June, 2010 7th issue

Connect the TEachers to reach and teach the NEt GENeration

LLP-LdV-TOI-2008-HU-016

Welcome
This 24 months long project is a collaboration of 11 CONTENT
partners from five countries. The “transfer of CONNECT THE TEACHERS TO REACH AND TEACH
innovation” will ‘valorize’ the results of two earlier THE NET GENERATION .............................................1
successful LdV projects: SLOOP and NETIS. The WELCOME.........................................................................1
SLOOP project (Sharing Learning Objects in an
TENEGEN EXPERIENCES ..........................................1
Open Perspective) demonstrates key concepts in e-
learning 2.0; NETIS provides the philosophical, ACTIVITIES.....................................................................1
sociological, and pedagogical basis to support new NEWS..................................................................................1
paradigms of teaching and learning in the
EVENTS..............................................................................1
Information Society. The aim of Tenegen project is
to establish an European environment of PROJECT BASICS .........................................................2
’connectivism’ for VET teachers and trainers, to
show the significant advantages of being connected
to the n-Gen instead of simply ’delivering’
knowledge through virtual classrooms and Learning This issue were published by:
Management System. BJMSZ, Hungary
Editor: László Gergely
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Tenegen experiences
Summarised experiences from our point of view (P8)
After having fulfilled all the tasks of the TC01, TC03 and TC04 modules the participating teachers of our school are
satisfied with the content of the Tenegen project and they will profit from their studies, experiences. They discovered
a world far beyond the horizon of most of the teachers in the public education. Probably it can be stated not only
concerning the Hungarian situation, but all over the World.
Despite of the continuous time pressure, precipitation and the high performance criterion (they suffered from), at
near end of the project they might be and they are happy that they had joined the Tenegen project as participants
one year before. Hopefully their colleagues will also make profit of their future activities.
The hearty welcome of the project by the students was not surprising; notwithstanding it will be a very important
motivation factor for the future activities of the participants and maybe other teachers. It is evident, that the support
from the most important target group is essential.

Activities
Tenegen in English
The English version of TC01 is reachable, visit http://tenegen.eu/course. All partners are invited to share their
experiences with European partners. The first participants are from DEKRA, DE. Best wishes to every participant for
the successful completion and continuation of the Tenegen project in English.

News
One can never step into the same river twice
According to the Greek philosopher of Ephesus, Heraclitus 'One can never step into the same river twice'. Neither
students nor teachers can step twice into the same school nowadays. As an example, let us consider the partner
P8 Bottyán School.
Recalling the events of the last some years; we can set down the fact of continuous changes.
The Bottyán School has undergone a total reconstruction of the school building.
Meanwhile new training programs were started in the vocational education and training.
Last year the maintainer of the school changed. Formerly the school was maintained by the Komárom-Esztergom
County Authority; from last summer maintainer of the school is the Local Authority of City Esztergom.

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held
responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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Near all the documents and regulations of the school were refreshed.
The position of the Bottyán School is going to change. It is discussed in the Events in details.

Events
The history repeats itself
Exactly ten years before, in 2000, our school was merged with the J. K. Hell Politechnical Secondary School,
Esztergom-Kertváros. The history repeats itself.
In some days the name of the P8 partner school, ‘Bottyán János Vocational Secondary School’ will be changed to
'Szent Imre Primary School, Grammar School and Vocational Secondary School’, in short 'Szent Imre School’. Our
freshly renovated school building will also house the integrated Szent István Gimnázium (which at the moment is
functioning in the former Hell school building). A primary school, namely the Petıfi Sándor Általános Iskola, will
also be integrated, but will function in its present school building.
The revised pedagogical program mostly will comprise the values and educational offers of the previous schools.
Nevertheless, concerning the Bottyán School, the number of entrants is cut and no further admission is possible in
the electric-electronics professional group. The present students in the electric-electronics professional group and
also the students who repeat the first class will follow their studies in our school.
Recently the maintainer decided on the nomination of the headmaster of the merged school (from 1 August, 2010),
but decision was not taken yet on the school management, the teaching staff and the personnel. Many teachers are
in uncertain position at the moment. As for the position of the Petıfi Sándor Általános Iskola, the integration will
only change the name of the school and it will be directly managed by a subordinate deputy headmaster instead of
a headmaster.
It is firm intention of the school management to follow up success of the Tenegen project. Our enthusiastic
participants also are capable to make profit of their studies in their future pedagogical practice. There is also a
hopeful possibility to share their results with other interested colleagues.

Project basics
Acronym: TENEGEN
Title: Connect the teachers to reach and teach the Net Generation
Duration: 1.October 2008 – 30. September 2010
Action type: Transfer of Innovation
Programme: Leonardo da Vinci – LLL Subprogramme
Participating countries: Hungary, Italy, Germany, Turkey
Website: http://tenegen.prompt.hu
Contact: Mária Hartyányi, Prompt-G Educational Centre for Informatics, Hungary
E-mail: maria.hartyanyi@prompt.hu, skype: hmaria718

Partnership
PROMPT Prompt-G Educational Centre for Informatics, HU (Co-ordinator)
CNR National Research Council - Institute for Educational Technology, IT
ISERG Information Society Education and Research Group University of
West Hungary, HU
CAPDM CAPDM Ltd,.UK
DEKRA DEKRA Akademie GmbH, DE
BUNI Balýkesir University TR
ÖJSZIGK Öveges József Vocational and Grammar School, HU
NIVE National Institute of Adult and Vocational Education, HU
BJMSZ Bottyán János Vocational Secondary School, HU
KGYGIVSZ Krúdy Gyula Secondary School, HU
SZIGSZ Széchenyi István Secondary Grammar School, HU

Target groups
⇒ teachers and trainers in vocational education,
⇒ trainers in adult education;
⇒ school-leaders (headmasters) in VET schools and the staff of higher education institutes,
⇒ students of vocational schools ;
⇒ university students;
⇒ policy makers;
⇒ European e-learning providers.

Objectives
⇒ elaborate a pedagogical model of network learning and ‘connectivism’;
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held
responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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⇒ develop an online repository of Open Source Learning Objects;

⇒ develop a TENEGEN network learning environment based on open source LMS;
⇒ elaborate and implement five training modules in three languages (HU, EN, TR);
⇒ establish pilot training courses for teachers and trainers;
⇒ validate and verify the results in VET schools;
⇒ disseminate the results all over Europe.

Work-packages
WP0 Project management
WP1 TENEGEN System Analysis and Design based on pedagogical and
sociological outcomes of NETIS
WP2 TENEGEN Systems Analysis and Design based on the concept of
SLOOP
WP3 Content development, review, translation
WP4 Implementation of TENEGEN networking platform
WP5 E-learning - the school of the future - Pilot course I.
WP6 Pilot course in VET schools
WP7 Evaluation
WP8 Dissemination and valorisation

Planned results
Online further training programme for teachers and trainers in five module in three language (HU, EN, TR),
implementing them in Moodle environment, and piloting the course in three countries (HU, EN, TR) and piloting them
in the target (importer) countries Hungary and Turkey. The Consortium intended to deliver the new paradigm of
network learning to the teachers and trainers in the vocational education, to help them “to reach and teach the Net
Generation”.

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held
responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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