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tidskriften datorn i utbildningen www.diu.se Workplace for young people In this issue: Scandinavia@BETT Denmark Norway Sweden 2 diu@BETT • 2013 Scandinavia@bett We present three cases. Three Scandinavian cases of schools meeting the future. Not in a full and comprehensive study, but a picture with some facets. We want to give you some of the experiences, some of the perspectives and some of the challenges schools meet. And how it’s met by three Scandinavian schools and Municipalities. Here, in this brochure we try to convey a snapshot of the change following digitalization of schools, by showing three glimpses from Scandinavia, from three schools, one each in Nor- way, Denmark and Sweden. They have been chosen from three different municipalities, not necessarily outstanding. One larger city on the Norwegian coast, old city with harbor and shipping industry. One a small town in the Jutland countryside in a rural area and an hour from second largest Da- nish city Århus, and finally a middle sized Swedish industrial town, in forest and mine region with iron as the dominating trade. They have been chosen to reflect what is happening this very now. Schools slowly – or more rapidly! – developing their curriculum, their methods and their tools. Still doing the same thing, trying to give young people a good start in their life, knowled- ge, skills and personal development. Reflecting some of the new things growing. For each a video, a written and an oral report to inspire or stimulate reflection. Three facets are completing the picture. Oystein Johannessen well known for his long period at the Knowledge Department in Oslo, Norway, with his focus on na- tional policies for developing schools with ICT. We also give a perspective of the force of change, by Dr Jan Hylen depicting the Mobile learning scenario. And the necessary companion, the researchers, not paving our way, but accompanying us and giving us better understanding of what we do and what is happening, by profes- sor of educational science at Umeå University, Sweden, Isa Jahnke, Behind this brochure is the Swedish foundation DIU, working for two decades with practitioners sharing and reflecting on experiences. Our mission has been to reflect what is going on, with a journal – now in English for this event at BETT 2013 – with seminars and conferences, prices for teachers doing piloting development work. Helping to share and build knowledge. Creating arenas for learning with ICT. We wish you a successful sharing experience. Peter Becker Chair Foundation DIU/Stiftelsen DIU, visit us at www.diu.se diu@BETT • 2013 3 s. 18 content Cool to be the most used s. 10 s. 14 platform in the Nordics! Scandinavia Norway 5 Scandinavia@BETT 14 Bold Minds in Harmonius Interaction We present three cases. Three Scandinavian cases of – Here it’s a short step from idea to action. We use digital schools meeting the future. Not in a full and comprehen- resources when existing, as well as common teaching ma- sive study, but a picture with some facets. We want to give terials. We operate in the world and I want students to feel you some of the experiences, some of the perspectives that they are global citizens, says Lin Holvik, headmaster at and some of the challenges schools meet. And how it’s Nordahl Grieg upper secondary school. met by three Scandinavian schools and Municipalities.. Sweden 7 Myth and Reality about Nordic Education and 18 Everyone should take steps forward ICT – It really feels incredibly fun that we are going to try What is the picture of how ICT is used in Scandinavian to catch up with the future that is already here! Getting Safe schools? By Øystein Johannessen, the CEO of Qin AS and laptops to school is an investment in knowledge and lear- Fronter is a safe learning environment accessed via a web an Education Impact Fellow. ning, says Signe Brockman, chairman (Socialdemocrat) the browser. You control the access rights and you own the data. Sandviken School Committee. 8 Scandinavian session, Agenda We don’t share it. We think that’s important. and 22 DIUs proposals for local action on ICT in school Digital Didactics – the future of education DIU here summarize four vital points for the actions we Secure With the invention of the mobile devices like tablets/iPads, deem necessary to adapt locally in each municipality and we can see a change of informal learning that entered our each school to secure access to digital content, resources With Fronter’s intuitive features, it’s hard to make errors by formal education - and this gives us great new opportu- and tools, both free and commercial, gets along with digi- mistake. But if you do, you can rest assured that all data is nities in schools. But it also affects formal education. By tal skills essential for further development. backed up nightly and can be recovered. professor dr. Isa Jahnke, Umeå University International Denmark Stable 24 Mobiles turn the old truths about ICT in schools And best of all. Fronter is always open and ready to access 10 A School in tune with the times upside-down – Today’s students are growing up in a digital world, then 90 percent of the world population has access to robust whenever you want to. In 2012, Fronter had an uptime of we cannot have an analogue school, says Lise Gammelby, cellular network and also in rural areas 80 percent of the 99.9% around the clock throughout the year. School Improvement Coordinator in Odder. population is reached by today’s mobile networks. This means that children and young people who have no ac- cess to schools often have access to mobile technology. By Jan Hylén, PhD Political Science. http://fronter.com http://fronter.no http://fronter.dk DIU Address Writers: Subscription www.diu.se http://fronter.se Forum for ICT pedagogical discussion DiU, Förridargränd 16, 165 52 Hässelby Øystein Johannessen, Jan Hylén, Peter facebook.com/fronternordic http://fronter.fi Editorial staff Webb: www.diu.se Becker, Carina Näslundh, Mats Östling Ads: Peter Becker – editor in chief, Print Dixa, ISSN: 1100–3650 Photo: Carina Näslundh,Rolf Johnzon, Rebecka Becker [email protected] Welcome to quote us, but please cite Carina Näslundh,[email protected] Ist0ckphoto, Sandviken municipality [email protected] the source tel: +46 (0)70–332 05 11 Mats Östling, [email protected] Cover photo: YBC, Nacka 4 diu@BETT • 2013 SE_add_BETT2013new.indd 1 2013-01-21 13:54 Cool to be the most used platform in the Nordics! Safe Fronter is a safe learning environment accessed via a web browser. You control the access rights and you own the data. We don’t share it. We think that’s important. Secure With Fronter’s intuitive features, it’s hard to make errors by mistake. But if you do, you can rest assured that all data is backed up nightly and can be recovered. Stable And best of all. Fronter is always open and ready to access whenever you want to. In 2012, Fronter had an uptime of 99.9% around the clock throughout the year. http://fronter.com http://fronter.no http://fronter.dk facebook.com/fronternordic http://fronter.se http://fronter.fi diu@BETT • 2013 5 SE_add_BETT2013new.indd 1 2013-01-21 13:54 Det klassrummet digitala Välkommen att besöka oss på BETT-mässan, monter G310 Qnoddarnas värld – ett svenskt Digitalböcker online – använd på interaktiv läromedel utvecklat för iPad. skrivtavla eller i datorn. Läromedel för interaktiv skrivtavla – fungerar även Läromedelswebbar – kompletterande med dator och projektor. material på nätet för dig och dina elever. Natur & Kultur Box 27323, 102 54 Stockholm Besök: Karlavägen 31 Tel: 08-453 86 00 Fax: 08-453 87 90 www.nok.se [email protected] B_annons Bettmässa.indd 1 2013-01-21 15:42 6 diu@BETT• 2013 Myth and Reality about Nordic Education and ICT by Øystein Johannessen, CEO, Qin AS In our globalized world we have certain But let us turn back to the perception seems to be less momentum to- perceptions about each other and of Scandinavia as a cluster of cutting- day than a decade ago. about other countries. This is also the case about how the wider world percei- edge countries with regard to the use • The countries have gradually ves the Scandinavian countries. Among of ICT in education. Is this really the embedded ICT in national curri- the patterns of outside perceptions, case, or are there some nuances to this cula or pedagogical frameworks, we recognize the images of northern image? I do believe that for a period and they are among early adop- frivolity, the orderliness of the Swedes, the Scandinavian countries enjoyed ters in this area. the introvertness of Norwegians and a unique position internationally • There are variations across the the good-spirited Danes. with regard to ICT in education. The Scandinavian countries with strength of public economy, good regard to how ICT is embedded What is the picture of how ICT is used infrastructure and early investments in teachers´ professional deve- in Scandinavian schools? Around the in infrastructure contributed to this. lopment and how ICT is used world I have often been met by the Having said this, the Scandinavian at exams and for assessment assumption that the Scandinavian countries as a whole are no longer purposes. countries are among the frontrunners enjoying a unique position as ICT The three cases presented don’t with regard to the educational use of frontrunners. The key elements of give a comprehensive picture of the ICT. I will return to this question in a the current situation, which will be scandinavian countries, but may serve minute.