More about the public transport:

Since some have asked:
All tickets can be either used for S-Bahn, U-Bahn or Bus. More information about tickets can be found online: www.bvg.de (all in English), including an online map where you can put in your destinations.
Most tickets need to be validated (stamped with small boxes on the platform). Tickets get checked from time to time and there is a fine if you are caught without a valid ticket.
Current prices: Single ticket Berlin AB (covering all of Berlin), 2 Euro; Dayticket Berlin AB 5,60 Euro and a seven day ticket Berlin AB 24.30 Euro.

About the meeting place:

Most of the time we will meet at the Kulturring office in Berlin-Baumschulenweg. The office is located at:
Ernststr. 14/16, 12437 Berlin, Telephone 0049 30 53696534, or just 53696534 if you ring from Berlin
Access to public transportation: The office is less than a five minute walk from the S-Bahn station 'Baumschulenweg', linked with several S-Bahn lines. You find the station in the east part of town, towards the south, most lines going towards the East airport 'Schönefeld'.

A first rough outline of the programme for your information:

Mo, 14th June: 19.30 - 22.30 hrs: Introduction of the week
Tue, 15th June: 10.00 - 18.00 hrs: first practical tasks
We, 16th June: 10.00 - open end: first news article (record and edit)
Thur, 17th June: 9.00 - 16.00 hrs: Studio workshop in the Open Channel
Fri, 18th June: 10.00 - 17.00 hrs: Finalise all practical work, meet together in the evening
Sa, 19th June: 10.30 - 12.30 hrs: Evaluation of the week

School visit: There will be no school visit, since my partner class won't be in Berlin at that time
Editing: We will use an English version of Pinnacle Studio 8 for editing
Video Camera: If you have a digital mini-DV camera bring it along, that it is more beneficial for you to get to know your own camera better.

About the hotel booking:

A few have contacted me about the hotel booking. As mentioned on the 'general' page you need to book your own hotel. All three hotels mentioned are still current but you can obviously stay somewhere else if you get a good offer online or through your travel agent.
I would suggest the East Side Gallery as the main 'course hotel'. Especially if you would like to stay together in the same place. Places are generally restricted though and tourism is fairly big in June so not everybody might get a room there. Try to book your room rather earlier than later!

About the payment of the course fees:

You can either pay the course fee (420 Euro) in Euro cash when you arrive or you can transfer the money directly on the Kulturring EU account. If you transfer the money you have to make sure that the money arrives here in Berin not later than the 7th June2004. If the money has not been transferred by then you would need to bring the fee in Euro cash. I can't give out the course attendance forms if the money is not paid in time. This means that you won't be able to claim the money from your Agency.

The bank details in case you want to transfer the money:

Account owner: Kulturring in Berlin e.V., Giselastr. 12, 10317 Berlin, Germany
IBAN number: DE43100200004388203003
SWIFT number: BEBEDEBB
Name of bank: Berliner Bank, Friedrichstr. 185-190, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Please put following information on the transfer sheet: Payment EU Course Berlin June 2004

Please check the 'General Information' on the top of the 'course page'.

First update on the programme: We will be in the big studio of the Open Channel on the Thursday of the course week. Further programme preparations will start after the Orsa course at the beginning of April.

Programme: Since some of you have asked when the course will start and end. The course will start on the Monday evening around 19.30 hrs and finish on Saturday afternoon before 17.00 hrs. More information about the programme will follow.

The course will definitely take place. We have reached the critical number of five confirmed registrations.