1. VIRTUAL CLASSROOM TOUR Documents Web Links Innovative Teachers Date Title Creator/s Homepage Objective/s Comp@ctive III To raise awareness of International Education and the possibilities of the links schools can make across Europe. This Virtual Classroom Tour (VCT) provides a complete overview of the Comp@ctive III course and the use of ICT to make international links. September 2007 Alison Curran

2. Learning Together in Dundee Innovative Teachers VIRTUAL CLASSROOM TOUR Background/ Rationale Documents Web Links About What is Comp@ct/Comp@ctive III ? COMP@CT (Comenius Multimedia Projects and Communication Technologies) Principle purpose of a COMP@CT, a European Educational Network The main aim of the Comenius 3 network is to help Comenius schools to make better use of ICT in their project work. The main target group consists of teachers at all levels of the educational system and in all types of educational institution. The project time is from October 2001 to September 2004. The activities engage also evaluators and researchers in the project work. The development of Comp@ct tools is a continuing process implemented by project partners. The teachers are encouraged to give continuous feedback and express their needs and hopes and to actively contribute to the development of products, thus ensuring direct relevance of the project’s outcomes to the schools involved. Comp@ctive III evolved from Comp@ct. Comp@ct website

3. Learning Together in Dundee Innovative Teachers VIRTUAL CLASSROOM TOUR People Documents Web Links People Comp@ctive III Presenters and Participants The co-ordinator of the Compactive III course was Aina Carreras. There were three presenters during the course: Mart Laanpere (Tallinn University) Pentti Pirhonen (Finland) and Hans Poldoja (Estonia) Participants of the course were from all over Europe. The majority of the participants were looking to find partners to start projects. List of Participants Slideshare: slide shows from Comp@ctive III

4. Learning Together in Dundee Innovative Teachers VIRTUAL CLASSROOM TOUR Project Documents Web Links Project 2007 Programme Comp@ctive III Comenius 2.2 Course What Is Comp@ctive III? Comp@ctive III was a course run in Palma, Majorca in September 2007 OBJECTIVES: Design (in collaboration with other participants) a multifunctional community portal dedicated to an international school project Design individually his/her own home page within the community portal Take and edit digital photos, afterwards set up a digital photo album on the Web Prepare a Web magazine (in collaboration with other teachers) Experience synchronous communication in an Internet chat room Experience synchronous communication using a Web phone Practice different strategies and methods of searching for information and software on the Web Install the software on a personal computer Record, edit and publish digital video and audio Prepare and present a multimedia presentation Plan and moderate a forum discussion Participate actively in a videoconference Update daily his/her personal learning diary, reflecting on new experiences, knowledge and skills Comp@ctive III 2007 introduction

5. Learning Together in Dundee Innovative Teachers VIRTUAL CLASSROOM TOUR Web Links Impact Documents Impact COMP@CTIVE III network has produced: a network of schools, other educational institutions and ICT experts the use of social software the Service Portal “CCS” and ICT tools; further development of eJournal, Ezine and Web Garden tools eJournal language interfaces: French, Spanish, Gallegos, Italian, Slovenian, Greek, Cypriot, Turkish, English, Estonian, Finnish, Cretian, Romanian eJournalism - the project-work method for publishing online contents communicating among project participants and enabling collaboration models for and examples of good practices in the use of ICT in Comenius projects Learn Internet Projects by Doing (LIP): online courses on the use of ICT in Comenius projects co-operation with other thematic projects and the like, promoting, investigating and supporting the use of ICT in Comenius projects Pianata Europa Bubbl.us projectComp@ctive BlogLe MilleJournal

6. Learning Together in Dundee Innovative Teachers VIRTUAL CLASSROOM TOUR Next Steps Documents Web Links Next Steps Report back the impact of the course to colleagues There will be a need to continue work on relationships built up and projects explored during this course Promotion of International Education will be continued through the dc2 website and CPD Online The experience of this course will be put on the DC2 website for all to see Support will be give to anyone who is interested in taking forward links with these schools and teachers or other schools across Europe PhotoStory of Palma