Centre of Excellence in ICT

Newsletter N°3

You can read the third newsletter of the COE-project here:

Download ICT COE Newsletter No3 EN

Training of mentors - Varazdin

Photos of the Training of mentors:

 

Training of Mentors

In November 2011 10 mentors will attend the teacher training, which will take place in the premises of First Gymnasium in Varazdin, Croatia. The training offers a mix of content and IT-training and didactic skills training.

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ICT-COE Field Visit Varazdin (Croatia) May 2011

This video was made by Yvan Rooseleer

Field Visit to Brussels ICT-COE February 2011

Here are some pictures by Yvan Rooseleer about the field visit of our Croatian partners from Varazdin to Brussels in February 2011. Quite a few colleagues from HUB were involved.

Benchmark Results

Both in Flanders and in Varazdin region a benchmark has been undertaken to monitor the state of the art concerning ICT-integration in schools.

For Varazdin County we used three questionnaires, each for a different target group of primary and secondary schools. We used separate questionnaires for headmasters,teachers and students. The topics of the questionnaires were concerning ICT infrastructure, use of ICT in education, ICTcompetences, ICT policies and ICT perception.

The benchmark is the first step to develop a training programme and materials within the Centre of Excellence in ICT project to help teachers integrate ICT in education in Varazdin county.

The results of this benchmark are available by clicking Download Results Benchmark.

Newsletter N°1

The first newsletter of the ICT COE project is ready. In this issue we briefly present the project and its partners. Furthermore we talk about some activities carried out during the first months of the project. The newsletter finishes with a brief introduction to the next steps.

You can read the newsletter here: ICT COE Newsletter No1

Study visit to Flanders

From 21 till 24 February 2011 the Croatian partners visited Flanders together with 10 Croatian ICT mentors. During their stay, several workshops on different aspects of ICT were organized. The Croatian visitors also followed an introduction in making an ICT competence profile. Finally, they visited Don Bosco Groot-Bijgaarden, a secondary school close to Brussels. This way they could see the resemblances and differences between Flemish and Croatian schools. Returning home Croatian partners stated that the study visit was a great experience during which they learned many new things about ICT and education.

Programme of the study visit to Flanders

 

Press conference

Silvija Ladic welcomes the partners and the associated press. She summarizes the context, purpose and planned activities of the project. Mr. Pavlekovic, deputy, then gets the floor. He explains how the project fits within the mission and plans of Varazdin County, which has already established a number of well-functioning Centres of Excellence (eg ICT and mathematics) and plans another three (music, dancing and entrepreneurship).

Welcome by Mr. Milan Pavlekovic

Varazdin has a clear mission: it wants to be the county of educated people; its motto is ‘knowledge is power. Varazdin County has 145.000 inhabitants. Many initiatives to improve the situation and reputation of the county have been taken so far: for example project of Centre of Excellence (COE), international Bac in the first gymnasium, renovation of many school buildings.