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Online reading
Websites related to initiating and sustaining technology-rich innovation in schools

International links

• http://ods.ea.gr
  • ODS Summer Academy 2015
• http://portal.opendiscoveryspace.eu/training-academies
• ODS Teacher Training Academy
• http://tpack.org
  • Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) is a framework that identifies the knowledge teachers need to teach effectively with technology.The TPACK framework extends Shulman’s idea of Pedagogical Content Knowledge.
• http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/01/13/questions-innovation-303/
• Think your school is innovative with tech? Answer these 6 questions and prepare to reassess
• http://www.digitalpromise.org/blog/entry/a-teacher-driven-approach-to-21st-century-learning-in-meridian
  • Innovation Starts in the Classroom: a series of case studies produced by Digital Promise examining the work of members in our League of Innovative Schools.

Country-specific links

Estonia

• https://www.ekool.eu
  • E-school for the schools in Estonia, which shows grades, information and homework for students and parents.
• http://koolielu.ee/
  • Educational portal for the schools of Estonia, which includes learning material, information for schools etc.
• http://www.haridusportaal.ee/
  • Portal, which gives information for schools.
• https://www.hm.ee/et
  • Portal of the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research.
• http://miksike.ee
  • Miksike in Estonia offers different online collaborative learning events, contests (quizzes, Pranglimine, contests built on interctive exercises etc.) and also educational content.

Greece

• http://photodentro.edu.gr/lor/
  • Photodentro.

Latvia

• http://www.e-klase.lv
  • Leading website in education. The website gives an opportunity for parents to see their children success in school. Website keeps updated class journal, grades, homework and other recorded remarks done by teacher.
• https://www.mykoob.lv
  • The site keeps class journal, grades and homework. The aim of the website is to inform parents of their children success in school.
• http://www.uzdevumi.lv
  • Website with wide range digital tasks online.
• http://macibas.e-skola.lv
  • E-classes and Mykoob setting ”study cloud”.
• http://visc.gov.lv/vispizglitiba/saturs/digit_maclidz.shtml#lv_pam
  • Ministry of Education and Science offers website with online training exercises for educational purposes.
• http://miksike.lv
  • Miksike in Latvia offers different online collaborative learning events. It also offers contests like quizzes, Pranglimine, contests built on interctive exercises etc. and also educational content.

Print and download
Journals, books and other relevant reading available offline

• Sandholtz, J. H. (1997). Teaching with technology: Creating student-centered classrooms. Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1234 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10027.
• Ertmer, P. A. (2005). Teacher pedagogical beliefs: The final frontier in our quest for technology integration? Educational technology research and development, 53(4), 25-39.
• Cuban, L., Kirkpatrick, H., & Peck, C. (2001). High access and low use of technologies in high school classrooms: Explaining an apparent paradox. American Educational Research Journal, 38(4), 813-834.
• Vannatta, R. A., & Nancy, F. (2004). Teacher dispositions as predictors of classroom technology use. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 36(3), 253-271.
• McKenney, S. (2013). Designing and researching technology enhanced learning for the zone of proximal implementation. Research in Learning Technology Supplement 2013, 21: 17374.

Inspiring initiatives
Schools, projects and other real world examples of technology-rich innovation in schools

• http://gettingsmart.com/2014/11/100-schools-worth-visiting/
  • School visits are a great ways to learn and they are key to developing an innovatio mindest. This page lists 100 schools worth visiting. These are schools that create powerful learning experiences, often using innovative technology blends.
• http://www.policulturaexpo.it/world/pcem/
  • Politecnico di Milano organizes PoliCulturaExpoMilano2015, a digital storytelling competition for schools aimed at creating an engaging learning experience, based on modern technological techniques and methods, connected to the Universal Explosition in Milano 2015.