Educational Network & Teacher Training

Study visitIglesias, 1st to 4th October 2012

Some data of Catalonia

• Autonomous Community (There are 17 autonomous communities in Spain)

• 7,4 million inhabitants

• Bilingual country• 5,7 million of Catalan speakers (77%)• 7 million can understand Catalan (95%)

• Large multilingual communities

• The government has competence in

educational policies

Spanish Educational System

Compulsory Education:

• Nursery 3 to 6 years• Primary School 6 to 12

years• Secondary School 12

to 16 years

Higher Education

• Batxillerat -similar to A levels- from 16 to 18

XTEC (Educational Network of Catalonia)

Teacher’s portal in Internet

• Resources

• Projects

• Lesson Plans

• Administration

• News

• Collaborative areas

• My personal XTEC

http://www.xtec.cat/

ÀREA TAC (KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES)

• Resources for

teachers

• Tools

• News

• Suport to teachers to

use technology

• Programs to introduce

computers and other

technologies into

school

TEACHING TEACHERS (TEACHER TRAINING)

• Online courses

• Self learning

• Seminars

• Open workshops

COURSES ON LINE

Moodle portal to teachers

Repository of course contents

LEARNING YOURSELF

Courses about

• My personal XTEC (mail, docs, sites, calendar...)

• Moodle platform (an introduction)

SEMINARS

Interesting subjects for

teachers

• Security in the Internet

• Planing ICT in the schools

• ICT integration in education

• Digital literacy

• Digital identity

OPEN WORKSHOPS

Teacher’s Network eduCAT 2.0

• Pier to pier learning

• Online materials and contents

Thank you!

Imma Barriendosibarrien@xtec.cat