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TeleAula: New ways of Schooling for Hospitalized Students. Maria Eulália Ribeiro Cordeiro CANTIC - Portugal. Centro de Avaliação em Novas Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação. (Centre of Assessment in Information and Communication Technology). Is a resources centre. GEOGRAPHICAL A REA.
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TeleAula: New ways of Schooling for Hospitalized Students Maria Eulália Ribeiro Cordeiro CANTIC - Portugal
Centro de Avaliação em Novas Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (Centre of Assessment in Information and Communication Technology)
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA The Lisbon Regional Education Directorate
Students with sever motor disability • Students with sever chronic diseases Our Universe (kindergarten - university / working life)
Global AIMS of CANTIC • Enable students with severe motor disabilities or with severe diseases to succeed in regular schools • Evaluation of students motor capabilities to identify the most adequate technological aids • Support the work of teachers • Adapt technical aids to the needs of this students
TeleAula Our Approach • To link the students that are hospitalised with a regular school in the hospital geographical area (reference schools) • To link the students at home to his own school classes (original schools)
Student with S.E.N. TeleAula The disease becomes the centre of his life and interrupts his life projects They have a lonely life and are not integrated in society
Advantages of Inclusive Schooling TeleAula Access to the National curriculum Enables interaction with group of colleagues
TeleAula Telemultimedia Systems • Enable interactivity even at a distance • Enable different communications ways: • Audio • Video • Sharing documents • Transfer information (text, image….etc) • Motivator of students and teachers
TeleAula 1998- 2003
TeleAula Pathologies Home Students
TeleAula Technologies of Distance Communication • 1 PC (Pentium III…)+ 1 printer • 1 videoconference card (PictureTel 550 or Videomeeting PC) • 1 ISDN access • 1 camera (webcam type)
Adapted Methodologies TeleAula Reference School • Model centered in the dynamics of school • Model centered in the classes activities
Adapted Methodologies TeleAula Original School • Model centered in theclasses activities
Project Results TeleAula Limiting Factors • Improvement of the tecnical resourses (elimination the bugs) • Very expensive technologies and communication • Low knowledge of some teachers in the use of technical resources • Improvement of success at school and in the use of technology • Improvement of socialization, with positive impacts in the family