ICT in Auce secondary school, Latvia

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ICT in Auce secondary school, Latvia

• Fridis Sarcevichs
• 2009

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Auce Secondary School

• 636 students
• 52 teachers
• 2 buildings
• 2 sport halls
• Hall for body building
• New stadium
• Large library
• boarding-school with 50 places
• 2 computer labs

Google photos (virtual introduction) Auce
Secondary School Website http//aucesvsk.blogsp
ot.com
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1 september Day of Knowledge
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Using ICT in Auce Secondary School

• Common use of ICT
• Search information in Internet
• Part of our teachers create materials for
  lessons and homeworks reading texts,
  presentations, exercises, lesson plans, tests,
  exams, ..
• Use of multimedia CD-ROM and DVD (English, Math,
  Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Latvian Literature,
  History, Geography, ...)
• Interactive online resources in Latvian
  www.dzm, www.letonika.lv, www.liis.lv,
  www.pasakas.net, www.tv.lv, www.eradio.lv,
  www.skolotajs.lv, www.skolas.lv,
• Auce Secondary School websites
  http//aucesvsk.blogspot.com, http//fs-it.blogspo
  t.com, http//local.auce.lv
• Other online resources
• Some teachers create study sets for different
  subjects, including online content multimedia
  learning objects

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Use ICT in different subjects and school everyday
life

• Latvian language and literature
• Latvian History
• English
• Russian
• Physics
• Math
• Chemistry
• Biology
• Economics

• Culture History
• In teaching students with special needs
• Geography
• Visual Arts
• Music
• Classroom teachers
• Out of classroom activities
• For contacts

Informatics
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Latvian language and literature

• Creating materials for lessons (exercises, tests,
  exams, presentations)
• Online exercises and tests sites_list site1
  testi.eclub.lv site2 site3ailab.lv surdo
• Latvian authors full reading texts letonika.lv
  satori.lv
• Online multimedia materials and cartoons
  pasakas.net
• Multimedia disks about famous latvian authors
  J.Rainis A.Caks O.Vacietis M.Zalite etc.
  (video)
• Making videoclips and photos (video)

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Latvian author CDs, DVDs, websites in school
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Video about Latvian poetry
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Video about Latvian poetry
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Latvian History

• Multimedia CD History of Latvia
• Latvian history encyclopedia link
• History for mobile mobilaizglitiba.lv
• Online multimedia materials link

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English, Russian

• Reading texts online
• Using dictionaries link Tildes Birojs
• Online materials, exercises and tests
• Video (clip_En_1, clip_En_3, clip_Ru)
• Audio CDs for English
• Multimedia CDs and DVDs
• Story writing
• Working with projects
• Translation of poems, stories, ...
• Student research work

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Math, physics, chemistry and biology

• Work with new standards and programs
• Online study materials (Lv) www.dzm.lv
  www.liis.lv www.astro.lv, www.uzdevumi.lv
• Presentations (chemistry)
• CDs and DVDs in nature science subjects
• Video (atomic physics, alternative energy)
• Using sensors with computer (pic_1, pic_2)
• Building measurement systems and software in our
  schools (mechanics, molecular physics)
• Students research work

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Astro.lv
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DZM website for nature science subjects
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Work with website in physics lesson
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Website in physics lesson
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Work with website in chemistry lesson
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Work with website in chemistry lesson
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Discussion about math role in education(grade 10)
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Discussion about math role in education(grade 10)
Students watch video and listen thoughts of prof.
Agnis Andzans (LU ) about math role in education.
After the video students with help of their math
teacher I.Ante have a short discussion about math
role...
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Culture History

• Pictures (link)
• Online resources
• Online museums
• Demostrations
• Research work
• Mindmapping

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Other subjects and activities

• Geography CD Forests land Latvia,
  presentations and research work
• Economics presentations, research work, work
  with websites, use CD about money, make
  multimedia commercial clips, etc.
• Students with special needs reading, writing,
  painting, searching information, etc.
• Classroom teachers presentations and multimedia
  materials about safety and internet safety
  drossinternets.lv netsafe.lv draudzigsinternets.
  lv
• Project work IEARN, NBP, eTwining.lv,

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Netsafe.lv
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Music and Visual Arts

• Music
• Listening to music
• Research works about music and using music
  software, research of DJ software
• Composing music with computers
• Visual Arts
• Work with pictures, graphic software
• Use internet materials about colors and painting
• Project work creating pictures, calendars, etc.

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Beginning school

• Reading and writing texts
• Listening and watching presentations, videos
• Using CD-ROMs and online resources
• Skanu meža pasaka, Sakumskolai,
• Pasakas.net
• Painting with graphics software (MS Paint,
  Drawing for Children, Tux Paint, etc.)
• Work with online materials in bird observing
  project Latvijas.daba.lv

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Skanu meža pasaka
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Pasakas.net
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After lessons...
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Developing social skills

• Portal Draugiem.lv
• E-mails, chat, photo gallery, blogs, discussions
  
• Contacts
• About 1 500 000 users (Latvia 2 300 300
  inhabitants)

Many classrom teachers use portal draugiem.lv to
organize their class work.
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Informatics in school

• Standarts and programs VISC.lv
• Grades 5,6,7, 10, 11,12
• Grades 5,6,7,10 standard based on ECDL
• Grade 11, 12 some courses of IT and basics in
  programming
• Websites
• DZP Termini.lv
• Computer for beginers
• LIIS (LEIS) www.liis.lv
• vortal Informatics in school -
  (http//informatika.liis.lv/)
• LU Linux Centre - http//linux.edu.lv/
• XLAB www.xlab.lv
• LatSTE www.latste.lv
• ECDL study sets - http//jrpic.lv/?ID1650
• Skolotajs.lv www.skolotajs.lv

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Some websites about IT
Of course we also use Youtube, MIStupid.com and
etc. websites!
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Vortal Informatics in school
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fs-it.blogspot.com
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fs-informatika.blogspot.com
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teachergatis.blogspot.com
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IT TOOLS AND RESEARCH IN SCHOOLS COMPUTER LAB
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Abstract

• Our interests include
• using IT for building school websites,
• using free and open source software,
• researching possibilities of using IT in school
  physics lab,
• creating simple CD-ROMs,
• preparing books and study sets,
• IT projects,
• programming some useful software and building
  equipment for experiments.

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Self made interactive whiteboard
Self made Interactive whiteboard
Thanks to Johnny Chung Lee!
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Self made acoustic systems for PC
How? - Fill macroflex in baloon, add loudspeaker
and apmlifier!
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PC thermometer - 1
DS1621 PCtemp (software) VB macros (Excel) gt
PC thermometer
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• PC thermometer - 2
• 2 thermositors (47k or100k)
• gp_Templ (software)
• Game port connector
• multimeter or thermometer
• calibration
• ! It works!

PC thermometer test results
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Motion sensors
Mouse wheel Mouse meter macros Motion
sensor (s, t)
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Mouse car Mouse Meter macros Car sensor
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Experiments Sports and PC
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Use of digital camera

• researching dinamic process (motion, chemical
  reactions)
• microscope digital camera (videocamera)
  projector
• document camera gt digital camera projector
• telescope gt digital camera with gt10x optical
  zoom.

Digital camera in researching motion
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Measuring temperature in chemical reactions
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PC motion lab

• Magnetic switch
• Game port connector
• Special equipment
• software

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PC sound lab

• PC sound card osciloscope
• PC sound card generator
• Microfone, etc.

Use sound card input
Use sound card output
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Study materials about using IT

• Book about using MS Word 97 (1998, Askolds
  Berovskis, IT lab specialist)
• MS FrontPage 2000 for creating websites (2001,
  Juris Valdovskis, 12 grade student )

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OpenOffice.org 2.xx ebooks, study sets

• OpenOffice.org Writer v.1 2004, F.Sarcevichs
• OpenOffice.org 2.xx (BDA, 5 full study sets,
  ECDL)
• OpenOffice.org Draw 2005, D.Sarcevicha, grade
  11
• OpenOffice.org Impress 2005, I.Sarcevicha
• OpenOffice.org Writer 2005, F.Sarcevichs
• OpenOffice.org Calc 2005, F.Sarcevichs
• SuSE Linux 9.x (2 module, ECDL)
• OpenOffice.org 2.xx (ESF project , ECDL full
  study sets for developing IT skills for the
  people of Zemgale region (http//www.jrpic.lv/?ID
  1650, www.ecdl.lv)
• Writer, Calc and Impress 2006, F.Sarcevichs (3
  sets)
• Study set for eTwinning projects 2008,
  F.Sarcevichs

Study sets books, tests, exercises, examples,
presentations, etc.
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CD-ROMs for teachers

• Prepared CD ROMs
• ICT in action
• IT and physics
• IT for teacher
• using free software in primary and secondary
  schools
• CD ROMs for LatSTE
• software for classroom ...

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CD-ROMs
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CD-ROM Software for classroom
CD-ROM is created by LECTORA 2007
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CD-ROM Graphic software 2009
Last CD ROM are built by LECTORA 2007
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Students projects in programming

• MS Visual Basic
• ZR_Logo 1.1 Z.Rove, 2006 grade 12
• Chronometer - R.Zarits, , 2004, grade 11
• Grafiks04 - R.Zarits, 2004, grade 12
• Demo of Interval method 2007, D.Sarcevicha and
  L.Sulgina, grade 12.
• Pascal
• Acounting system for home inventory 1999,
  J.Perkons
• Dictionaries 2002, M.Ozols
• Games

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ZR_Logo 1.1 Z.Rove
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Chonometer and Grafiks04 R.Zarits
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Visual demonstrating of Interval method
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Research projects in computer labs

• Self made PC sensors for mechanics and
  molecular physics M.Pilverts, A.Valainis, grade
  10, 2008
• Accuracy and usability of self-made PC sensors in
  school M.Basliks, D.Kliesmits, grade 11, 2008
• PC modding and self made acoustic systems
  T.Romanenko, G.Gaspuitis, grade 11, 2008
• PC sound laboratory Zane Bredriha, grade 12,
  2005
• Measurement of temperature in chemical reactions
  (by using digital camera to capture clips) Inese
  Sarcevicha, grade 11, 2004
• Using OpenOffice.org Draw 2.x in school Dina
  Sarcevicha, grade 10, 2004
• PC laboratory in mechanics M.Granats, grade 12,
  2003
• PC laboratory for molecular physics M.Granats,
  grade 11, 2002
• Web camera in physics experiments Juris
  Valdovskis, grade 11, 2000
• Creating and composing music in school computer
  lab K.Ansons, grade 12, 2001
• Research about dress modelling in schools
  computer lab I.Treimane, grade 12, 2001
• projects in math, chemistry, etc.

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Study materials on web

• http//www.avd.edu.lv Auce Secondary School
  website
• www.latste.lv website of project LatSTE
• http//local.auce.lv website for local using in
  Auce Secondary School, but can be accessed also
  by others
• http//ifs.auce.lv web page of F.Sarcevichs
• http//www.jrpic.lv/?ID1650 - ECDL study sets
• http//www.liis.lv
• http//www.skolotajs.lv - Latvia teachers website

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Multimedia learning objects

• Smiltene gymnasium and Riga Technical University
  ESF project
• 5 teachers of Auce Secondary School
• More than 10 multimedia learning objects

• Free software for multimedija
• learning objects
• CourseLab 2.4
• WBTExpress 7.0
• Qedoc Quiz Maker
• eTOC in OpenOffice.org
• authorPOINT Lite
• KnowledgeWorkshop 2.3

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Newest learning object about CourseLab
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• Software descriptions

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MyCorkBoard screensaver for teachers
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Some IT projects

• IEARN (www.iearn.org)
• NBP (supported by Baltic sea North countries)
• LatSTE (www.latste.lv)
• IT infrastructure projects more than 10
• eTwinning (www.etwinning.lv, www.etwinning.net)
• Projects for developing IT skills form teachers,
  people with special needs, adults
• IT seminars for people with special needs

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LatSTE - Latvian School Technology Exposition

• www.latste.lv 11th time in October, 2008
• Organisers A.Berce, A.Cunska, F.Sarcevichs
• 2000, 2003, 2006 Auce Secondary School
• Participants teachers, students, scientists, IT
  profesionals, self government stuff (200 1200
  in each)
• Welcome to LatSTE!

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LatSTE
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About teaching and research methods

• Pair work
• Group work (for example jigsaw method)
• Brain storms, mindmapping
• Combining rich online Internet and stand alone
  multimedia applications
• Tests and other online exercises
  (http//local.auce.lv/informatika/testi.html)
• Learning material about mindmapping
  (http//ifs.auce.lv/LatSTE_04/Inf_strukt_1024/inde
  x.html)
• Circle workstation method developed by
  F.Sarcevichs and used in ICT days and many
  seminars for teachers, 2001-2002
• Now we are preparing for use interactive
  whiteboards and working online

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Some links

• http//www.avd.edu.lv
• http//local.auce.lv
• http//www.latste.lv
• http//ifs.auce.lv
• http//www.skolotajs.lv
• http//www.liis.lv
• http//www.jrpic.lv/?ID1650

Some demo

• CD ROM Software for classroom
• CD ROM Graphic software 2009
• Riga IT teachers seminar in Auce Google photos

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Thank You!Fridis Sarcevichsfridis_at_auce.lv
Auce Secondary School, Latvia