1. ICT in Bulgarian Schools DIGITAL AGENDA FOR EUROPE: REALITY OR STILL A CHALLENGE Regional Conference, Sofia, September 20 th 2012 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, YOUTH AND SCIENCE

2. ICT in Bulgarian Schools INFRASTRUCTURE LEGISLATION VISION

3. Stimulating Creativity in School through ICT The role of the teacher – to create, to inspire, to guide and to encourage The role of the students – to keep their children’s creativity, to be enterprising and initiative

4. Formation of Digital Competences in Students New Curricula and Syllabi directed to practical ICT skills acquisition and ICT culture development directed to practical ICT skills acquisition and ICT culture development students’ responsible and safe Internet behavior digital portfolio project work and project assessment

5. Digital competences Development in Teachers

6. ICT Classroom Implementation in all subjects Education policy Digitalization– the inevitable step to school modernization Content Technologies Requirements E-information Curriculum Competences Educational product Technology development is a stimulus to social development Teachers Studentsи

7. Encouraging Creativity and Innovative Practices through ICT

8. Constructing a Broadband Digital Internet Infrastructure Multimedia content Digital library Statistics Management center Net monitoring Reference sources Data registers and bases Regional knots High-speed connection Mobile education Video conferences

9. Digital Study Content Digital supplementary materials 800 virtual 3D panoramic 1000 multimedia digital lessons Young Digital Planet in the field of Mathematics and Sciences – 4 th to 12 th grade www.resursi.e-edu.bg

10. Strategic Partnerships Pre-school and School Education Innovative Practices Board

11. Development Vision infrastructure education content

12. MILENA DAMYANOVA Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Science m.damyanova@mon.bg The classroom – the centre for future activities