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São João da Madeira, 06 Set (Lusa) - A Escola Secundária Serafim Leite, em São João da Madeira, inicia quinta-feira o novo ano lectivo de braço dado com as novas tecnologias. A escola assinala o princípio do fim dos cadernos escolares e dos quadros tradicionais rabiscados a giz. "Todas as plataformas tecnológicas instaladas até final de Maio começam a ser usadas em pleno neste início de ano lectivo, a partir do dia 11", garantiu à agência Lusa o presidente do Conselho Executivo da escola, Pedro Gual.

Easyread is a brand new way to learn to read, using synthetic phonics combined with our unique TrainerText system and daily personal coaching on the Internet.

Development of common interactive whiteboard format

Currently most content files developed for any one type of interactive whiteboard cannot be opened by the software of others. This means that it is not possible for teachers, the National Whiteboard Network, local authorities, or other content publishers to create content that can be used on the software of more than one type of interactive whiteboard. To tackle this problem Becta has, after completing a tendering process, appointed RM to develop a common industry-wide standard that will bring huge benefits to schools, allowing the exchange of resources within and between schools.

The aim of this development is to provide the industry with an interoperability standard, followed by demonstration of support for the format with the production of an open-source file viewer.

En Italia, la joven Ministra de Educación, ha establecido que en los próximos cinco años la escuela primera y secundaria ofrezca en formato electrónico los antiguos libros de texto.

los nuevos medios digitales traerán consigo la posibilidad de que profesores y alumnos establezcan una relación más dinámica con los contenidos que  hayan de tratar, una relación necesariamente más activa, más interactiva, porque los contenidos no tendrán ya que mostrarse de manera estática en un libro en papel, sino que se convertirán en objetos digitales dinámicos manipulables y parametrizables.

Tendremos que andar vigilantes, cómo no, para valorar qué clase de capacidades ganamos y cuáles otras perdemos -como no se cansa de repetir el mismo Landow.

One of the tasks which ed tech coordinators are landed with is cajoling other teachers to use the technology in their lessons. And not just in a one-off or a tokenistic way, either. No! You’re expect to persuade them, somehow, that this is the way of the future and that they should therefore cast aside all their old, non-techie teaching methods and step into this brave new world.

Fundamentally, what you need to have in order to succeed as an ed tech coordinator, is not so much a technical understanding of computers, but an intuitive understanding of people.

I reasoned that nobody in, say, the English department would listen to me telling them how they could improve their teaching of English if they used the right software or device. But they probably would listen to one of their co-workers in the same department.

Os professores têm aqui um papel crucial, mas difícil. Segundo Ján Figeľ, Comissário da educação, os professores deverão conciliar cada vez mais os programas curriculares tradicionais com a necessidade de os jovens adquirirem competências pessoais ("soft skills"), como o espírito de iniciativa.

Some of these features might cause tutors to balk, but Elgg's creators say the collaborative, conversational exchanges in which today's students have become so fluent outside class are the best way to deliver learning inside it.

Broadly, Elgg represents a shift from aging, top-down classroom technologies like Blackboard to what e-learning practitioners call personal learning environments -- mashup spaces comprising del.icio.us feeds, blog posts, podcast widgets -- whatever resources students need to document, consume or communicate their learning across disciplines.