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UGDYMO PLĖTOTĖS CENTRAS

Smart Education

Giedrius Vaidelis,

Education Development Centre

Director

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Education DevelopmentCentre

Education Development Centre (EDC) is a state

educational institution which provides educational support

for students, teachers and for school.

EDC develops general education curriculum, teacher

training programmes, and implements continuing adult

education, evaluates textbooks and educational tools,

carries out EU Structural Support projects, and successfully

collaborates with teachers of all Subject Associations and

the other social partners.

The main issue e-literacy for all – digital

competence, ICT integration in educational practices. The

emerging technologies – mobile learning devices.

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Pilot Projects

• iPad pilot project is being implemented in 3 general

education schools. Powerful apps from the App Store like

iTunes U and iBooks let students engage with content in

interactive ways, find information in an instant, and

access an entire library wherever they go.

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• Apple classrooms are operating in 6 schools. Creative

programme iLife lets to do more with photos, movies, and

music, create professional-quality books, letterpress

cards, or more with new versions of iPhoto, iMovie, and

GarageBand.

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• iPod Touch Classroom

iPod classroom aims to:

• engage students in learning;

• enhance and individualize instruction;

• increase motivation;

• accommodate multiple learning styles of students.

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English teacher expert Stasele Riskiene (Pavenciai Secondary

School) runs iPod touch project

Main programmes used:

• Safari;

• iBooks;

• Voice Memos;

• Mail;

• YouTube.

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• INTEL classmate pilot project involved 3 schools in

different parts of Lithuania. This project is meant to help

teachers to become leaders in the transformation of

education around the world. Students are provided with

active learning places where they engage in robust

discussions, pursue investigations, analyse complex

information, and solve problems.

EDC director Giedrius Vaidelis and Vice President of

Intel Corporation for Sales and Marketing Group and

general manager of Intel "World Ahead" John Davies signed

Intel®Teach Essentials Elements License Agreement.

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• Samsung Smart Classroom

„Samsung Electronics“ together with Vilnius Jesuit

Gymnasium launched a new project Samsung Smart

Classroom. The first experimental classroom in the Baltic

states equipped with tablets „Galaxy Note 10.1“ was

opened. The aim of the project to bring modern

technologies into the classroom to support and enhance

learning.

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ESF Projects

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Development of the key competencies of the students of the first concentric circle (grades 5-8) of the basic education

• http://mkp.emokykla.lt/gamta5-6

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Curriculum InovationDissemination Model

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Storage of electronic learningprograms and subjects foradults

• http://www.suaugusiujusvietimas.lt/

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Bebras Contest

International Contest on Informatics and Computer Fluency

The main aims of Bebras are:

• to promote interest in Information and Communication

Technologies (ICT).

• to engage children to take an interest in and learn more

about computers and ICT application from the very

beginning at school.

• to use modern technologies learning activities more

intensively and creatively.

• to bring all school students together and

encourage them to brainstorm and share their

experiences.

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International Contest on Informatics and Computer

Fluency 2012

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Piloting a new NFE fundingmodel

Accessible

NFE

More children

involved

Broader variety of

NFE activities

Empowered

network of NFE

providers

Learners

needs

NFE provider registers to the Online Database

NFE provider develops a programme and

submits it for evaluation

A programme is evaluated and gets

accreditation

Accredited programmesare listed online for children to chose

Children register online and take part in the

activities

IT system generates reports about actual

situation

NFE provider receives money from financing

source according to the reports

From

institutional

funding -

to principle

„money

follow a

child“

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An annual exhibition Mokykla is visited by more than 20

thousand people who are interested in education. The

event is highly valued not only by teachers, but also by

business enterprises, parents, and children. Anyone can

find attractive activities which correspond to his / her

needs:

• 60 business enterprises introduce their products for

education;

• 300 interactive learning / teaching sessions;

• different learning spaces provided: Colour classroom,

Number classroom, Students‘ balcony and etc.

Mokykla 2013 is held 06-08 December.

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Mobile Device Usage AdvisersEDC is being preparing 35 advisors for Mobile Device (MD)

usage at schools in order to implement another pilot project :

Tablets for the 5th grades.

The advisers are going to :

• help schools to adopt MD;

• give methodological, practical and technical support to

teacher training centres, school communities;

• provide distance consultations to anyone interested in MD

implementation at school;

• there is a bank of educational Apps on EDC website. It is

being constantly updated both by advisers and EDC

community.

http://www.upc.smm.lt/ekspertavimas/patarejai/

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http://www.upc.smm.lt/ekspertavimas/patarejai/programeles.php

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http://www.upc.smm.lt/ekspertavimas/smp

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http://www.youtube.com/user/ProjektasMOBIK/featured

Virtual Educational Library

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Thank you for your atention!