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Citizen E: an ICT network for Teaching European Citizenship.
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Citizen E: an ICT network for Teaching European Citizenship • Citizen E will promote European cooperation regarding the teaching of European Citizenship through Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in post-primary education, resulting in best practise in this field and contributing to an understanding among teachers and students of the technical and pedagogical implications of ICT • Partners: • ATiT (BE) as coordinator • Mayo Education Centre (IE) • Regionalny Osrodek Dos. Nau. WOM (PL) • Katholieke Hogeschool Sint-Lieven (BE) • Pixel Associazione (IT) • October 2004:September 2006
Plan created at start: Oct 04 • Target audience: who to target? • Providers of in-service teacher training • Providers of pre-service teacher training • Policy makers • Outcomes: what to disseminate • Training syllabus and materials for teacher training and support centres (in EN, NL, IT, PL) • 8 training workshops (2 in EN, 2 in NL, 2 in PL, 2 in IT) • Citizen E web site with resources teachers can use • At least 35 twinning arrangements between participating schools • At least 35 collaborative mini-projects between participating schools • Collaborative platform • Best Practise Manual
Dissemination activities • Teacher newsletters in all 4 networks • Press releases aimed at portals, publications, specialist press • Events around partner meetings • National and European conferences aimed at policy makers and teacher training agencies • Web site links and activities
Suggestions and tips • Clear message, agree a description in short, medium and long versions in all target languages, common presentation and style • Agree quantitative and qualitative targets for all dissemination activities with each partner • Dedicated partner responsibility with clear reporting and dedicated discussion time at meetings • Don’t leave dissemination till end: plan timing carefully, different messages at different times • Record and use all media, video, photos, audio recordings: remember the power of the image
Suggestions and tips • Understand what is needed by conference organisers, portal managers, magazine editors and who they target • Respect deadlines and guidelines • Be innovative within agreed parameters, suggest social activities around formal engagements • Use existing channels, own web sites, partners signatures, national and regional networks • Use partner meetings for accompanying dissemination actions in each country • Try to utilise existing dissemination activities rather than creating your own
Find out more? Visit us on our web site at:http://www.citizen-e.net/ sally.reynolds@atit.be