Interesting examples - Vocational schools

URL to the school website:
http://www.liceotorelli.it

School name:
Polo Scolastico 2 "Torelli"

Level of education:
vocational school

Number of students:
1000

Number of teachers:
80


Experience with international projects:
We are at the third year of a Comenius school development project

How many computers/per 30 pupils?
15

Is your Internet connection:
good

Title:
New technologies for teaching and learning in Europe

Theme:
Sharing experiences among pupils and teachers by the use of a website

URL to the project website:
http://www.liceotorelli.it/europe/

Age and number of the students involved:
14-18/150

Activities: what did students do
creating website, communication, publishing


Integration into the curriculum, - other. Which areas of describe of the curriculum?
European awareness, writing HTML pages, use of English language

Is participation compulsory for the students?
No

Type of partnership:
Comenius

Which technology did you use:
chat rooms / messenger chat, e-mail, websites, electronic learning environment

Describe the technical equipment in your and the other participating schools. What use did you make of the technology? Describe the methodology used.
Computers connected to Internet

How did you use it: at school, during lessons...
At school as well as at home

What went very well? Give some examples.
Knowledge of different National situations. Friendships among pupils and teachers

What was not so successful? Give examples.
Long term discussions about specific topics, continued participation in the discussion in the webforums

What solutions were found to problems occurring in the activity?
Asking opinions to participants, improving the website

What difficulties were not solved during the duration of the activity?
A diffused use of English language

What kind of long term benefit and impact has the project had on learning activities?
It was the first contact with an interactive website for many pupils and teachers

Has there been an impact on other projects, on the learning and teaching activities at school? Please describe.
The use of IT is slowly increasing

How did it change your practice in your school?
I learned to appreciate more the collaboration of teachers and students

What advice would you give to other teachers who would like to do a similar project?
Don't think to change the world, but be glad for little steps

Name of teacher:
Paolo Bernacchioni


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URL to the school website:
http://www.ursulinenmechelen.be

School name:
Ursulinen Mechelen (Belgium)

Number of students:
1 100 students

Number of teachers:
160 teachers

Level of education:
vocational school

Experience with international projects:
Several years of experience with international projects: Leonardo da Vinci-projects Comeniusprojects (European community projects both)

How many computers/per 30 pupils?

Is your Internet connection:
good

Title:
ELINE

Theme:
ELINE

URL to the project website:
www.schooljournals.net

Age and number of the students involved:
appr. 16 years old - 39 students

Activities: what did students do
creating website, investigation, communication, publishing, creating CD-rom

Integration into the curriculum, - other. Which areas of describe of the curriculum?
No real integration in the curriculum. Students did work for the project during several lessons: e.g. English, Dutch and Wordprocessing but it did depend on the motivation of some teachers. The students did get marks for the work done during the lessons. They also had to do some work for the project during their spare time (e.g. interviews, investigation, ...)

Is participation compulsory for the students?
Yes

Type of partnership:
Comenius

Which technology did you use:
e-mail, websites, electronic learning environment

Name of teacher:
Linda Bevers


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