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Games In School
Dissemination of Best Practice
Paris, 8. October 2008
Claus BergChief AdviserUNI•CCopenhagen
Denmark
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Briefly about UNI•C
• UNI•C is a nationwide government institution under the Danish Ministry of Education
• UNI•C has approx. 300 employees and has offices in Copenhagen, Lyngby and Aarhus
• In 2007 UNI•C’s turnover was approx. DKK 300 million (US $ 60 million)
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Central resources
Infrastructure
Lifelong Learning
School systemsSchool-
development
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The Danish Education System
• Primary and Lower Education• Level 0 to 10 in one school
system (age 6-16)• General Upper Secondary• Vocational Upper Secondary
Education and Training• Bachelor, Prof. Bachelor, etc.,
Candidates, PhD.
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”Grundskolen”; Level 0 to 10 in one school system (age 6-16)
• Public municipality schools = ”Folkeskolen”• Private/free schools (supported by government money)
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• EMU.dk – Denmark’s Educational Portal
UNI•C’s educational websites
EMU
Over-view
ContentCo-
operation
Platform
Dialogue
Tools
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UNI•C’s educational websites
Some of our web sites
• EMU – Denmark’s educational portal• Materialeplatformen – National repository of Danish learning
resources• Infoguide – links for learning• eTwinning – School partnerships in Europe. International
collaboration • ENIS European Network of Innovative schools - Best Practice in
integration of ICT
• SkoleKom – Mail and conferencing system• SkoDa – Database service for schools in Denmark• SkoleIntra – Intranet for schools
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• Developed in collaboration with and financed by the Danish Ministry of Education
• 1999: First version• 2002: Portal of universes,
CMS and external editors• 2003: Model for
cooperation, 100.000 unique users per week
• 2008: 200.000 unique users per week
EMU: Denmark’s Educational Portal
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EMU: Denmark’s Educational Portal Contents
• Subject-related themes• Educational sequences• Good examples and stories• Surveys/polls• Links• News• Tools• Dialogue and exchange of experience• Events and competitions
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EMU: Denmark’s Educational Portal Structure of EMU
8 universes• Pupils (Primary & Lower Sec.
Schools)• Level 0-3• Level 4-6• Level 7-10
• Primary & Lower Sec. education; teachers
• General Upper Secondary education
• Vocational Education• Teacher training colleges• Adult vocational training
Some 60 web services• SkoleKom: Mail and
conference system• SkoDa: Collection of content
databases• Infoguide: High quality links• Materialeplatformen: Danish
Learning resources repository• …
www.emu.dk (in Danish only)
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• “Dissemination of Best Practice is mandatory to spread the effective use of ICT in education in Denmark.” (Ministry of Education, 2004)
• 75 schools were appointed by the Danish Ministry of Education for the academic years 2004/05 – 2007/08
• The innovative schools act in the role as demo schools where other schools from the local area or region can ask for guidance and advise regarding innovative use of ICT.
ENIS web site: www.enis.emu.dk (in Danish only)Short info in English: www.enis.emu.dk/index-en.html
ENIS in Denmark- European Network of Innovative Schools
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ENIS - Local Focus areasInformation on the schools activities and dissemination within certain locally chosen focus areas
• Computers in 3rd grade (3 kl. pc'er) • Inclusiveness (Rummelighed) • Pupils PC Drivers License (Junior PC-Kørekort) • Interactive Whiteboards (Interaktivt whiteboard) • Virtual Learning Environments (Læringsplatforme) • Internationalization (Internationalisering) • Competencies (Faglige kompetencer) • Portfolio/log book (Portfolio/logbog) • Dissemination on Nature/Science Education (Naturfagsformidling) • Technology for Education (Teknik for pædagogik) • Evaluation (Evaluering) • Organization and School Manegement (Organisation og ledelse) • StudyPlanning (Studieplan/-bog).
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Disseminating good examples
”Teachers’ TV” - pocket sized & also as podcast• DR, the national Danish Broadcasting Company produced 4
short programs, to be used as inspiration in schools.• Portraiting schools’ Best Practice. 5-6 minutes each.• Teachers decide when and where they want to see them,
alone or with their teacher team.
Available in several ways:• Streamed video• Podcast (also for mobile phones)• Dvd
http://enis.emu.dk/spredning/tv_programmer.html
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Pupils’ ICT LicencePupils’ ICT Licence is a concept contributing to pupils
developing up-to-date ICT and media competences through the integration of ICT and media in the individual subjects and in the interdisciplinary teaching.
http://junior-pc-koerekort.dk/ (in Danish)
http://itmf.dk/it-beviset/040426_UK_JPCK_info.pdf (pdf in English)