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Programas Didácticos “Fantastic Nika”

Thu, 30/07/2009 - 14:41

It is a didactic innovative Project for e-inclusion, to promote the safe and responsible use of ICT by children.

1. Project summary
Summary: 

While realizing that children take as normal the presence of ICT in society which lives with them ( statistics reveal that the young population in our country use ICT much more than other age levels), must be conscious that training in the use of ICT is not enough, especially when dealing with the safe and responsible use. With these thoughts in mind, we understand that it is necessary to promote tecno-pedagogical training of the teaching staff. These aspects were taken into consideration in the development, more in line with the times, introducing necessary tools and innovating with a didactic proposal which use technologies as a resource which favours teamwork, the development of social skills, creativity, the possibility to experiment and the curiosity to know and investigate, always from the perspective of the responsible use of ICT As main objectives we underline the promotion in safe and responsible use of ICT by children, develop personal competences in this area, incorporate ICT as a tool for work and participate in the Information Society in a democratic and respectable way. The development of “Fantastic Nika” was carried out as follows: 1. Development and production of the materials ( manuals files, videos and documentation) Fantastic Nika( for girls and boys between 3 and 7 years old) - 32 DVD-Videos between 3 and 5 minutes in length and which deals with each of the themes of the Project. The videos were developed in DVD quality and in web quality and versions for them to be shown on television. - 160 didactic files: each one of the themes comes with 5 work files with deals informally with the theme. - Guía que tiene como objetivo guiar al personal docente para utilizar adecuadamente los materiales del proyecto. 2. Distribution of didactic programmes and training in schools in the region as a strategy for e- inclusion from the point of view of education and directed to families and teachers. - 70,000 students and all of the 251 schools in Asturias benefitted from “Fantastic Nika”. - The Autonomous Televisin (RTPA) has shown over 500 minutes of the videos of Fantastic Nika since november of 2008 and is continuing at this moment. Specific parts of the programme have been developed and adapted for other regions in Spain such as Cantabria and Murcia.

2. Country (City / Region)
State: 
Spain
City: 
Gijón / Asturias
3. Company/organization/institute presenting the project
Organization: 
Gobierno del Principado de Asturias
4. Type of organization
Select type: 
Public institution
5. Project coordinator
Name and Surname: 
Paco Prieto
E-Mail: 
paco.prieto@fundacionctic.org
6. Website
The website of the project: 
http://www.internetyfamilia.es
7. Please select the category in which you candidate your project
Youth Education Project. Select Project Users by age: 
Up to 10 years
Helping youth step in the job market: 
NOT Helping youth step in the job market
Creativity and Social Innovation: 
NOT in Creativity and Social Innovation
8. How long has your project been running?
From: 
01/04/2008
9. Targets and Elements of Innovation
Please explain the targets and the background of your project: 

With this programme it is hoped to promote the safe and responsible use of ICT for children through an attractive and entertaining didactic programme adapted specifically to the necessities and perspectives of the beneficiaries.

What does it try to achieve and how: 

To achieve the planned objectives a well planned methodology has been developed by a team of pedagogical professionals and the Information Society. The children have seen that learning technology can be entertaining because it is based upon materials especially designed for them and taught through a very natural channel as is audioisul.As well, the children can and do identify themselves with the protagonists.

Which opportunities/problems does it address to: 

The programme gives an answer to the safety problems to the inadequate use of technology through the use of safe and responsible habits from an early age. The programme has allowed the teachers to have innovative tools to help young children to develop ICT competences always from the perspective of its safe and responsible use.

Please explain what is unique or special in your project: 

As a special we can say that it is a Project with a high impact as a consequence of its dissemination in different areas( school, the home, TV).This is possible as it uses a multichannel format( it combines paper, digital, video, Internet and TV) The didactic collections are for autosonsumption. The materials are also useful for adults, (mothers’ fathers, and teachers) and attractive for the children

10. Results
Describe the results of your project as per today: 

- Distribution of the collection among the 70,000 children in Asturian schools. - All of the 251 schools have benefited from this. - More than 6, 000 children have also received training sessions on the safe use of ICT. - 500 minutes have been shown on the Regional TV Network of Fantastic Nika. Since November of 2008. - Fantastic Nika is still being shown at the moment.

How does it fulfill the users’ needs: 

The children will acquire technological competences in an entertaining way. The contents have been created to stimulate the imagination and the reasoning and curiosity of children with regards to ICT, as well as developing the Project for auto consumption with direct simple and didactic audiovisual content. At the same time this format allows the family to participate together and promotes e. inclusion.

How has it improved the quality of educational and/or training services: 

The teachers are provided with innovative tools to help the students to develop ICT competences from the perspective of its safe and responsible use. The children have seen that learning technology can be entertaining because it is based upon materials especially designed for them and taught through a very natural channel as is audioisul.As well, the children can and do identify themselves with the protagonists

How has it improved the participation of professionals, children, youth and other stakeholders: 

The didactic offer presented has resulted and results useful for the groups of adults (teachers, parents) and the educators have seen that the programme is extremely useful.

How does it promote the use of ICT for the educational and cultural development by professionals, children and youth: 

On the one hand the activities developed have generated a tecno pedagogical knowledge (value added) for the teachers. Special resources have been developed for the classroom and the contents developed have incorporated the latest tendencies related to ICT such as the web 2.0, social networks, mobile telephones, of the 3rd generation and TDT. So in this way the teachers, educators and tutors have seen that they have benefited as the materials have facilitated the teaching of sessions on ICT to the children. As well the children have seen that learning about technology and acquiring habits on its the safe and responsible use is entertaining and easy.

Describe how you measure (parameters) these results: 

All of the actions are quantities

11. Sustainability
What is the full duration of your project: 
From 3 to 6 years
What is the approximate total budget for your project (in USD): 
From 75.001 to 500.000
What is the source of funding for your project: 
Sale of products or services
Is your project economically self sufficient now: 
No
12. Transferability
Has your project been replicated/adapted elsewhere: 
Yes
Specify: 

The production and application of “Fantastic Nika” may be perfectly transferred to different settings .They actually have been transferred and adapted to other regions in Spain: o Cantabria Regional Administration, o Region of Murcia Information Society (SIRCAM).

What lessons can others learn from your project: 

o One of the success factors has been the actual innovative planning and development of the didactic programme in the multichannel format, and introducing paper, digital video and Internet. It has multiplied its impact possibilities and has allowed for its dissemination very widely, schools, telecentres, TV etc. o It is not only necessary to train the teachers , but it is also necessary to introduce this in the family, so parents know how technology works and at the same time minimize the worries they have about the use of Internet by their children. To know how to use Internet safely and ict generally as well as knowing what services are available to the citizens is the best way to avoid unnecessary risks. So we must work for e-inclusion in the education community( parents , teachers) as well as with the children in the safe and responsible use Internet and ict

We are available to help others starting or working on similar projects: 
We are available to help others starting or working on similar projects.
13. Background information
Background: 

The didactic programme is to be found in the Project Internet and the Family, an initiative by the Government of the Principality of Asturias and which is included in the strategy for the development of the Information Society The team which developed the programme is composed of pedagogical educators and Information Society professionals.

Barriers: 

It was recognized as a difficulty the distribution of the didactic materials and the involvement of the teaching community

Solutions: 

A distribution structure was developer through the actual format of the project, using the multichannel format. Meetings and specialized training and information sessions were organized

Future plans and wish list: 

The necessity to intervene, communicate and train the education community to avoid the risks which exists today in the Internet is continuous. There is no expiry date, because the risks, caber bullying, sexting, grooming, etc, knows no time limit The training of the teachers as well as the family and the provision of resources for the development of materials are essential to maintain the objectives of the Project in the safe and responsible use of ict. .The activities developed have generated knowledge which is the best guarantee for the sustainability of the Project and is the best recipe for minimizing the risks involved. At the moment we are developing complementary materials and will no doubt give value added to the programme. o Didactic material o Reference documents for the teachers. o Power point presentations for the classroom o Didactic guides for the teachers.

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Programas Didácticos “Qué pasa con las TIC”

Thu, 30/07/2009 - 14:31

It ia a didactic innovative Project for e-inclusion, to promote the safe and responsible use of ICT by children.

1. Project summary
Summary: 

While realizing that children take as normal the presence of ICT in society which lives with them ( statistics reveal that the young population in our country use ICT much more than other age levels), must be conscious that training in the use of ICT is not enough, especially when dealing with the safe and responsible use.

With these thoughts in mind, we understand that it is necessary to promote tecno-pedagogical training of the teaching staff. These aspects were taken into consideration in the development, more in line with the times, introducing necessary tools and innovating with a didactic proposal which use technologies as a resource which favours teamwork, the development of social skills, creativity, the possibility to experiment and the curiosity to know and investigate, always from the perspective of the responsible use of ICT

As main objectives we underline the promotion in safe and responsible use of ICT by children, develop personal competences in this area, incorporate ICT as a tool for work and participate in the Information Society in a democratic and respectable way.

The development of was carried out as follows; “Qué pasa con las TIC”:

1. Development and production of the materials (manuals files, videos and documentation)
What´s with ICT? (For boys and girls between 8 and 12 years old)
- 20 DVD-Videos between 5 and 8 minutes in length which deals with 20 interesting themes and which use different technologies.
- - A Safety Guide and the responsible use of ICT, gives teachers and families tools and advice to work with ICT in both the school and at home.

2. Distribution of didactic programmes and training .in schools in the region as a strategy for e- inclusion from the point of view of education and directed to families and teachers.
- 70.000 students and all of the 251 schools in Asturias benefitted from “What´s with ICT”?
- 20 videos will be shown on the Regional Autonomous Television Network(RTPA) of What´s with ICT.
- Specific parts of the programme have been developed and adapted for other regions in Spain such as Cantabria and Murcia.

2. Country (City / Region)
State: 
Spain
City: 
Gijón Asturias
3. Company/organization/institute presenting the project
Organization: 
Gobierno del Principado de Asturias
4. Type of organization
Select type: 
Public institution
5. Project coordinator
Name and Surname: 
Paco Prieto
E-Mail: 
paco.prieto@fundacionctic.org
6. Website
The website of the project: 
http://www.internetyfamilia.es
7. Please select the category in which you candidate your project
Youth Education Project. Select Project Users by age: 
Up to 15 years
Helping youth step in the job market: 
NOT Helping youth step in the job market
Creativity and Social Innovation: 
NOT in Creativity and Social Innovation
8. How long has your project been running?
From: 
01/04/2008
9. Targets and Elements of Innovation
Please explain the targets and the background of your project: 

With this programme it is hoped to promote the safe and responsible use of ICT for children through an attractive and entertaining didactic programme adapted specifically to the necessities and perspectives of the beneficiaries

What does it try to achieve and how: 

To achieve the planned objectives a well planned methodology has been developed by a team of pedagogical professionals and the Information Society. The children have seen that learning technology can be entertaining because it is based upon materials especially designed for them and taught through a very natural channel as is audioisul.As well, the children can and do identify themselves with the protagonists

Which opportunities/problems does it address to: 

The programme gives an answer to the safety problems to the inadequate use of technology through the use of safe and responsible habits from an early age.

The programme has allowed the teachers to have innovative tools to help young children to develop ICT competences always from the perspective of its safe and responsible use.

Please explain what is unique or special in your project: 

As a special we can say that it is a Project with a high impact as a consequence of its dissemination in different areas( school, the home, TV).This is possible as it uses a multichannel format( it combines paper, digital, video, Internet and TV) The didactic collections are for autosonsumption. The materials are also useful for adults, (mothers’ fathers, and teachers) and attractive for the children

10. Results
Describe the results of your project as per today: 

- Distribution of the collection among the 70.000 children in Asturian schools.
- All of the 251 schools have benefited from this.
- More than 6.000 children have also received training sessions on the safe use of ICT.
- ”What’s with ICT” will soon be shown on TV as well.

How does it fulfill the users’ needs: 

The children will acquire technological competences in an entertaining way. The contents have been created to stimulate the imagination and the reasoning and curiosity of children with regards to ICT, as well as developing the Project for auto consumption with direct simple and didactic audiovisual content. At the same time this format allows the family to participate together and promotes e. inclusion

How has it improved the quality of educational and/or training services: 

The teachers are provided with innovative tools to help the students to develop ICT competences from the perspective of its safe and responsible use.

The children have seen that learning technology can be entertaining because it is based upon materials especially designed for them and taught through a very natural channel as is audioisul.As well, the children can and do identify themselves with the protagonists

How has it improved the participation of professionals, children, youth and other stakeholders: 

The didactic offer presented has resulted and results useful for the groups of adults (teachers, parents) and the educators have seen that the programme is extremely useful.

How does it promote the use of ICT for the educational and cultural development by professionals, children and youth: 

On the one hand the activities developed have generated a tecno pedagogical knowledge (value added) for the teachers. Special resources have been developed for the classroom and the contents developed have incorporated the latest tendencies related to ICT such as the web 2.0, social networks, mobile telephones, of the 3rd generation and TDT.

So in this way the teachers, educators and tutors have seen that they have benefited as the materials have facilitated the teaching of sessions on ICT to the children.

.As well the children have seen that learning about technology and acquiring habits on its the safe and responsible use is entertaining and easy.

Describe how you measure (parameters) these results: 

All of the actions are quantities

11. Sustainability
What is the full duration of your project: 
From 3 to 6 years
What is the approximate total budget for your project (in USD): 
From 75.001 to 500.000
What is the source of funding for your project: 
Sale of products or services
Is your project economically self sufficient now: 
No
12. Transferability
Has your project been replicated/adapted elsewhere: 
Yes
Specify: 

The production and application of “What´s with ICT” may be perfectly transferred to different settings .They actually have been transferred and adapted to other regions in Spain;
Cantabria Regional Administration,
Region of Murcia Information Society (SIRCAM).

What lessons can others learn from your project: 

o One of the success factors has been the actual innovative planning and development of the didactic programme in the multichannel format, and introducing paper, digital video and Internet. It has multiplied its impact possibilities and has allowed for its dissemination very widely, schools, telecentres, TV etc.

o It is not only necessary to train the teachers, but it is also necessary to introduce this in the family, so parents know how technology works and at the same time minimize the worries they have about the use of Internet by their children. To know how to use Internet safely and ict generally as well as knowing what services are available to the citizens is the best way to avoid unnecessary risks. So we must work for e-inclusion in the education community( parents , teachers) as well as with the children in the safe and responsible use Internet and ict

We are available to help others starting or working on similar projects: 
We are available to help others starting or working on similar projects.
13. Background information
Background: 

The didactic programme is to be found in the Project Internet and the Family, an initiative by the Government of the Principality of Asturias and which is included in the strategy for the development of the Information Society

The team which developed the programme is composed of pedagogical educators and Information Society professionals.

Barriers: 

It was recognized as a difficulty the distribution of the didactic materials and the involvement of the teaching community

Solutions: 

A distribution structure was developer through the actual format of the project, using the multichannel format. Meetings and specialized training and information sessions were organized

Future plans and wish list: 

The necessity to intervene, communicate and train the education community to avoid the risks which exists today in the Internet is continuous. There is no expiry date, because the risks, caber bullying, sexting, grooming, ect, knows no time limit

The training of the teachers as well as the family and the provision of resources for the development of materials are essential to maintain the objectives of the Project in the safe and responsible use of ict.

The activities developed have generated knowledge which is the best guarantee for the sustainability of the Project and is the best recipe for minimizing the risks involved.

At the moment we are developing complementary materials and will no doubt give value added to the programme.

o Didactic material
o Reference documents for the teachers.
o Power point presentations for the classroom
o Didactic guides for the teachers.

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