In Germany

Institution:                            Hans-Böckler Berufskolleg, Marl, Germany

Education level:                    secondary, 9/10, 11 – 13; vocational, age 16 – 25 

                                           The school has 3000 students and 150 teachers       

ICT (Information and Communication Technology):

Education process

• In subject oriented teaching
• In general subjects
• To learn in special groups of students (basic vocational education and training, preparatory vocational education and training)

Practical teaching

• To prepare the teaching in specific subject
• In general subjects
• To get computer driving license
• To participate in media oriented projects (Netd@ys; www.e-nitiative.nrw; www.learn-line.de)

Use               

• In classes with an education directed towards the use of media
• In subjects in the area of chemistry and electro technique
• In subjects in the area economy and multi media
• Projects

Innovation Multimedia

• Direct preparation for vocations in the area of  ICT  and  connections between schools and companies
• Main area for exams in certain education and training tracks
• Expansion of the Media area, new municipal Media centre 
• The biggest centre for ECDL (European Computer Driving License) tests in the the region

The vocational school in Marl had in the program for the years 2002 – 2003 announced an expansion of the Media subject into new tracks. This has been completed and has continued in 2004. Specially the ICT supported connection with the vocational education and training and the parallel acquisition of the general competence for further and higher education with the support of Media equipment is for the ELFE-project  of great interest, as well as regional ICT projects (among other ECDL) and the work with the new media centre.

Institution:                           Pestalozzi Grundschule, Marl, Germany

Education level:                    primary, grade 1 – 4, age 6 - 10

Marl is a middle size city. The school has 200 students an 12 teachers.

ICT (Information and Communication Technology):

Education process

• Complementary learning in education
• Acquisition of basic knowledge
• Production of documents
• Layout of documents
• How to deal with information
• How to deal with electronic information
• How to use computer programmes related to learning
• To learn independently
• To learn in different ways
• To further develop learning process
• To control present level of learning
• To train skills
• To support learning in special groups of students

Practical teaching

• To prepare lessons
• As complement in the lessons
• In different school subjects
• In Computer courses
• Cross class use
• Cross curricula use
• Thematic work
• Project work

Use               

• In all classes
• In courses
• Cross classes
• Cross curricula
• Projects
• Thematic work

Educational/pedagogical use

• Increase motivation
• Develop independency
• Elaborated thinking
• To find information
• Elaborated competences
• Changed student role
• Changed teacher role

Innovation Multimedia (see above and web pages)

In the web pages of the Pestalozzi primary school in Marl the project “Mediapoints” is described in length. This project is  an integrated part of the ordinary school day and influences the educational work and life of the school. Learning with support of new technologies influences all who are part of the school and is in a process of permanent development.

Institution:                       Max-Planck Gymnasium, Duisburg, Germany

Education level:                Secondary School (with academic tracks), grade 5–13, age 10- 19

The school lays in Duisburg, urban area, in the Ruhr area, and has 1060 students and 61 teachers

ICT (Information and Communication Technology):

Education process

• Acquisition of competences with cross curricula approach supported and created by ICT 
• Independent learning in the upper grades of the school as well as final examination online

Practical teaching

• As preparation in certain subjects
• Method oriented curriculum in certain tracks with ICT as an integrated part
• Subject teaching in the grades 11- 13
• Optional course in grade 9/10 with focus on ICT (ICT, ICT/art, ICT/music)
• Multimedia in the grades 8 - 10
• Special education for gifted students in grade 7 in a centre for individual learning
• Introduction to the process of learning /moderating in independent learning

Innovation Multimedia

• Project art/ICT as optional subject in grade 9/10
• Project music/ICT as optional subject in grade 9/10
• Participation in SelGo-Project-NRW (www.selgo.de, online final examination in upper secondary education in North Rhine Westphalia) in the second year

The Max-Planck-Gymnasium in Duisburg is special in the meaning that the school is participating in a number of projects which are in progress. Among these projects is an internationalisation project where Internet and e-mail are used as means of communication. In the area of ICT is the school expanding its projects, of special interest are the projects to offer as optional ICT/art and ICT/music as well as participation in the self-learning project SelGo which in 2004 received the Comenius Prize as a project which hints at the future in e-learning in respect of pedagogical use and content.