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www.europeanschoolnet.org - www.eun.org
The Netbook pilot for European SchoolsRiina Vuorikari, EUN & Bertrand Mellah, Acer
27/11/2009
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Outline of this presentation
• What are netbooks?
• What can teachers & students
do with netbooks?
• What does this pilot entail?
– Schools and equipment
– Countries
– Timeline
– Evaluation framework
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• Netbooks are a rapidly
evolving category of
small, light and
inexpensive
laptop computers• Good for general computing and web-
based applicationshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netbook
What are netbooks?
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• Latest Technologies
• Optimized design
• Full Connectivity
• Extended battery life
• Dual Operating systems
What are Acer netbooks?
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« One laptop per teacher » has potential
to supports teachers’ different tasks such as
• Administrative tasks
• Communicating with parents
• Pupils’ assessment
• Lesson planning
• Variety of ways to alternate
– the delivery of a lesson
– possibilities for homework
What can teachers do with netbooks?
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1:1 computer-pupil ratio. Potential for:
• More possibilities for
personalised learning
• Stronger competency in ICT use
• Greater engagement in education (also for parents)
• More immediate access to information, Web, digital
reference material, and communication and
collaboration tools
What can pupils do with netbooks?
• Netbooks a new
phenomena
Pilot countries
• France• Germany• Italy• Spain• Turkey
• the UK
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• Pre-pilot: January to June 2010
– 10 schools/country
• Pilot: September to June 2010
– 50 schools/country
Timeline
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• Each participating school will receive
– Pupils: 25 netbooks
– Teachers: 5 netbooks
– School: 10’’ netbooks, 19’’ monitor+desktop (mini server)
• This set-up allows us to focus on interactions
– within the school (e.g. pupil-pupil,
teacher-teacher, pupil-teacher)
– between participating schools
Schools and equipment
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Teachers will have access to
• online Community of Practice to discuss and exchange ideas
– Information about other schools part of the pilot
– Possibilities to share experiences and display good practices
– Thematic online chats
• Digital resource portal with
– multilingual learning resources in various topics
– pedagogical ideas to run collaborative projects
with the help of ICTs
Schools and resources
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• Netbooks a new phenomena
in educational setting
• Rich case studies on how netbooks are used in
various educational contexts:
･ Place: in school vs. out of school use
･ Context: individual use vs. collaborative use
･ Purpose: educational use vs. leisure use
Netbook pilot evaluation framework
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Netbook pilot evaluation framework
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Prepilot
Equip schools & train users
Online community & resourcesEthnographic approach
to determinate data gathering & evaluation
Preparation of evaluation framework &
launch of pilot
Full-scale pilot
Equip schools & train users
Online community & resourcesData gathering &
evaluation
Rich case studies to document the use
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• Selection of schools and country coordinators
• Equip and train the pre-pilot teachers
• Invitation to join the online community of practice
• Create 1:1 pedagogical scenarios to use netbooks.– in school vs. out of school
– individual vs. collaborative context
• Get feedback on the use of netbooks
• Formulate the evaluation framework
Next: Pre-pilot
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Are there..
• ...similar initiatives in your countries?
• ...similar research that we could link with?
• ..evaluations of teachers/learners use of ICT in formal vs. informal learning?
• ...evaluations of teachers/learners skills and competences?
Question to you?
