Source http://smartcity.bcn.cat/en/mschools.html
Smart City
India's Concept Paper on Smart
Cities points out that Social Infrastructure would include Education . It lays
down that a smart city should have quality educational facilities, both for
schools and higher education in every neighbourhood. This can be achieved with
e-education and digital content.
Barcelona's mSchools' programme is worth emulation.
This is an educational programme aimed at
getting secondary-school students to undertake classroom study using mobile
technology.
This programme has been used in both state and private schools in Barcelona since 2013 to promote the development of curricula linked to technology in the area of education and its applications in social and economic environments. The aim behind the programme is to improve academic performance and to reduce school drop-out rates.
This programme consists of four initiatives:
1 "Let's mobilise computing":
This is the title of an optional
4th year course in the compulsory secondary school education system. The aim is
for students to work in small groups and develop creative concepts in the form
of an app that helps to contribute solutions and improve everyday activities. Besides
having their teachers’ support students are provided with input by some 200
professionals from leading businesses involved in the development of apps or
videogames, business incubators, Internet portals and entrepreneur
associations.
2: Mobile Learning Awards
These are accolades to the most
innovative initiatives in the field of education, for students and teachers
alike.
3: Mobile History Map
A project that will enable
students to create and develop collective maps by using mobile technology.
Students will become active developers by creating itineraries and points of
interest (historical, leisure, film etc., routes) in their schools’ vicinity,
and then creating and editing, using geolocation, descriptive content about
their most immediate environment.
4: An impetus for entrepreneurs
in the ICT-Education sector
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