technological plan for education the Portuguese framework for ICT in education

and the the Magellan initiative (e.escolinha) for primary school children

Teresa Evaristo teresa.evaristo@dgidc.min-edu.pt

technological plan for education framework

Lisbon Strategy

Education and Training 2010 Program

Making Europe the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world

Developing skills for a Knowledge Society

ICT as a basic tool for learning and working

Reinforcing the qualifications of the portuguese people

Higher quality in the education and training system

An inclusive Information and Knowledge Society

Reinforcing ICT skills

Technological Plan

National Strategy for Sustainable Development

Technology

technological plan for education diagnosis

Contents Training

• Insufficient IT equipment

• Broadband internet connection with limited speed and coverage

• Insufficient and non- structured local area networks

• Equipment safety concerns

• Insufficient technical support

• Digital pedagogical contents scarce and disperse

• Collaborative platforms with limited usage and functionalities

• School management barely digital

• Teacher training not focused on the use of ICT in education

• Lack of skills oriented for digital management of non-teaching staff

• Lack of an integrated system to certify ICT skills

Technology Contents Training

Technological KitComputers, video projectors and interactive whiteboards

High-speed broadband Internet

Internet in the ClassroomLocal Area Networks

School Card

School S@fety

School Portal

Simplex SchoolSchool management platform

Technological Plan for Education

Institutional Portal of the Ministry of Education

ICT Competencies Training and Certification

Electronic Assessment

ICT Internships

ICT Academies

Transversal Projects

Technological Support Centre for Schools

e.escola, e.professor, e.oportunidades e.escolinha

Fund for inclusion in education

To make the teaching / learning process increasingly more interactive

To reinforce IT equipment in the classroom: Interactive whiteboards, computers connected to the Internet and video projectors

5 students per computer in 2008/2009, 2 in 2010

1 videoprojector in every classroom in 2010

1 interactive whiteboard in every 3 classrooms in 2010

Goals

Concept

technology technological kit summary

Adjudication of the winning proposals in the international tender (HP, Epson, Promethean)Contract signing in early December 2008

Status

To create a portal for school communities with content sharing, distance learning and collaborative tools

To facilitate the availability of quality digital educational contents online

To develop interactive teaching/learning methods

To generalise the use of students’ e-portfolio

School Portal (stage I) to be released in December 2008Simplex School (stage I) to be released in February 2009

Status

To create an electronic platform for school management

To increase efficiency in management and communication between agents in the teaching community

To improve access to school information

Concept

Goals

Contentsschool portal and simplex school summary

To provide quality digital educational resourses, making them universally available at the school portal

To certify and make available quality digital educational resoures

To stimulate the market for the production of digital educational resources under quality guidelines established by universities

digital educational contents summary

Concept

Goals

Strategic study concluded.Request for proposals in preparation

Status

To create a modular, progressive and subject- oriented ICT skills training and certification system for teachers and non-teaching staff

To generalise ICT skills training and certification

To promote the use of ICT in teaching and school management

training ICT skills training and certification summary

Concept

Goals

Model developed with the Universities of Lisbon, Évora and MinhoModel premises based on best practices identified in existing international modelsTraining and certification beginning in the 1st quarter 2009

Status

To complement the traditional funding formats for ICT in education, in order to support projects that promote innovation and social cohesion

To help bridge the digital divide

To promote continuous innovation in ICT in education projects

Transversal projects fund for inclusion in education summary

Concept

Goals

Creation of the legal basis for a foundation underway

Status

one 2 one initiatives in education

To provide lower and upper secondary school students, teachers and adults in adult education programmes with the opportunity to aquire laptops and broadband Internet connection at exceptional prices.

The programme is co-funded by mobile telecommunication companies through the Information Society Fund

To generalise the use of computers and Internet in the teaching/learning process

e.escola, e.professor and e.oportunidades initiatives summary

Concept

Goals

UndergoingMore than 200.000 computers delivered to teachers, students and adults in adult education programmes

Status

To provide primary school students with the opportunity to acquire laptops and broadband Internet connection at exceptional prices.

The programme is co-funded by mobile telecommunication companies through the Information Society Fund

To generalise the use of computers and Internet, starting at very early ages, at school and at home and to maximise their use in the processes of teaching and learning

To introduce the first computer into homes through the youngest members of families providing equal opportunities in the access of Information Society

e.escolinha initiative summary

Concept

Goals

UndergoingMore than 480.000 computers to be delivered throughout 2008/2009

Status

e.escola and e.escolinha initiatives integrated approach

Technology Contents Training

• To make available specific digital contents for educational purposes, adapted to every teaching level

• To stimulate the digital contents market to create specific educational contents

• To increase and generalise the pedagogical use of computers and the Internet

• To guarantee access to high speed Internet connections at home, in all classrooms and all school spaces

• To provide specific training for teachers and to certify their ICT skills

• To provide training and follow-up for families in schools

The equipment supply is managed by the Ministry of Transports and Communications and by the Mobile Phone Companies

The pedagogical dimension of the programme is managed by the Ministry of Education who selects the specific software, the internet access control and the education digital resources that are accessible or installed in the laptop

Companies, publishers and authors offered free access to several resources

The laptop is a personal computer it belongs to the child and not to the school.

Its integration in the classroom is not mandatory but it depends on the teachers strategy

We assume that 6-10 year old child, their families and teacher are the programme targets

e.escolinha initiative the strategy

Actors

Rationale

Promoting the credibility of the programme by demonstrating its educational potential on helpingchildren to develop XXI century skills and by promoting democratisation in the access of information

Society tools

Priority actions aimed at

Public opinion

• INFORMATION:The laptops are being distributed with three booklets that make a short presentation of the laptop, its utilityas a learning tool and special care that has to be taken in its use and in internet use. One booklet to the child, another to parents and educators and one on themanagement of the parental control tools.(also available at http://www.eescolinha.gov.pt )

"E Escolinha – Guide for Parents and Educators“"E Escolinha – Guide for Students““E Escolinha - Parental Control Guide

Public opinion

• INFORMATION:Lisbon International Conference on the Future of LearningDecember 12th where all projects within the Technological Plan for Education are to be discussed on an academic level.

A TV series of 60 second informative spots to pass onpublic television after the news (probably early morning) to deliver formative messages to the population on the useof ICT and specially Internet. The aim is to create awareness of the benefits of ICT in education and also about the rules of a safe use of the internet.

Teachers

• TRAININGPrimary teachers formal and informal training on the use of ICT in the classroom and also on the use of theMagellan laptop.

Informal in service training: workshops to be organisedin each school by the school ICT coordinator and by the manager of the school library (3 sessions of 2 hours).The structure of the workshop and its materials are online and the access is open. Workshop eescolinha

Teachers

• TRAININGFormal in service training: inclusion of specific training on the use of ICT in primary schools classrooms in the training and skills certification scheme that is on implementation under the Plan. It holds credits for career development but it´s not mandatory.

Teachers /Education Community

• INTEGRATION IN ONGOING INICIATIVESIntegration on specific Plans that are being implemented for teachers related to specific subjects, such as portuguese, maths and experimental sciences.These plans involve teachers training, productions ofteaching materials to use in the classroom in ICT support.Integration of the Magellan on the strategy of the National Plan to Promote Reading. We are negotiatingwith publishers and authors the possibility to have freedigital books. These will be available on line and are free. eBook “Joaninha vaidosa”

Teachers /Education Community

• INTEGRATION IN ONGOING INICIATIVESIntegration of the Magellan on the strategy of the School Libraries Network as a resource for the promotion of information literacy.

The 2009 internet safety EU funded project will be directed to teachers, parents and primary schools students. It is going to be an instrument of the strategy.

• Information and TrainingWe are preparing some resources with information for parents to be worked by the classroom teachers with the parents on their evaluation meetings. It´sformative and informative aimed at the developmentof a sort of team work between school and families.

Parents

Parents

• Information and TrainingPartnership with the parents association confederation to develop regional workshops for parents association on the use of ICT in education, Internet and the Magellan. The idea is to developcontents for parental training to be used by the parents associations.

Regional authorities and Municipalities

• Strategic PartnershipsWe will negotiate with 2 municipalities per region the development of an integrated approach to theuse of ICT in primary schools involving specific investment (the PTE only involves basic and secondary schools as far as infrastructure goes). The idea is to promote a close monitoring in order to have evidence on good practices.

Education Communities

• Digital Resources DeliveryWeb based specific content delivery prepared for the children to use autonomously, for parents to use with their children, for teachers to use in the classroom and for children to use with their parents.

Web 2.0 tools for social networking between the education community (specific for parents and teachers) and for schools. The idea is also to feed the communities with contests and projects relatedto the curriculum (the weekly reading, daily science).

Underlying Principles

• Partnershipindustryuniversitiesauthorsparents associations and other education stakeholdersregional authoritiesteachers in service training centres

• Integrationwith other political education measures

Underlying Principles

• Pragmatismthe laptop is a tool as any other that teachers can use. We don’t hope to change all the classrooms ofthe country

• Most Importantwe are providing tools for equal opportunities in the access of information, the most important assetin the XXI century. That is our political message.

Site eescolinha

Workshop eescolinha

"E Escolinha - Guia para Pais e Educadores“

"E Escolinha - Guia para Alunos“

“E Escolinha - Guia de Configuração do Controlo Parental do Magalhães

eBook “Joaninha vaidosa”

In the Magellan PC we can find two operating systemsLinux and Windows, in this last one it is possible to work with Magic Desktop.

Operating System Image Software examples

Linux Openoffice, Tux Paint, GCompris...

Windows Office, Tux Paint, Clic Mat, Eu sei, Diciopedia...

Magic DesktopSimple tools to draw, write and do maths