Monday

Mobile Technologies in Science Education

Video clip about the workshop, created by Attila Főző

Thursday

NSS Workshop

On Friday morning all NSS members meet at Room Regaleira for a Workshop. At 12h00 there will be a bus to take you to the village of Sintra. You will meet the rest of the group in Tivoli Hotel.

There will be an afternoon workshop at the Tivoli Hotel from 14h30. This will be held at the room "Eça de Queiroz 2"

Useful information

The activities for the 1st day will be at the Hotel of the Venue - Pestana Sintra Golf Hotel

On the 2nd day there will be buses to take you to the Village of Sintra. All buses will leave the Hotel at 9.00am. The workshops will be held at the Tivoli Hotel in the centre of the village.

The colours of your badges represent the workshops you are in.
The buses for the sightseeing leave at 16.30pm from the Tivoli Hotel.

Pestana Sintra Golf Hotel - Beloura



Hope you enjoy your stay!

Welcome

We are about to start!

The NSS-PT welcomes all the participants and wishes you all a fruitful work.

We hope you have a pleasant stay.

Wednesday

Necessary Equipment

Don't forget to bring your laptop.

For those who will attend W1, W2, and W3 you will need to install previously in your laptop the following software:

  • Google Earth 5.0
  • Komposer http://www.kompozer.net
  • Winrar (it’s Shareware)

We will have all the necessary equipment for the workshops available in the venue (except the laptops).

General Event Information

Theme: Mobile Tecnhologies
Target group:Secondary teachers
Age group:
15-19

Dates: Thursday, 29th October to Saturday, 31st October 2009
Venue: Sintra, Portugal

How to get from the airport

You can choose one of two options:
1. Shuttle bus from our NSS. Check the schedule here.

It won’t be difficult to find the bus. It will be identified with a sign saying PDW SINTRA and the etwinning LOGO, and it will be parked in the bus area (on the right side of the exit of the arrival zone).


2. Public transport: for this you also have two options:
a. Taxi from the airport to the hotel: it’s around 30-35km and it should cost 35€-40€.
b. Bus/train/taxi :
i. Take a bus (number 90) in the airport and go to the bus stop “RESTAURADORES”. Price 1.40€
ii. Go to the “ROSSIO STATION” and take the train to Sintra (it is the last train stop, so there is no mistake). Price 1.70€ iii. In Sintra take a Taxi to Pestana Golf Sintra Hotel. It should be around 10€ (GPS: Lat: N 38º 45.759 Long: W 9º 22.026)


Workshop Venue

day 1 - Pestana Sintra Golf Hotel
day 2 - Hotel Tivoli Sintra and Sintra village
day 3 - Pestana Sintra Golf Hotel

Every participant will be accomodated in:
Pestana Sintra Golf Hotel