ICT at Oerestad Gymnasium,

DenmarkPresentation at the closing conference of

ELFE2, Bled 13 September 2009

Some facts•Upper secondary public school (general)

•A self-governing institution, owned by the state

•Situated in Oerestad, a new district in Copenhagen

•Start: august 2005

•New building: august 2007

•First school leavers: june 2008

•36 classes, 990 students

•100 teachers

ICT Structure (“1 to 1” environment)

•300 iMacs

•10 Mac Pro (Video and Music)

•650 MacBooks (leased or owned by the students) + an unknown number of PC’s

•20 PCs

•100 MacBooks (for teachers + internet at home)

•20 smart boards

•2 1/2 IT-supporters (ICT professionals)

•1/2 pedagogical it-coordinator

•Ethernet and WiFi

Pedagogical vision

- to develop modern knowledge: qualification, competences, creativity and culture- to use a variation of teaching methods in order to train knowledge in all four aspects and to develop the individual student- to see students as learners (active and competent : investigating, collaborating, producing, expressing)

Pedagogical vision and ICT

ICT is an important tool and a precondition for implementing the pedagogical vision.

With the help of ICT the students can become learners, producers of knowledge.

And the school will become something completely new and different: a knowledge producing organisation.

AdministrationAttendance

MarksTimetable, booking ofresources and books

Organisation of teaching

Goals and plansTeaching materials

Assignments and handing in, PortfolioTests, evaluation and assessment

CommunicationKnowledge sharing

Teaching tool

Tools for expression and production (texts and audio and visual products)

Tools for computing and data collection

Specialised programs for different subjects

Internet, Web 2.0, Chat, Instant messaging

Smart board

Virtual teaching / e-

learning

Combination of ICT organisation and teaching tools to make it possible for the individual student or a group of

students to work with problems specially designed for him/them

Working on an ICT strategy

•Developing the “1 to 1” technical platform

•Software platform

•Training and innovation program for all teachers

•Systematic knowledge sharing (digital library of teaching materials)

•Virtual communication policy