Dschola a regional school network

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Dschola a regional school network
By Erica Lavagno ? erica.lavagno_at_csp.it
CSP Innovation in ICT - Italy
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Timing, geographic setting and actors

• Part of ICT Development regional project
• 3 year project (2000-2003)
• ? Regional Dept. of Education Ministry Regional
  Public Administration
• ? Financed by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di
  Torino
• Service, Animation and Experimentation Centres
• ? 18 excellence technical secondary schools
• ? 5 primary didactical excellence schools

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Services provided by the Centres
Training ? principals teachers (gt1600 in
2001) Support ? schools Support and demonstration
? territory
Service
Meetings ? technological didactical themes
Animation
Testing activities as innovative services ? past
experience Organizational procedures and
services ? didactics administration
Experimentation
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The model
Top-down
General objective ? overcoming digital divide in
schools
Bottom-up
Promote and enhance initiatives, idea, expertise
? stimulate and accelerate the use of ICT ?
increase flexible learning, distance working,
cooperation activities
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Background and objectives

• ? technical infrastructure
• ? human and technical resources
• context open towards technology transfer to
  community

Background
Objectives
? digital literacy for principals, teachers and
schools ?
increase of school ICT competencies and
familiarization ? dissemination of ICT
competencies
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Key actors and policy
Key actors
? teachers ? schools with good technical
background
Policy

• Building expanding opportunities for skill
  acquisition
• ? synergies between ICT and education
• ? synergies between schools between schools
  and their environment
• ? wider distribution of educational
  opportunities over Internet
• ? transferability in other regions

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The web site www.dschola.it

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• 2001-2002 ? sixfold access increase
• Thematic sections
• ? information on school and ICT
• ? community services (ML, forums, etc.)
• ? MM channel

Open source platform (PHP Nuke) ? direct
contribution community members Accessibility ?
passing the Bobby and the 508 validation Language
s ? Italian, English, Spanish (soon in French)
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Contact us

• Eleonora Pantò
• Dschola Project Manager
• ? eleonora.panto_at_csp.it

Erica Lavagno Dschola Project Assistant ?
erica.lavagno_at_csp.it
www.dschola.it info_at_dschola.it
Via Livorno, 60 10144 Torino (Italy)
www.csp.it