1. www.portaldasescolas.pt Schools Portal Repository Some figures Principles and practices Challenges Future plans José Moura Carvalho, DGIDC, Portugal | jose.moura.carvalho@dgidc.min-edu.pt EdReNe, 4th Strategic Seminar, Barcelona, 24-26 March 2010

2. The Schools Portal - Portugal www.portaldasescolas.pt Current sections Schools Resources News e-little schools Current sections Schools Resources News e-little schools

3. The Schools Portal - Portugal Most recent Most voted Most visited Tags Validated www.portaldasescolas.pt

4. The Schools Portal – Portugal Tags Tag cloud www.portaldasescolas.pt

5. The Schools Portal - Portugal Resources www.portaldasescolas.pt

6. Repository Simple Search Title Subject Tags Identifier National Search Intl. Search School year

7. www.portaldasescolas.pt Repository launched in June 2009 9,000 registered teachers; 1,500 resources in all; 900 validated ones; 1,500,000 scanned pages of magazines and newspapers from 1910 to today; 33,000 unique visitors a month; Most visited resources: Science, Maths, History, Primary education; Most voted resources: History, English, Geography, Primary education. Some figures

8. www.portaldasescolas.pt Adoption of international standards and specifications: LRE metadata application profile v4; OAI-PMH; SQI; Translation of LRE Thesaurus into PT; Promotion of Creative Commons licenses; No packaged content (SCORM, Common Cartridge). Principles and practices

9. www.portaldasescolas.pt Content and metadata are validated: Scientific mistakes, gender problems, language appropriate to learning level, etc.; Metadata is checked for inaccuracies; Team of ± 30 teachers, trained in the evaluation of DLRs; Checklist includes content and metadata. Principles and practices

10. www.portaldasescolas.pt Open access to teacher-created content; Access to registered teachers only for other content (a section containing about 1,500,000 articles from newspapers and magazines from 1910 to today); Search in the LRE portal is now possible. Principles and practices

11. www.portaldasescolas.pt Disseminate information on the Schools Portal; Get teachers to contribute content more widely; Build user communities around subject areas and transcurricular areas; Prepare information and promote the use of Creative Commons licenses. Some challenges

12. www.portaldasescolas.pt Sections on: educational blogs maintained by teachers; open source software and Web 2.0 tools; Dedicated sections (mobile technologies, use of GIS, etc.); Materials and initiatives on Creative Commons licenses; More collaborative tools (subject areas, forums, etc.); Incentives to teachers to create DLRs; Protocols with media companies. Future plans