- Welcome to the Estonia Peer Learning Visit and Workshop Tallinn, September 2014 SENnet and Special Needs Education Working Group

Agenda Day 1: Welcome Overview of Estonian education system and SEN policies. –Tiina Kivirand, Estonian Ministry of Education and Research Apps improving speech and language development –Argo Ilves, HITSA Updates on SNE / ICT policy and practice –Round table Guided tour in the old town of Tallinn –Karel Zova, HITSA Working dinner (20:00) Platz restaurant

Agenda Day 2: morning Transfer to Pelgulinna Gymnasium, Mulla 7, Tallinn: SEN-activities and technology in Pelgulinna Gymnasium; classrom visits –Birgy Lorenz (ICT development manager) and Kärt Käesel (SEN- coordinator) Mainstream school, 1st to 12th grade Enthusiasm towards ICT Coding Tablets Program NutiLabor (SmartLab) 12:00-13:00 Lunch

Agenda Day 2: afternoon 13.00: Finalising the project outputs –WP2: Thematic report and case studies; 2014 innovation report –WP3 and 4: Finalising activities and reports –WP7: Exploitation plan Monitoring visit by European Commission Executive Agency –Partner presentations, focusing on successes and impact –Justification for personnel changes and costs claimed –Evaluation weaknesses (WP1 and 5) Next steps, next meetings –Online? to be agreed –Face to face 22 October Depart

Workshop 21 October Online registration European Agency observing Partners to present case studies (15”)

Programme 21 October 1030 Introduction Jan de Craemer, Education Ministry, Belgium Flemish Community Tablet computers in schools, and for students with special needs, Katja Engelhardt and Roger Blamire, European Schoolnet Tablets for visually impaired students: early findings from a UK study, Dr Sue Cranmer, University of Lancaster, UK EdiTouchEdiTouch: a tablet specially designed to support children with dyslexia, Marco Iannacone, Italy 1200 Case studies and discussion Italy, Patrizia Lotti and Silvia Panzavolta Portugal: 1 st year primary school student with special needs, Ida Brandão Turkey, Jale Akbas Austria, use of tablets in an Upper Austrian special school with integration classes, Ursula Simmetsberger Belgium, Jan Rottier Denmark, Using Write to read for creating books at Specialskolen Tejbjerg, Leo Højsholt-Poulsen Estonia, Elo Allemann, Pille Tina-Kuusik 1500 Workshop: Designing inclusive learning activities with tablets Developing further three learning stories designed by Creative Classroom Lab project partners: 1630 Review and conclusion

Progress report assessment Issues and actions –Enlarge the network, inc. schools –Improve internal monitoring Justify deviations in staff involvement –Rework the evaluation aspect Mandatory modules, regular intervals –Action plan for dissemination Strengthen links to end users and schools

Evaluation (1) External evaluator: “very impressed by what has been done so far as I am sure all the people have invested a lot in SENnet so far.” How to involve end users at this stage? –This would make the approach more bottom-up than only top-down as criticized by the Commission –Check if the focus is more clearly on ICT to support and promote inclusion so as to sharpen the profile of the network and its focus on ICT and SEN students Each partner to come up with a few examples of –Good practice of ICT supporting SEN students in specific areas of learning: languages, STEM (science, technology, engineering / design and maths, physical education –How ICT support enables SEN students so acquire soft competences Teacher education modules in several languages –Have they all been tested or tried out? –This is also an opportunity to involve teachers and schools

Evaluation (2) Discuss in depth sustainability and dissemination –EUN should Develop a short- and long-term EU dissemination and sustainability plan Attend major European or international events to present SENnet outcomes Inform European or international associations of SEN Contact other Comenius projects,/ networks focusing on SEN and ICT; see Comenius compendia –Each partner could Make a small sustainability and dissemination plan at national level to be added to the European sustainability plan (except ministries) see to it that ministry and other decision-makers are informed of the outcomes of SENnet Give details of (educational) associations that focus on SEN Run a dissemination / exploitation event at national level Discuss the final evaluation of the project activities To support sustainability To design questionnaires