ict in education greek team
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ICT in education17-20 OCTOBER 2016
THESSALONIKI - GREECE
EPAL KALAMARIAS
Yesterday
Learning based only on Teacher….
I expect you all to be independent, innovative, critical thinkers who
will do exactly as I say!
Teacher was the only source of information for students
But, is it still today??
Maybe, Yesterday this was enough to satisfy our
children’s educational needs
Can our kids of the 21st century be satisfied learners by the old fashioned way?
or we just bore them to death …
and we open them the door to early school drop out?
We owe to teach our students HOW to learn not WHAT.
Because who knows what they will need to know 10 years from now???
How can I trust your information when you are using such outdated technology?
It is obvious that if we want to teach to children that live in the New Information Age we need to bring New
Information Technologies in Education
WHY?Because: •A new society requires new skills• ICT enhance productivity• ICT provide quality learning• ICT attract students and raise interest• ICT get students involved
WHY?
• ICT open a window to vast information• ICT open a window to communication• ICT provide distance learning• ICT diminish distances and reduce time
What are the benefits for students?ICT help:
•Avoid discretion•Raise self esteem• Foster concentration•Develop methodical way of thinking
What are the benefits for students?
ICT help:
•Promote critical thinking •Promote project based learning• Support multiple intelligences• Facilitate students with disabilities
What are the benefits for teachers?
•Organization•Evaluation• Information•Virtualization
Do you remember Bloom’s taxonomy for education?
Bloom's Taxonomy was created in 1956 under the leadership of educational psychologist Dr Benjamin Bloom in order to promote higher forms of thinking in education
EXAMPLES OF HOW ICT CAN PROMOTE THIS HIGHER FORMS OF THINKING…
But if ICT offer so much to education why not all teachers adopt it?
• Lack of equipment• Lack of training• Fear of technology use• Fear to leave the comfort zone of the already
known
To what extend do teachers’ profiles in Europe make a difference to the use of ICT in lessons?
What is the picture in Greece compared with the average picture in Europe?
Students per computer
716
Percentage of school computers in labs
IWB per students 70%58%
1 / 111
1 / 500
ICT IN OUR SCHOOL
• 6 Computer labs• 6 projectors • 4 laptops• 11 labs with
projectors• 1 Smartboard• VDSL 50Mbps
Equipment: Software Examples:
• Moodle Platform
• Kahoot
• Plickers
• EclipseCrossword
WE SHOULD NOT FORGET THATNOT BEING ABLE TO USE ICT TODAY, WILL
MAKE OUR STUDENTS OPERATIONALLY ILLITERAL TOMORROW……
PROPOSALS
• Ministries of Education should provide funding to equip
schools
• Seminars of how to apply ICT in Educational Process
should be organized
• Training and facilitation to teachers to use ICT
Because tomorrow started from Yesterday, when in 400 bc Socrates said:
“I will only ask him. I will not
teach him. He will investigate
with me and if you notice me
talking or explaining it would
be for him to express his
opinion.”
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
1st EPAL Kalamarias