Jens Vermeersch Internationalisation officer GO! TACCLE Projects 2st European Summit: «Cloud Computing and Education: The Future» Saturday & Sunday, 31 October – 1 November 2015, Palermo, Italy http://schoolonthecloud.eu/

1. SoC 2nd Summit
Palermo 01/11/2015
TACCLE Projects
Jens Vermeersch
Internationalisation officer GO!

2. Belgium - Flanders
•Belgium is a very complicated country.
•Belgium is a federal state.
• 6 governments for 10 million inhabitants.
•We speak 3 different languages: Dutch, French and German.
•Part of the federal organization is linked to the languages.
•We have 3 educational systems with 3 different ministers of education.
•There is no minister of education on the central level.

3. Belgium - Flanders

4. 28 schoolgroups
Forum
2
Kempen
7
Agora
3
Limburg
Noord
15
Maasland
14
Midden-
Limburg
16
Zuid-Limburg
13
Adite
12
Brussel
8
Midden Brabant
10
Leuven-Tienen-Landen
11
KLA4
4
Mechelen
Keerbergen Heist
5
Antigon
1
Westhoek
28
Brugge-
Oostkust
25Oostende
27
Mandel en
Leie
26
Deinze-Tielt-
waregem
24
Meetjesland
23
Panta Rhei
22
Ring-
scholen
9
Waasland
7Schelde-
Dender-
Durme
18
Vlaamse
Ardennen
21
Zuid-
Oost-
vlaanderen
20
Dender
19
Rivier-
land
6

5. GO! in figures
•28 groups of schools
•Approximately 1000 educational institutions
•Approximately 300,000 pupils and trainees
•15 tot 20% of the total amount of students in Flanders and Brussels
•Approximately 32,000 staff members

6. TACCLE
This Comenius project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
(project nummer 133863-LLP-1-2007-1-BE-COMENIUS-CMP).
This presentation reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held
responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

7. Taccle: outcomes
Handbook Taccle
• Practical approach (not a theoretical approach, favouring pupil or
teacher driven education…)
• Written for the average user (basic skills ICT, not for computerexpert)
• Not necessary to use the book in a linear way
• Useful for everyone in education wanting to use ICT (from simple ICT
application to e-learning)

8. Taccle: outcomes
Handbook Taccle
3 major parts
 Part 1: practical tool for teacher starting
with e-learning
 Part 2: pedagogical approaches to e-learning
 Part 3: tools for more advanced e-learning

9. Taccle: outcomes
Handbook Taccle
• Major showcase of the project
• Overwhelming success
• Free distribution but registration of e-mail address of receiver via
google docs form

10. Taccle: outcomes
Website www.taccle.eu
• Practical information
• News
• Downloads

11. Taccle
In-service training Taccle
IST courses of 1 week – two courses offered every year
Courses keep project alive and updated – they are the foundation of
exploitation of course results
9th course in Fano (IT) April 2016
10th course Fano (IT) April 2017
Deadline grant applications: 2 February 2016

12. Taccle
In-service training Italy

13. Feed-back from TACCLE users: “great but how do I apply this to my
subject matter?
-> TACCLE2 takes care of this by focussing on ICT and e-Learning in and for:
• Primary education
• Humanities
• Maths, Science & Technology
• Arts & culture
• Key competences
Comenius multilateral project grant from EU:
TACCLE2 - 2011 - 2014

14. TACCLE2 project
http://taccle2.eu/books-2/

15. For primary and secondary
education teachers
www.TACCLE2.eu

16. TACCLE2 Primary
http://taccle2.eu/books-2

26. Taccle1 - Taccle2
KA2 IST Courses:
Every year in March in Dillingen (DE)
Every year in April in Fano (IT)
http://taccle2.eu/news/taccle-courses-erasmus

27. Taccle 3
Coding in primary education
2015-2017
Ressources
Training
Website
www.taccle3.eu

28. Taccle
Questions?
jens.vermeersch@g-o.be
GO! onderwijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap
Afdeling Beleid & Strategie
Internationalisering - Internationalisation
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tel. +32 2 7909598
fax +32 2 7909797
Skype ID: jens.vermeersch@g-o.be