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Communities for TeachersCommunities for Teachers

DIGISCHOOLDIGISCHOOL

COMMUNITIES FOR (LANGUAGE) TEACHERSCOMMUNITIES FOR (LANGUAGE) TEACHERSIINTRODUCTIONIINTRODUCTION

A virtual network of teachers, including Communties,

Supports teachers (and pupils)

Binds teachers together

Brings better use of ICT

Improves education

WHO ARE WE? WHO ARE WE? DIGISCHOOLDIGISCHOOL

1995 WEBSITE > PUPILS

2000 COMMUNITIES > TEACHERS

START 10 COMMUNITIES

TODAY 35 COMMUNITIES

10 LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES

Managing the website:

1995: 2 teachers

1996: 10 teachers

2009: 70 teachers from all over the country.

WWW.DIGISCHOOL.NLWWW.DIGISCHOOL.NLDIGISCHOOL HOMEPAGEDIGISCHOOL HOMEPAGE

WHO DO WE SERVE? WHO DO WE SERVE? PUPILSPUPILS

PRIMARY EDUCATION

Managed by 15 teachers Volunteers Compensation of expenses

SECONDARY EDUCATION

Managed by 30 teachers Volunteers Compensation of expenses

PRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY EDUCATIONPUPILSPUPILS

5 VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS

READING WRITING ARITHMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ART

PUPILS - PRIMARY SCHOOLPUPILS - PRIMARY SCHOOLDIGISCHOOLDIGISCHOOL

DUTCH LANGUAGE, LEVEL 3, 4 AND 5DUTCH LANGUAGE, LEVEL 3, 4 AND 5PRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL

SECUNDARY EDUCATIONSECUNDARY EDUCATIONPUPILSPUPILS

28 CLASSROOMS

ART BIOLOGY DUTCH LANGUAGE ENGLISH LANGUAGE GEOGRAPHY ETC.

PUPILS – SECONDARY SCHOOLPUPILS – SECONDARY SCHOOLDIGISCHOOLDIGISCHOOL

GEOGRAPHY CLASSROOMGEOGRAPHY CLASSROOMSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOL

CLASSROOM ENGLISH LANGUAGECLASSROOM ENGLISH LANGUAGESECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOL

WHO DO WE SERVE? WHO DO WE SERVE? TEACHERSTEACHERS

PRIMARY EDUCATION

7 communities Managed by 7 community managers Paid

SECONDARY EDUCATION

28 communities Managed by 28 community managers Paid

PRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY EDUCATIONTEACHERSTEACHERS

7 COMMUNITIES

PRESCHOOL CLASS 1&2 CLASS 3&4 CLASS 5&6 CLASS 7&8 TEACHER TRAINING STUDENTS PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER’S WEBLOG

SECUNDARY EDUCATIONSECUNDARY EDUCATIONTEACHERSTEACHERS

28 COMMUNITIES

ART BIOLOGY DUTCH LANGUAGE ENGLISH LANGUAGE GEOGRAPHY ETC. SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WEBLOG

CONSISTS OFCONSISTS OFCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

WEBSITE

MAILINGLIST

NEWS LETTER

LEARNING RESOURCES DATABASE

FORUM

PRIMARY SCHOOL GROUP 1-2 (46.000 members)PRIMARY SCHOOL GROUP 1-2 (46.000 members)COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH (6.000 members)SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH (6.000 members)COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

MEMBERSHIPMEMBERSHIPCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

MEMBERSHIPMEMBERSHIPCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

MEMBERSHIPMEMBERSHIPCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

MEMBERSHIPMEMBERSHIPCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

MEMBERSHIPMEMBERSHIPCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

COMMUNITY MEMBERCOMMUNITY MEMBERTEACHERSTEACHERS

After Registration

Activation code in mailbox

Membership after activating account

Mail to Community manager

Community manager can refuse

SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISHSECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISHCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

LEARNING RESOURCES DATABASELEARNING RESOURCES DATABASECOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

LEARNING RESOURCES DATABASELEARNING RESOURCES DATABASECOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

LEARNING RESOURCES DATABASELEARNING RESOURCES DATABASECOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

LEARNING RESOURCES DATABASELEARNING RESOURCES DATABASECOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

LEARNING RESOURCES DATABASELEARNING RESOURCES DATABASECOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

LEARNING RESOURCES DATABASELEARNING RESOURCES DATABASECOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

LEARNING RESOURCES DATABASELEARNING RESOURCES DATABASECOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISHSECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISHCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

NEWS LETTERNEWS LETTERCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

NEWS LETTER BY MAILINGLISTNEWS LETTER BY MAILINGLISTCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

FORUMFORUMCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

CONSISTS OFCONSISTS OFCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

WEBSITE – community_english

MAILINGLIST – list-english@digischool.nl

NEWS LETTER – every month

LEARNING RESOURCES - database

2 FORA – COMMUNITYFORUM

EXAM DISCUSSION

SECONDARY SCHOOL DUTCHSECONDARY SCHOOL DUTCHCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

SECONDARY SCHOOL FRENCHSECONDARY SCHOOL FRENCHCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

SECONDARY SCHOOL GERMANSECONDARY SCHOOL GERMANCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

SECONDARY SCHOOL SPANISHSECONDARY SCHOOL SPANISHCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

SECONDARY SCHOOL ARABICSECONDARY SCHOOL ARABICCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

Ideas of community membersIdeas of community membersTOOLSTOOLS

VOCABULARY TESTING

VOCABULARY TESTING

VOCABULARY TESTING

LETTER WRITING

GRAMMAR

PRIMARY ENGLISH

Wrts.nl

Wrds.eu

m.wrts.nl

www.klikbrief.nl

Grammachat

Mike.digischool.nl

Dutch

International

Mobile phone

Clickletter

Chat

Mike

All freely available

VOCABULARY TESTINGVOCABULARY TESTINGWRTS.NLWRTS.NL

VOCABULARY TESTINGVOCABULARY TESTINGWRDS.EUWRDS.EU

VOCABULARY TESTINGVOCABULARY TESTINGWRDS.EUWRDS.EU

VOCABULARY TESTINGVOCABULARY TESTINGWRDS.EUWRDS.EU

VOCABULARY TESTINGVOCABULARY TESTINGWRDS.EUWRDS.EU

VOCABULARY TESTINGVOCABULARY TESTINGWRDS.EUWRDS.EU

VOCABULARY TESTINGVOCABULARY TESTINGWRDS.EUWRDS.EU

VOCABULARY TESTING ON MOBILE PHONESVOCABULARY TESTING ON MOBILE PHONESWRTS MOBILEWRTS MOBILE

LETTER WRITINGLETTER WRITINGKLIKBRIEF.NLKLIKBRIEF.NL

GRAMMAR LEARNING WITH A CHATBOTGRAMMAR LEARNING WITH A CHATBOTGRAMMACHATGRAMMACHAT

GRAMMAR LEARNING WITH A CHATBOTGRAMMAR LEARNING WITH A CHATBOTGRAMMACHATGRAMMACHAT

GRAMMAR LEARNING WITH A CHATBOTGRAMMAR LEARNING WITH A CHATBOTGRAMMACHATGRAMMACHAT

A FIRST INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISHA FIRST INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISHENGLISH WITH MIKEENGLISH WITH MIKE

A FIRST INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISHA FIRST INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISHENGLISH WITH MIKEENGLISH WITH MIKE

A FIRST INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISHA FIRST INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISHENGLISH WITH MIKEENGLISH WITH MIKE

A FIRST INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISHA FIRST INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISHENGLISH WITH MIKEENGLISH WITH MIKE

THE NUMBERSTHE NUMBERSSTATISTICSSTATISTICS

WEBSITE COMMUNITIES DATABASE

WRTS.NL

Visitors per month

Members

Learning materials

New learning materials per month

Learning materials downloaded per month

Pupil accounts

1,5 million

170,000

15,000

200

220,000

1,160,000

COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIESCONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

BIND TEACHERS TOGETHER

EXCHANGE INFORMATION

ASK QUESTIONS, OTHERS ANSWER

BRING BETTER USE OF ICT

LEARNING RESOURCES AND TOOLS

DEVELOP, EXCHANGE, USE AND IMPROVE

IMPROVE EDUCATION

LESS DEPENDING ON TEXTBOOKS

MORE INVOLVED IN THEIR OWN TEACHING

A WELL ORGANISED NETWORKA WELL ORGANISED NETWORKCONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

NO REPLACEMENT FOR SCHOOLS

EDUCATES PUPILS & TEACHERS IN ICT USE

COMMUNITY MANAGERS ARE ESSENTIAL

THINKING ABOUT STARTING COMMUNITIES?

ALL SOFTWARE AND TOOLS FREELY AVAILABLE

Erik Verhulperik@digischool.nl

www.digischool.nl

wrts.nl

wrds.eu

m.wrts.nl

www.klikbrief.nl

mike.digischool.nl