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www. educarchile .cl. educar chile. The national educational internet portal A partnership with the Ministry of Education (through Enlaces) Supported by a network of public and private strategic alliances: ICT corporations (MICROSOFT, COMPAQ, SUN MICROSYSTEMS, etc)
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educarchile • The national educational internet portal • A partnership with the Ministry of Education (through Enlaces) • Supported by a network of public and private strategic alliances: • ICT corporations (MICROSOFT, COMPAQ, SUN MICROSYSTEMS, etc) • educational content creators and owners (universities, foundations, etc.) • audiovisual creators and producers (animation, video, games, etc.) • technological developers (CMS, web tools, etc.) • national public funding institutions (CORFO) • international funding institutions (IDB, WB, ICA, etc.)
the portal • segmented audiences • services for teachers, students, families, researchers and schools • focus on added value • fully updated twice a month • leading attributes: • useful • representative • national • autonomous • participative • public service • pluralist • innovative • quality • communicative
the goals • To provide educational information, resources, services and experiences in high quality and innovative formats. • To stimulate the creation and participation of all members of the educational community through communication, interaction and collaboration. • To foster the creation and development of ICT competencies for the support of the educational activity and the integration of all people into the information society.
forthe teachers INFORMATION • segmented news and articles RESOURCES • creation and retrieval of lesson plans • educational library • educational experiences sharing • personal web pages • professional development SERVICES • email • hard disk space • chats and forums • specialized search engine • support center
forthe students INFORMATION • segmented news and articles RESOURCES • homework support • PSU support • personal web pages • educational library • educational web resources • dictionaries and translators SERVICES • email • hard disk space • chats and forums • specialized search engine • support center
forthe family INFORMATION • segmented news and articles RESOURCES • content retrieval by subject: • “web content for the family” • “growing together” • “family and school” • “spare time” • family web pages • professional development SERVICES • email • hard disk space • chats and forums • specialized search engine • support center
fortheresearchers INFORMATION • segmented news and articles • analysis and info-graphs RESOURCES • researchers network • content retrieval by subject: • school management / education economy • distance education / ICT and education / education policies / etc. • web resources • personal web pages • professional development SERVICES • email • hard disk space • chats and forums • specialized search engine • support center
fortheschool management INFORMATION • segmented news and articles RESOURCES • tools: • institutional planning • human resources • financials • administrative processes • web resources • institutional web pages • innovative practices SERVICES • email • hard disk space • chats and forums • specialized search engine • support center
the results so far (since OCT 2001) • 10.000.000 visits • 62.631.000 page views • 178.638 registered users 65.539 teachers 77.706 students 29.876 parents 5.517 researchers • 50.000 active email boxes • 11.000 content units • 12.000 support center services • 426 user published web sites • 13 contests with 8.554 students and1.406 teachers participating
the results so far priority audience: teachers (UC survey) • 86% teachers know the portal • 76% teachers have used it • 68% visited it last month • 49% used it to download content for his/her professional activities • 26% used the lesson plans tool • 52% of chilean teachers are registered users of educarchile
the challenges • Multimedial resources to foster the teaching of English as second language and the use of ICT in the classroom • Digitalization of the entire curriculum • SIMCE support • On-line assessment tools for teachers and students • New audiences: • preschool, special (handicapped) and technical schools • principals and management staff • university students • Formation programs for the family
the network • Deployment of a network of educational portals throughout Latin-America • Initial partners: Argentina Colombia Chile Ecuador • Financial support: IDB ICA • Take off: June 2004