The document outlines the Acer-EUN pedagogical netbook pilot project. The pilot will involve distributing netbooks to students and teachers in 300 classes across 6 European countries to test how netbooks can improve teaching and learning both in and out of school. Teachers will be expected to develop pedagogical projects using the netbooks and will receive support through online resources and communities. The pilot will be evaluated to study how netbooks are used by teachers and students in different educational contexts. European Schoolnet also conducts reviews on national laptop and netbook initiatives to support technology adoption in schools.

1. Educational netbook pilot
www.netbooks.eun.org
Dr. Riina.Vuorikari@eun.org, European Schoolnet
OECD 1-to-1 computing in education
Vienna, Austria Feb 22 2010
www.europeanschoolnet.org - www.eun.org

2. Outline of this presentation
• What is European Schoolnet?
• Acer-EUN pedagogical
netbook pilot
• Supporting teachers with
pedagogical scenarios
• European Schoolnet’s review on national
laptop and netbook initiatives
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3. European Schoolnet (EUN)
• Created in 1997, based in Brussels
• Network of 31 European Ministries of Education
(MoE) or national educational authorities
• Promotes the use of ICTs in school
• Leads the way in bringing about change in
schooling through the use of new technology
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4. What does the Acer-EUN
pedagogical netbook pilot
entail?
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5. Six countries participating
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6. Timeline and set-up
On-going
• Pre-pilot: January to June 2010
– 10 classes per country = all in all 60 classes
– 5 teachers per class = 50 teachers per country
= all in all 300 teachers involved
• Pilot: September 2010 to June 2011
– 50 classes per country = all in all 300 classes
– 5 teachers per class
= 250 teachers per country
= all in all 1500 teachers involved
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7. Schools and equipment
• Each participating school has a netbook team:
4-5 teachers, ICT coordinator and school head
• School receives
– Netbooks for learners (± 27)
– Notebooks for teachers (5)
– School: desktop (mini server, wifi)
+ monitor
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8. What is expected from teachers?
Plan a pedagogical project where the teachers and the pupils use
netbooks in an educational context
• Different possibilities:
– 2 or more teachers work together to create a cross-curricular project where
pupils use netbooks across subjects
– each teacher create their own pedagogical project
• A variety of contexts:
– use netbooks in school vs. at home
– individual use of netbooks vs. collaborative use
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9. Actors of the pilot in each country
2.
4. 1.
3. 5.
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10. How will it all work? (1)
Prepilot
Preparation of
evaluation framework Equip schools
& new schools
Online community
Feedback on netbooks & & digital resources
pedagogical scenarios
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11. How will it all work? (2)
Full-scale pilot
Prepilot
Preparation of
Report and rich case Equip schools
evaluation framework
studies
& new schools
Online community
Online community
Feedback on netbooks &
Data gathering & & digital resources
& digital resources
pedagogical scenarios
evaluation
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12. Netbook pilot evaluation framework
• Can netbooks improve teaching and learning
both inside and outside of schools?
• How are they used by teachers and learners in
educational contexts:
in school vs. out of school use
individual use vs. collaborative use
educational use vs. leisure use
(inspired by Heeok Heo and Jeonghee Seo, NML study on South-Korea)
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13. Supporting teachers
with
pedagogical scenarios
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14. Pedagogical support and resources
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15. Pedagogical scenarios
Formal netbooks in school out of school
Context individual collaborative individual collaborative
on-line off-line on-line off-line on-line off-line on-line off-line
Learners
Teacher’s
tasks
Parents,?
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16. Pedagogical scenarios in schools
www.lreforschools.eun.org
• Using digital learning resources
(e.g. reference material, science experiments,
language learning material)
www.etwinning.net
• School collaboration
• Connecting to the school Virtual Learning
Environment
• Working with Interactive White Boards
• Communicating between schools and parents
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17. Scenarios for teachers’ tasks
• Administrative tasks
• Lesson planning (alone and with others)
• Variety of ways to alternate
– the delivery of a lesson
– possibilities for homework
• Pupils’ assessment
• Communication with pupils and parents
• Professional development opportunities
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18. European Schoolnet’s
Insight report:
Review on national
laptop and netbook
initiatives
(coming out at http://insight.eun.org)
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19. Review on national laptop&netbook initiatives in school
(Insight Report, 2010)
Target Public Public-Private Incentive programmes
Teachers ESTONIA (MoE) POLAND (MoE, Interkl@asa, IBM) MALTA
Laptop for teachers (4000 teachers out of 15000) Notebook for education Primary School Teachers equipped with laptops
Notebooks at reduced prices for teachers receive incetives to get IWB
Students GREECE * (MoE and MofEconomy) FRANCE (MoE and private enterprises)
research working group to analyse laptops for students and A Wi-Fi laptop for every student (opportunity to buy
implementation (2007 data) laptop on credit)
ISRAEL PORTUGAL (MoE and INTEL)
- Internet based learning for students with special Initiativa Magalhaes (laptop for 1st year primary school
educational needs (special individual programmes) children - nationwide)
SPAIN
- Escuela 2.0 (nationwide, each 5t
One class ESTONIA** (MoE)
Laptop for students (from 5 selected schools, one class
from each)
Whole School CZECH REPUBLICH (MoE) HUNGARY (MoE and INTEL)
Education for competitiveness Student laptop programme (winner institutions of a call
(nationwide, project-based grant system for schools) for proposal)
HUNGARY** PORTUGAL** (MoE and INTEL)
Intelligent School Programme Schools, Teachers and Laptops
20.000 notebooks spread to educational institutions (also (nationwide, project-based grant system for schools)
IWB and PCs)
UK
ISRAEL - Northern Ireland (65.000 laptops for grant-a
- Whiteboard (providing schools
Families UK** PORTUGAL
- Home Access Programme (targeting the most einitiativas
disadvantaged families, nationwide) (incentives to buy laptop at low price for everyone,
- Home Access Programme (in England, grant-aided more than 750 thousand people targeted)
families) www.netbooks.eun.org

20. Questions?
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Contacts in EUN
riina.vuorikari@eun.org
caroline.kearney@eun.org
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