31jan/4feb Comenius 3.1 MULTIVERSUM 1

ICT/Multimedia in Italy

The national project for the development of ICT in schools

31jan/4feb Comenius 3.1 MULTIVERSUM 2

ICT/Multimedia in Italy

• The three-year national project (1997-2000) was promoted by the Ministry of Education

• aims: to improve ICT competencies in both teachers and students so as to improve teaching/learning methodologies and praxis

• funds to the schools, directly

31jan/4feb Comenius 3.1 MULTIVERSUM 3

ICT/Multimedia in Italy

Two subprojects

• 1A: for schools without previous experience in ICT and poor equipment

• funds to buy/improve hardware and organise in-service training for teachers

• each school 6.000 Euro + 1550 for training

31jan/4feb Comenius 3.1 MULTIVERSUM 4

ICT/Multimedia in Italy

Two subprojects

• 1B: for more experienced schools

• funds to develop multimedia laboratory

• each school: 21.700 Euro

• usually schools first have taken part in the A1 project and then in the B1.

31jan/4feb Comenius 3.1 MULTIVERSUM 5

ICT/Multimedia in Italy

Schools involved in A Schools involved in B

1997 5320 1898

1998 5000 4020

1999 2984 1711

2000 = about 4000

TOTAL 13304 about 11628

31jan/4feb Comenius 3.1 MULTIVERSUM 6

ICT/Multimedia in Italy

yet...

31jan/4feb Comenius 3.1 MULTIVERSUM 7

ICT/Multimedia in Italy

From a recent survey on upper secondary school teachers by IARD

• 83 % of teachers work in schoosl equipped with an Internet connection

• 1 out of 10 use the Internet connection regularly

31jan/4feb Comenius 3.1 MULTIVERSUM 8

ICT/Multimedia in Italy

• 1 out of 4 connect to the Internet every now and then

• the others… never!