The School of the Future

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C. Doukas, D. Primalis, V. Economu, P. Papoutsis, Y. Kotsanis

Since its founding in 1917, Doukas School has always tried to keep up with the latest trends in education. In a setting of over 10 acres, with facilities amongst the best in design and construction, Doukas School offers to its 2000 student body (K-12) one of the finest educational and athletic programs in the country.

• Founded in: 1917 • Employees: 550 • ~2000 students • Grades: Kindergarten, Primary & • Secondary School, Ι.Β. • Departments: Quality Assurance, Human Resources, Communications office, Career Counseling, Foreign Languages, Physical Education, IT.

We believe in Traditional Values

we move towards Progress.

We incorporated the “School of the Future” philosophy

into our multi-leveled educational organization.

Our aim is to improve the quality of services offered and to meet the expectations and needs of our students, their parents,

our employees and the society.

“Children work individually or collaborate in teams. They create and manage their own knowledge."

“Teams are created according to the students’ interests - not their age“.

“A counselor supports students in their team work."

“The class is a big lab with different work stations.“

“In the library, students work in teams to collect information from written and electronic sources in order to evaluate, analyse and use them in a creative way."

“They communicate electronically– for example , with Greek students in Australia, about their common history or with a professor at the University of Cambridge."

“Afternoon classes are dedicated to athletic or cultural activities."

“Parents and teachers communicate electronically."

“Parents can have access to their children’s electronic files.”

Konstantinos I. Doukas

Need for changes in the educational process

Leonardo da Vinci said:

“… Studying without any desire to learn

locks our memory up, which does not retain any kind of knowledge…”

The interactive material and the friendly software,

which teachers are provided with,

enhance their lessons,

create multiple representations to students,

in order to motivate and help them assimilate what they are taught.

Very motivating 15%

Motivating 22%

Slightly motivating 29,7%

Not motivating 33%

73, 5% of students answered that they are obliged to study

Only one out of 5 (19, 78%) believe that such a process mentally fulfills

them much fever (6, 7%) study out of pleasure

creative More

pleasant

useful

effective

We stress the qualitative dimension of learning.

Our main interest is “how” students learn (not “what” and “how much” they learn).

We encourage this type of learning through:

active participation;

involvement;

self-managed knowledge.

Always willing And available to listen

to students’ needs

Shares a common

vision with

Educators

Notices and takes into consideration

parents’ views and concerns

Students create activities and are responsible for their own knowledge.

21st century Learning Skills

http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework

Teachers collaborate, monitor, organize, inspire and design hands-on activities

Parents participate actively in all school activities.

1 student

1 pencil

1 book Soloway & Norris (2004) - Chank (2007)

One-to-one Technology Enhanced Learning?

1 student

1 pencil

1 book

1 student

ν... books

Soloway & Norris (2004) - Chank (2007)

1 student

1 pencil

1 book

1 student

ν... books

1 student

1 Table PC 1:v

The Tablet PC is the “Tool” for…

• explore ideas

• complete – implement complex tasks – projects

• construct real knowledge

• build authentic and relevant learning environment

• share collectively and collaboratively

• improve learning experience – potential

• doing things that we could not do before

• provide individual – personalized learning

Electronic notebook: writing, creative expression

General Use Tool:

expression, construction, data

management, communication.

Electronic book:

navigation, studying,

highlighting.

Assessment tool:

open-ended or

closed-ended

questions.

Interactive educational applications: experimentation, research , construction

Multimedia

material:

presentation,

representation,

listening, dialogue.

Need for changes in the educational process

How do we achieve this result?

• Through innovations in the curriculum

• By continuously training our educators

• By carrying out surveys with our students, parents, educators and studying the outcomes

• By cultivating basic 21st Century Competences in our students

• By…

Innovative Approaches

Mapping of 21st Competences

Combining knowledge, skills and values

Teaching models and 1:1

Moving from a more teacher - centered to team - collaborative

environment

One student – one tablet

Classroom of the Future, Educational Model 1:1

Career management

Young people have their say in their careers

They manage effectively their goals

Life Skills

Aiming at helping our students to develop a many faceted personality,

raising awareness, instilling values

and ethos with respect to contemporary social conditions…

Our objective is to design and build the “School of the Future” (SoF) progressively, through a developing action plan:

• register the current and future educational needs;

• study the international experience and methodology;

• prepare the new technological infrastructure required;

• prepare our teachers; • collect/create the appropriate educational

digital material.

The School of the Future, as we plan, design and create it, is a combination of the past, the present and the future. Parents participate actively in the educational process. Students change from passive recipient and participate actively in educational events. Teachers become collaborators and guides, they organise, inspire and create hands-on activities.

In our "Classroom of the Future" students carry a light-weight portable "electronic schoolbag" and are connected wirelessly to the interactive whiteboard of their classroom, the internet and the “electronic” tools of their teacher.

The classroom can take many forms (such as “traditional” class, “laboratory” or “collaborative”). The classroom arrangement can easily change thanks to the wireless equipment and portable computers.

This "electronic" schoolbag (Tablet PC) contains all their books and hand-outs as well as virtual labs, simulations, multimedia material, their schoolwork and all tools connected to the educational process. The "Classroom of the Future" is also supported by a portal.

210 ministry-approved

230 educator

presentations

Books published internally

103 Multimedia

applications of all grades

190 Multimedia Microworlds

160 Video files

Sound files

52 GB storage

90 Self-Assessment

Raising Educators’ Awareness

Active

involvement in

workgroups

Co-authoring

multimedia

material

Presenting original material and

teaching practices on

“Innovation Days”

Attending and

presenting in

national and

international

conventions and

conferences

Participating in

competitions

Supplied every educator with

their own personal

laptop

360 ο

Assessment Approach

Constant training

Continuous development

Χρεζηκοποηώ ηολ Μ.Υ. κοσ κε

άλεζε

Μπορώ λα βρίζθω εύθοια ηα

βηβιία θαη ηης ζεκεηώζεης κοσ

ζηολ Μ.Υ.

Γράθω ηης ζεκεηώζεης κοσ ζηολ Μ.Υ. κε ηε γραθίδα τωρίς

δσζθοιία.

Γράθω ηης ζεκεηώζεης κοσ

κε ηο πιεθηροιόγηο τωρίς κεγάιε

δσζθοιία.

Από ηε κέρα ποσ έτω ηολ Μ.Υ. ηε ηζάληα κοσ είλαη

πηο ειαθρηά.

ζα προηηκούζα λα κεηαθέρω κόλο ηολ Μ.Υ. ζηο ζτοιείο.

Έτω θαηαιάβεη ηε τρεζηκόηεηα ηωλ αληηγράθωλ

αζθαιείας (backup) γηα ηε

δοσιεηά κοσ ζηολ Μ.Υ.

Εγθαζηζηώ εθαρκογές ή

παητλίδηα ζηολ Μ.Υ. ποσ δελ

τρεζηκοποηούληαη ζηα καζήκαηά

κοσ.

Η οζόλε ηοσ Μ.Υ. θοσράδεη ηα κάηηα

κοσ.

Θα ήζεια περηζζόηερε ελεκέρωζε

ζτεηηθά κε ηοσς θηλδύλοσς ποσ σπάρτοσλ ζηο

δηαδίθησο.

1. I comfortably use my Tablet PC

2. I can easily find my books and notes in my Tablet PC

3. I write notes on my Tablet PC with stylus without any difficulty

4. I write my notes with the keyboard without any difficulty

5. My schoolbag is lighter now with the Tablet PC

6. I would prefer to carry in school only the Tablet PC

7. I have understood the importance of back up copies for my work in my Tablet PC

8. I install applications or games in my Tablet PC that are not relevant to my school courses

9. The screen of Tablet PC makes my eyes feel tired

10. I would like more information regarding the existing threats on the internet

Researc

I was impressed by how fast my teachers learned !!!

• Makes the lesson more interesting and fun, having lessons her e

feels like playing…

• No matter what mistake you make, you press a button and you

delete it, you don’t have to use an eraser or correction fluid….

• Sometimes at the weekends, I watch videos with my dad videos

from the school multimedia material…

• When I bought the computer I thought it wouldn’t be useful at all.

When classes started though, I realized it was a valuable tool.

• …

Researc

Damian Bebell & Rachel Kay (2010) A Summary of the Quantitative Results from the Berkshire Massachusetts

Wireless Learning Initiative by the School of Education – Boston College

Duration: 3 years (2005 – 2008)

Number of Schools: 5 Schools, Masachuset state – ΗΠΑ Grades:mainly 3 grades – 6th grade (elementary), 7th-8th (high school). - Students: 1500

Silvernail David (2011)

L. and the MLTI Research and Evaluation Team, A Middle School One-to-One Laptop Program The Maine Experience, Maine Education Policy Research Institute, University of Southern Maine

Duration: 8 years (2002 – 2010)

Number of schools: 240 high schools in the state of Maine – U.S.A. Grades: 1st,2nd high school (7th, 8th) Students: 25.000+

Researc

• Student engagement, attention span, interest, motivation and production

have increased spectacularly.

• Student organize better and improve the quality of their assignments,

• The educators have concluded that students have a wider range of choices with

regards to their personal learning style (learner-centered approach was

reinforced).

• The educators have noticed improvement in students’ independent learning skills

• Students’ performance has improved in areas where teachers focus on content

and skills development with the aid of technology.

• Using focused educational material has improved students’ performance.

Researc

We are on the right… path

Our goal: To constantly improve

1 student

1 Tablet PC 1:v

1 student

1 pencil

1 book

1 student

ν... books

1 student

1 curriculum

1 student

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1 student

1 pencil

1 book

1 student

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