Multiversum II project meetingIrre Toscanaactions undertaken

Newry - Northern Ireland (UK)

The local projectA parallel project: same aims and objectives, same main output (open and collaborative hypertext on TIME), same length, same criteria for the school selectionimplementation: since last Autumnteachers from schools of Livorno, Siena

Newry - Northern Ireland (UK)

The local project2000-2001: teachers from 52 schools asked to take part - actual attendance: about 40 schoolsOctober/March: professional development focused on ICT (theoretical and educational issues rather than technical ones)three meetings for the whole group, three following-up workshops(local level, local tutors)

Newry - Northern Ireland (UK)

The local project I phase contentsPlenary meetingshypertext as technology and writinghypertext as learning environmenthypertext as a peculiar means of knowledge development

Newry - Northern Ireland (UK)

The local project I phase contentsLocal workshops(e-mail, forum) - browsing on the internet: analyses and evaluation of educational websitesidentifying key-nodes and planning/drawing key-node maps (use of specific software: Inspiration) discussing and identifying individual needs with regards to hypertext authoring

Newry - Northern Ireland (UK)

The local project II phase contents(April/June) TIMEan in-presence meeting for the whole group Internet: memory, oblivionTime and everyday life (sociology) a distance table ronde (history, music, physics, mathematics, chemistry, sociology)

Newry - Northern Ireland (UK)

The local project II phase contents(end of may) teachers choose the topics, classes, etc. for the next school year projects, leading to the class/school hypertextsthought we would have a reduction in participation30 projects (30 schools), often involving more than one class in the same school

Newry - Northern Ireland (UK)

The local project III phase contents(sept./october) courses on html authoring (21 hours) with local tutors(autumn) key - issues still to be dealt with: ICT in primary education (i.e. focus on differences between ages of students); assessing and evaluating students learning when working with ICT and hypertexts. one meeting for the whole groupdedicated forums for teachers

Newry - Northern Ireland (UK)