Citizen E: an ICT network for Teaching European Citizenship

• Citizen E will promote European cooperation regarding the teaching of European Citizenship through Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in post-primary education, resulting in best practise in this field and contributing to an understanding among teachers and students of the technical and pedagogical implications of ICT

• Partners: • ATiT (BE) as coordinator• Mayo Education Centre (IE)• Regionalny Osrodek Dos. Nau. WOM (PL)• Katholieke Hogeschool Sint-Lieven (BE)• Pixel Associazione (IT)

• October 2004:September 2006

105 - 175 teachers in total (1-2 teachers per school, 5-15 schools per country)1200-2000 pupils (20 per school, 5-15 schools per country)4 in-service teacher support networksWider in-service teacher support community in Ireland, Belgium, Italy, Poland and Europe in general

Target groups

Plan created at start: Oct 04

• Target audience: who to target?• Providers of in-service teacher training• Providers of pre-service teacher training• Policy makers

• Outcomes: what to disseminate• Training syllabus and materials for teacher training and support

centres (in EN, NL, IT, PL)• 8 training workshops (2 in EN, 2 in NL, 2 in PL, 2 in IT)• Citizen E web site with resources teachers can use• At least 35 twinning arrangements between participating

schools• At least 35 collaborative mini-projects between participating

schools• Collaborative platform• Best Practise Manual

Dissemination activities

• Teacher newsletters in all 4 networks• Press releases aimed at portals,

publications, specialist press

• Events around partner meetings• National and European conferences

aimed at policy makers and teacher training agencies

• Web site links and activities

Suggestions and tips

• Clear message, agree a description in short, medium and long versions in all target languages, common presentation and style

• Agree quantitative and qualitative targets for all dissemination activities with each partner

• Dedicated partner responsibility with clear reporting and dedicated discussion time at meetings

• Don’t leave dissemination till end: plan timing carefully, different messages at different times

• Record and use all media, video, photos, audio recordings: remember the power of the image

Suggestions and tips

• Understand what is needed by conference organisers, portal managers, magazine editors and who they target

• Respect deadlines and guidelines• Be innovative within agreed parameters, suggest

social activities around formal engagements• Use existing channels, own web sites, partners

signatures, national and regional networks• Use partner meetings for accompanying

dissemination actions in each country• Try to utilise existing dissemination activities

rather than creating your own

Find out more?

Visit us on our web site at:http://www.citizen-e.net/

sally.reynolds@atit.be