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COMPUTER LITERACYRačunalniško opismenjevanje
in Slovenian schools
1994 - 1999 - ...
Ministry of Education and Sport
National Education Institute
mag. Borut Čampelj, National Education Institute
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The basic purpose of the Ro - Computer Literacy programme is
to increase the use of information and communication technology in education
and thus
to contribute to a more
•efficient, • modern,•creative and• friendly educational environment.
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The goals of the Ro-programme:
• to qualify teachers and pupils for the use of information and communication technology,
• to equip schools with up-to-date information and communication technology,
• to facilitate research and further development in the field of introducing new information technologies into schools.
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The activities of RO are aimed at all levels of education:
• pre-school education (200),
• primary education (445 + 380),
• education for children with special needs (70),
• general secondary education (157),
• student dormitories (43),
• teacher training faculties (12),
• other public institutions and organizations (youth…).
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Education and training Differentiated and practice-oriented training
• Ro programme has trained 17.000 educators and teachers (out of approximately 27.000)
• Four groups of programmes:– basic training (basic tools and internet),– didactic-methodological training of teachers who use
computers in their lessons,– specialised seminars for co-ordinators of information
systems on 300 primary schools,– education for projects, special programmes and groups.
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Hardware Modern and standardised computer hardware
• RO has provided educational institutions with 10.150
computers and additional equipment – RO stimulated local authorities and sponsors to invest in
education equipment, so today the schools have 17.000 computers in use,
– students : computer = 17:1 (primary and general secondary education)
• new computers are and should be multimedial and connected to the local network with access to the Internet
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Software
Educational software and the basic software selection
• The Ro programme makes sure that the schools use “legal” software,
• all computers received by the schools are supplied with a
licensed basic software basket and didactic-educational software.
• The selection is used in 600 schools on 17.000
computers with 100.000 licences.
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• RO has published the Catalogue of Recommended Educational Software. The software can be purchased by schools at a very reasonable price.
• RO has co-financed the development of Slovenian software for individual subjects, for example:
Slovene (Vabilo, Pavliha (Oris, Opis, Oznaka), Pisemska zavozlanka...), History (Emona), Geography (Svetovni popotnik, Toplotni pasovi), Biology (Vseved), Chemistry (Svetloba in kemijska sprememba), Home economics (Financni nacrt), Technical education (ciciCAD), Vocational subjects (Projekcije, Mehanika in WinMeh, Mehano, Arhimed, Leonardo, Zevs…)...
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Research and development
The RO-programme has supported:
• 13 research and development projects concerning use ICT in education attending the technological and social aspects,
• 33 projects developing didactic materials for individual subject areas.
The projects today involve 50 schools, 14 faculties and 20 companies.
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Internet
Connecting into computer networks (ARNES, September 99)
• 9.000 educators, teachers, school counsellors and headmasters and
• 9.000 students and pupils have their own usernames,
• 80 schools have permanent access to the Internet with leased line and router and 105 schools ISDN line (router),
• computer classroom in 185 schools have “fast” access to the Internet (router).
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• Free access to Internet (for teachers and students) is provided by the public institution ARNES (Academic Research Network of Slovenia)
• Slovenian Educational Network was established (http://ro.zrsss.si/, http://www.educa.fmf.uni-lj.si/sio/)
• Teachers and students at 70% schools use the possibilities
of the Internet to either:– communicate with each other and with the “outside world”, – obtain information from databases in Slovenia and abroad,– present activities of the school, – take part in virtual debate conferences or – join national and international educational projects (for
example Kidlink, ESP, I*EARN, EUN Schoolnet)…
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The ARNES backbone:
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organization of educationalweb sites in a useful system teachers, students,
parents ...
to find useful information, to publish their experiences and materials, to collaborate with partners in educational projects, to communicate with colleagues (exchange of experiences, ON-LINE communication…), to support open and flexible learning.
WHAT IS AN EDUCATIONAL
NETWORK?
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local environment and cultural background
goals of EUN and others
There is no ideal organization form!!
The structure should be flexible
to allow easy growth in different
directions.
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Our membership in EUN Schoolnet• the EUN Schoolnet has an important role in providing
coordination and promoting standards and unified solutions for national educational networks and national copmuter literacy policy
• help us in exchange of educational resources and information about interesting events
• active contribution and participation• would facilitate collaboration in Socrates other projects and
Council of Europe • collaboration with other ministries of education• common actions, materials...
Velcome to Slovenia!
Slovenian Educational Networkhttp://www.educa.fmf.uni-lj.si/sio/
Computer Literacy (Ro) programmehttp://ro.zrsss.si/