technological plan for educationthe Portuguese framework for ICT in education

technological plan for educationframework

Lisbon Strategy

Education and Training 2010 Program

Making Europe the most dynamic and competitiveknowledge-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 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

one 2 one initiatives for teachers and students

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

Technologytechnological kit for schools

To create a portal for school community 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

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

www.portaldasescolas.pt

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

To certify and make available quality digital educationalresoures

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

Contentsdigital educational contents

Concept

Goals

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

TrainingICT skills training and certification

Concept

Goals

TEACHERS TRAINING

Formal and informal training on the use of ICT in the classroom:

Informal in-service training: workshops organisedin each school by the school ICT team and by the school library coordinator.

Formal in-service training and skills certification scheme that is on implementation. It holds credits for career development but it is not mandatory.

“one 2 one” initiatives in education

To provide lower and upper secondary school students, teachers and adults in adult education programmeswith the opportunity to aquire laptops and broadbandInternet 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

Concept

Goals

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

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 initiativesummary

Concept

Goals

Underlying Principles

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

• Integrationwith other political education measures