link with research and creative practice and adopt new methodologies. Building on existing successes, eMapps.com will develop and validate adaptable interactive tools which enable games to be played on an innovative mobile platform, running on multiple devices and networks, which teachers can customise. Communities of creative, networking children in the NMS, focusing on age group 9-12, will be engaged in building their own cultural content, communicating with peer groups in other countries - and a growing community of teachers encouraged to meet learning objectives and to integrate the use of ICT in the school curriculum, within a clear pedagogical framework.The multilingual, multicultural local content created through games will be made easily available for sharing and repurposing in the wider eLearning context of schools in NMS. Teachers and children will also be enabled to draw on content held in other repositories while creating and playing games. By providing manageable ways and spaces for teachers to experiment in their own schools, motivational gains from effective use of ICT will be harnessed to the actual needs of the curriculum and timetable, bringing to life subjects such as history and geography through dynamic and creative experiences. A major project result will be the basis for the creation of an interactive, time-based child's digital living map of Europe.The participants will cover the eight NMS of 'mainland' Europe. However, the project's results will be and contribution to standards will be extended more widely. A major dissemination effort, will include a content-rich project website and a high profile final conference to discuss the project's policy recommendations. Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2004-2.4.13 - Strengthening the Integration of the ICT research effort in an Enlarged Europe Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator CROSS CZECH A.S. EU contribution No data Address VACLAVSKE NAMESTI 808/66 110 00 PRAHA 1 Czechia See on map Total cost No data Participants (12) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BERZSENYI DANIEL FOISKOLA Hungary EU contribution No data Address KAROLYI GASPAR TER 4 9700 SZOMBATHELY See on map Total cost No data CIBER ESPACIO SL Spain EU contribution No data Address CALLE APODACA 11 28004 MADRID See on map Total cost No data CZECH EFFICIENT LEARNING NODE Czechia EU contribution No data Address JOSE MARTINHO 31 16252 PRAHA 6 See on map Total cost No data ELFA S.R.O. Slovakia EU contribution No data Address LETNA 9 040 01 KOSICE See on map Total cost No data EUN PARTNERSHIP Belgium EU contribution No data Address RUE DE TREVES 61 1040 BRUXELLES See on map Total cost No data MDR PARTNERS United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address SANDERS DRIVE 11 CO3 3SE COLCHESTER See on map Total cost No data STENDES APRUPES UN ATTISTIBAS BIEDRIBA MEZAZILE Latvia EU contribution No data Address BRIVIBAS IELA 51 3257 STENDE See on map Total cost No data STOWARZYSZENIE MIEDZYNARODOWE CENTRUM ZARZADZANIA INFORMACJA Poland EU contribution No data Address KRASINSKIEGO 121 B LOKAL 113 87-100 TORUN See on map Total cost No data SVIETIMO IR KULTUROS MOBILIUJU TECHNOLOGIJU INSTITUTAS Lithuania EU contribution No data Address PASILAICIU G. 15-86 06107 VILNIUS See on map Total cost No data THE MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address All Saints Building Oxford Road MANCHESTER See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TIIGRIHUPPE SIHTASUTUS Estonia EU contribution No data Address MUSTAMAE TEE 60 12916 TALLINN See on map Total cost No data UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI Slovenia EU contribution No data Address KONGRESNI TRG 12 1000 LJUBLJANA See on map Total cost No data