Empowering Education Through Web Applications in Barcelona

1. Web Applications for theTeaching Profession:BCN Bulevard Education Intranetand the School ActivitiesProgramme Tampere, may 2005

3. Barcelona • Capital of Catalonia (Autonomous Community with a populationof 7,000,000) • 1,600,000 inhabitants in the city • 4,500,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area • 10 municipal districts • Educational administration: The state and the Generalitatof Catalonia • 263 Kindergartens (0-3 years) • 356 Primary education centres (3-12 years) • 247 Secondary education centres and sixth form (12-18 years) • 37 Special education centres 3

4. Barcelona, the Educating City • Learn in the city: • All educational activities that take place within the framework of urban culture. • Learn from the city: • Take advantage of the opportunities of citizen dynamics to turn them into learning opportunities. • Learn about the city: • The result of merging the process of learning from and in the city. 4

5. A city that wants to be an educator has to have a network for learning and teaching From the city to the schoolThe educational programmes offered by the institutions, for schools and pupils. From the school to the cityThe projection of the school as a social and cultural agent in the enviroment where the centres are located. 5

6. Municipal Web applications Promote the full incorporation of ITC in the education enviroment Municipal education centres The city education community Offer a municipal education service more accessible and efficient, familiarizing professionals in education with the everyday use or new technologies, therefore promoting the participation of pupils and their families. Encourage the municipal theaching profesion to change with the times, by acquiring new technological abilities and changing personal attitudes to be able to successfully deal with society’s new challenges in knowledge and learning. 6

7. Web applicationSchool Activities Programme The School Activities Programme is a system that is compiled ofas much information as possible concerning the educational activities provided by civic organisations and systematises the descriptions of the activities to make it easier for teachers to choose items that are most suitable for their requirements. 7

8. Pedagogic Co-ordination Board • Barcelona has a Pedagogic Co-ordination Board run by the Barcelona City Council Institute of Education, that groups together the institutions and entities within the city which offer educational activities for school children. • Currently, 109 entities offering 2,517 activities participate on the Pedagogic Co-ordination Board. 8

9. The educational activities on the Pedagogic Co-ordination Board’s educational activities are published each academic year in the School Activities Programme (SAP), with a view to maximise the information available concerning the educational activities. • Information and inscription is accessible through Internet. 9

10. Objectives the School Activities Programme • Define the educational requirements. • Systemize and objectively assess the information received by the teaching body. • Generate positive attitudes towards use of equipment. • Facilitate inscription in activities, prior contact between the school and the institution and access to materials and related documentation. 10

11. The School Activities Programme through Internet • It offers school centres: • Improved activity search and consultation facilities. • On-line access to activity registration. • Consult and modify registration terms. • Access to annexed materials. • Link-ups with other websites. • Library on-line. 11

12. It offers the entities: • Receipt of a large number of inscriptions for activities in a short space of time, 126,785 students registered through Internet on first day of registration period. • Possibility of instantaneous updating of educational activities. • Obtain activity statistics. 12

13. New School Activities Programme With the incorporation of the new functions offered by Internet technology, the new 2005 SAP will be more interactive, faster, more suitable and more motivating for schools and Pedagogic Co-ordination Board entities alike. 13

14. Web applicationBCN Bulevard Education Intranet This is a virtual campus that forms part of improving the Municipal Education’s management of quality and efficiency, giving the appropiate technological tools to share information, experiences and projects between teachers and administrative staff and management. 14

15. Objectives Improve the municipal education management of quality and efficiency • Promote the use of Information Technology and Communication (ITC) in the schools. • Facilitate communication and teamwork between different professionals: teachers and school directors and admininstrative staff. • Encourage professional development through learning and acquisition of new technological skills. 15

17. Offer new resources for information, communication, collaboration and development professional • Offer up-to-date information, news and relevant educational material and institution update. • Improve communication and collaboration possibilities between the different professionals • Encourage virtual teamwork, without time and space limitations. • Allows virtual meetings and discussions to take place in real time. • Get to know and share educational experiences. • Encourages professional development • Helps telematic training to be carried out. • Allows education forum and debate participation. 19

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