The SchoolNet project: draft sustainability plan

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The SchoolNet projectdraft sustainability plan
Funded by the Japanese Funds in Trust ASEAN
Foundation
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Main steps

• Continue existing activities which do not incur
  additional costs e.g.
• learning circles
• Teachers in pilot schools support peers
• Write a new proposal to follow up the activities
  in some manner
• Try to organise a conference or high level
  meeting involving potential donors and ministers
  or other high MoE officials

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Timeline

• July August 2006
• UNESCO to write a draft short proposal (5-6
  pages) for comment and additions by National
  Coordinators
• National Coordinators to submit contributions and
  make recommendations on potential donors
  important contacts
• Complete evaluation and lessons learned
• Research on funding sources e.g. European
  Commission, foundations Your help needed here
  too!

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Timeline 2

• September 2006
• UNESCO to revise draft proposal based on comments
• Lessons learned will be published
• Distribute proposal to potential donors and
  countries for consideration regarding national
  seed funding

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Proposal

• Include eight countries of SchoolNet should
  this be widened?
• Length of project 3 years again?
• More schools should be involved pilot schools
  plus new schools
• Training workshops for basic and intermediate
  level of ICT held nationally
• Advanced and telecollaboration training - held at
  regional level

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Proposal

• Student activities should be entered in a
  competition organised in the project
• Winning students and teachers should be brought
  to a face to face week of activities / training
  etc.
• Bridging the digital divide and mentors are
  crucial transform trained teachers to be mentors
  for rural/disadvantaged schools
• Involve regional officials and directors in the
  project to ensure understanding and support

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Proposal

• Training should be supplemented by an online
  learning approach for teachers can be supported
  by another project from UNESCO pupils too?
• Telecollaboration to continue also offer a
  simpler model for beginners to join perhaps also
  extend to cooperate with other countries?
• Curriculum topics continue with maths, science
  and english what about adding environment/ESD
  topic too?
• Action research by trained teachers

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Key issues

• High level conference/donor meeting is very
  expensive to finance UNESCO does not have
  additional funds to cover this
• Would a country be willing to be a host and cover
  some basic costs?
• UNESCO could then search for additional funds

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Key issues

• ALTERNATIVE piggy back the SchoolNet proposal
  to an existing high level conference
• Please suggest some conferences in
  August/September where Ministers will be present!
  
• We could demonstrate the project and proposal at
  such a meeting

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Thank you!
contact
Alexa JoyceICT in Education UNESCO Bangkok 920
Sukhumvit Road Prakanong Bangkok, Thailand
10110 Tel [phone] Fax(662)
391-0866 Website www.unescobkk.org E-mail
a.joyce_at_unescobkk.org