Presentation at 'Astronomy Education Allicance Meeting' hosted by EPSC and GHOU from 8 to 12 September 2014 in Cascais, Portugal.

1. Supporting projects and
piloting methodologies of ICT
use in STEM Education in
ERTE
JOÃO CARLOS SOUSA
EQUIPA DE RECURSOS E TECNOLOGIAS EDUCATIVAS
DIREÇÃO-GERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO
MINISTÉRIO DA EDUCAÇÃO E CIÊNCIA - PORTUGAL

2. Agenda
 Who we are
 What we do
 Activities
SeguraNet
eTwinning – THE place!!!
STEM activities

3. Who we are
 Direção-Geral de Educação do Ministério de Educação
e Ciência
(Directorate-General for Education of the Ministry of
Education and Science)
 ERTE - Equipa de Recursos e Tecnologias Educativas
(Mustidisciplinar team of resources and Educational
Technologies)

4. What we do
 DGE
makes sure that national policies are implemented regarding the pedagogical and
didactic components of pre-school, primary, lower and upper secondary
education, as well as the provision of education for children not attending
school
(curricula, exams, all types of ‘normal’ and ‘special’ didactics support)
 ERTE
multidisciplinary team in charge of designing, developing and evaluating initiatives
and projects related to the use of digital tools and resources in education,
involving all educational agents (students and teachers alike)
(ICT curriculum integration)

5. (some of the)
ACTIVITIES

6. Internet safety for all (teachers, students, parents…)
SEGURANET

7. Digital security topics are part of the current
Curriculum Targets, which are taught in an ICT
subject, years 7 and 8 [ages 12-14].
Curriculum Integration

8. Quiz4You SeguraNet
(Pack of playing cards)
In order to receive this resource teachers complete an online
form.
Resources
Contents and strategy decided with a
youth panel of 40 young participants,
reflecting the full socio-economic
diversity in Portugal that meets three
times a year.
A Moodle platform is used to keep the
panelists permanentelly involved.

9. Comic Strips
44 comic strips about various digital security topics.
Resources

10. Posters – What would you do?
18 posters on various
digital security topics.
Widely used by schools
in the SID.
Resources

11. SeguraNet Games
Most visited resources
Resources

12. Quantos Queres
Origami for students (ages 6-9)
Resources

13. The Web We Want
(translated to Portuguese)
Resources

14. Jasmim e Borboleta Play Online
Students (ages 5-9)
Resources

15. Challenges Years 5-
8
School registration
Challenges Years 1-
4
Team registration
7 – Student
Challenges
3 – Parent
Challenges
3 - Student
Challenges
(170) Schools
20, 000 participants
100 teams
5, 000 students
SeguraNet Challenges
Participation of the Autonomous Regions of Madeira
and the Azores
Activitiess

16. Network
www.seguranet.pt
https://www.facebook.com/seguranet
https://twitter.com/SeguraNet
Activitiess

17. Other activites
• National Defence Day:
about 130,000 18 - year olds participate in a workshop on digital
security promoted by Seguranet thoughout the year.
• SeguraNet Challenges:
about 25,000 participants enrolled last school year.
• Providing information and resources (online and offline)
in multiple formats for each of the targets.
• eSafety Label
Activitiess

18. Staff training
• Awareness raising workshops
taking place in schools with the support of the ICT Competence
Centres; During SID Week more than 200 awareness raising workshops
were delivered.
• Training of teachers and other entities external to DGE
(Programa Escolhas, Institute of Child Support, Ministry of Defence).
• MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on digital security.
Activitiess

19. ERTE – SeguraNet Team
ICT Competence
Centres
Schools/ICT Teams
ICT Competence Centres:
(network of nine institutions located all
over Portugal)
Organizational aspects

20. Best practice is widely disseminated, hoping for a “contagion effect”;
During SID Week schools were invited to organize initiatives and
activities revolving around Internet Safety. About 50 municipalities
were involved.
Involvement in the "No to Hate Speech Online"Campaign ;
SeguraNet for disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds:
Defining campaign content (3)

21. eTwinning is…
An initiative of the European Commission to give an
opportunity to as many EU children as possible to
communicate with other children in other EU countries using
Information and Communication Technologies at school.
Total numbers –7th September 2014

22. eTwinning is…
 the fastest growing community for teachers in Europe;
 contains both communication & collaboration activities;
 offers formal & informal professional development opportunities.

23. 2008 – 2013 2014 - 2020
Lifelong
Learning
eLearning ERASMUS Plus
2005 – 2008

24. Who participates?
Teachers from any subject and level.
Schools from the European Union, Norway, Iceland,
Turkey, FYROM
(Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Tunisia and
Ukraine – eTwinning Plus)
Public, Private, Professional Schools. (Pre-school to
secondary)

25. eTwinning in Portugal
Erte – Team of Resources
and Technologies
eTwinning Ambassadors
Teachers
Photos: Maria Luz Borges, JI São Bruno - Valejas

26. www.etwinning.net

27. The Portal layers
 … Public area
 … Personal area (desktop)
 …Virtual work area (Twinspace)
a platform for schools to work together on their project.
Each project has its own private TwinSpace available
from the Desktop for partners and from the Portal
homepage for invited members.

28. Recognition
 Quality labels
 National
 European
 European Award
Photos: Maria Luz Borges, JI São Bruno - Valejas

29. Awarded astronomy projects (II)
 How is your Sky
(2 year Astronomy project to observe and compare skys at
different locations with same latitude or longitude)
Finalist age category 12-15 (2011)
Schools:
 OŠ Preska -Primary school Preska
 COLLÈGE TIRAQUEAU
 OŠ Gornja Radgona
 Lycée Professionnel Ramiro Arrue
http://new-twinspace.etwinning.net/web/p16585/welcome

30. Public Area
Workflow – search for projects (I)

31. Public Area
Workflow – search for projects (II)

32. Astronomy project example

33. Information publication
Data collection
Examples of activities in the project
Videoconferences with Scientists

34. Awarded astronomy projects (I)
 Artstronomy
(art and astronomy)
Prémio Nacional 1o ciclo (2010) Artstronomy
Teacher: Rui Lima
School: Colégio Monte Flor
https://sites.google.com/site/artstronomy/

35. Inquiry
based
learning
Project
based
learning
Intercultur
al
dialogue
Collaborative
work
Use of ICT
in
classroom
Safe
environmen
t
Innovatio
n Recognition
Teacher is
autonomou
s
Teacher is
never
alone
Pedagogical approach

36. STEM activities (I)

37. STEM activities (II)
What to expect?
 A recognized central team
(ERTE)
 A nationwide proximity support team
(5 + 5 persons)
 Access to na European dimension
(through the EUN partners and eTwinning)
 A community
(built upon the ITEC project comunity)
 Tools for the building-up and the development of collaborative projects
(eTwinning et al.)
 …
LABs

38. Contacts
João Carlos Sousa – joao.sousa@dge.mec.pt
DGE - Equipa ERTE
Av. 24 de Julho, nº140, 5º
1399-025 Lisboa
Telf.: 213 936832
Fax: 213 938 869
eTwining: etwinning@dge.mec.pt
http://etwinning.dge.mec.pt/
http://moodle.crie.min-edu.pt
http://www.facebook.com/eTwinning.NSS.PT
Twitter: @eTwinning_PT