2. Some data of Catalonia
• Autonomous Community
(There are 17 autonomous communities in Spain)
• 7,4 million inhabitants
• Bilingual country
•5,7 million of Catalan speakers (77%)
•7 million can understand Catalan (95%)
• Large multilingual communities
• The government has competence in
educational policies
3. Spanish Educational System
Compulsory Education:
• Nursery 3 to 6 years
• Primary School 6 to 12
years
• Secondary School 12 to
16 years
Higher Education
• Batxillerat
-similar to A levels-
from 16 to 18
4. XTEC (Educational Network of Catalonia)
Teacher’s portal in
Internet
•Resources
•Projects
•Lesson Plans
•Administration
•News
•Collaborative areas
•My personal XTEC
http://www.xtec.cat/
5. ÀREA TAC (KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES)
• Resources for teachers
• Tools
• News
• Suport to teachers to
use technology
• Programs to introduce
computers and other
technologies into school
7. COURSES ON LINE
Moodle portal to teachers
Repository of course contents
8. LEARNING YOURSELF
Courses about
• My personal XTEC (mail, docs,
sites, calendar...)
• Moodle platform (an introduction)
9. SEMINARS
Interesting subjects for
teachers
• Security in the Internet
• Planing ICT in the schools
• ICT integration in education
• Digital literacy
• Digital identity
10. OPEN WORKSHOPS
Teacher’s Network eduCAT 2.0
• Pier to pier learning
• Online materials and contents
