IT CLASSES FOR THE STUDENTS

Students who study vocational computing sciences4 classes per week 2 classes of ICT 1 class of intensive computing programming

= 7 classes / week

All students study ICT (1/2 classes per week)

VOCATIONAL COMPUTING SCIENCE AND COMMUNICATION LABORATORIES

• learning algorithms and programming in C++ and C#; • studying the calculus systems, operating systems, text processing, internet, HTML, Excel, PPT, Access, text editors, editing raster images, editing vector images

3x30 desktop computers

•lap-top•video projector•interactive whiteboard

Interactive whiteboard• increases student participation;• improves learning and memorizing processes;• makes classes more dynamic;• increases the level of interactivity.

PHYSICS LABORATORY

AeL (Advanced eLearning) platform•provides teachers network courses;• combines experiments, simulations, little movies, animations, tests all aiming at increasing student motivation;• helps teachers create their own courses.

•30 desktop computers •whiteboard•projector•internet access •AeL platform

Internet used as a pedagogic tool

• the authentic document;• web quest;• Moodle;• messenger, blog, forums, e-mails;•CD-players, lap-tops, vide-projectors.

• all teachers are using IT to create educational materials• trans-disciplinary approach to education• IT directs the learning process towards reality• it is a strategy based on active learning• an important role in the collaborative construction of teaching and learninig• positive effects by stimulating self-esteem• it offers the proper frame for the developing of the complex cognitive capacities

• The informatics labs are insufficient and at least one of them is outdated; the media and physics lab are well equipped but not enough for the 40 teachers willing to use them• It is hard to use active methods on groups of 30 students

• teaching across the curriculum• collaborative teaching• strong support from the local Authorities to increase the use of ICT•In-training courses for the teachers based on the use of ICT in the classes

• The students associate the computer with PC games and tend to treat them not seriously enough • Internet is an important means of information, but information is redundant sometimes and may generate chaos• Teachers may have the tendency to use ICT just for the sake of it, ignoring the need to use it combined with the traditional methods