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Aug 04, 2010

ITiLT project proposal accepted by EU

by Ton Koenraad — last modified Aug 12, 2010 10:34 PM
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EU-expert evaluation of ITiLT project proposal very positive

Thanks to LinguaPolis and the University of Antwerp's willingness to further develop & coordinate an initiative by TELLConsult the ITiLT project on Pedagogy Development  for the use of Interactive Whiteboards in Language Education is now a fact. 

With a total score of 86.7 % the evaluation report of the ITiLT project proposal can be said to be very positive indeed.

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It scored particularly well on aspects as relevance and quality of the consortium :

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The innovative dimension was well appreciated:

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And the dissemination & exploitation ambitions were also assessed most favourably.
All in all the project is expected to have a subtantial impact on Language Education across Europe.

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May 02, 2009

European Schoolnet interactive whiteboard working group

by Ton Koenraad — last modified Jan 10, 2010 06:23 PM
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EU Schoolnet supports a research group on IWBs in education.

This item in the April issue of the EU Schoolnet newsletter struck me:

A European Schoolnet interactive whiteboard working group intends to find common areas of concern, sharing experience, highlighting policy and identifying examples of innovative use of interactive whiteboards in the countries represented by the group (Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom).

The working group will publish a set of case studies on the introduction and use of interactive whiteboards, highlighting examples of:

  • current best practice
  • the challenges faced by schools in countries that are at an early stage of introducing these technologies
  • schools that have implemented similar pedagogical approaches using a range of alternative technologies.

During its work, the group will also:

  • examine different strategies for the professional development of teachers in relation to interactive whiteboards
  • encourage interactive whiteboard vendors to make content more widely available via the European Schoolnet's new learning resource exchange service for schools
  • investigate how issues related to interactive whiteboard use can be addressed more coherently at a European level.

I intend to find out more about this initiative as I think these are welcome goals and also because I am curious to find out why  the Netherlands, where IWBs are currently rapidly gaining popularity in Education,  is not participating.