ICT in France 2011

ICT IN FRANCETHE AGRICULTURAL HIGHSCHOOLS

Natacha ROBERTTeacher-LibrarianAgricultural Public EducationAuch (Gers) France

THE FRENCH EDUCATION SYSTEM

Higher Agricultural Education : from the baccalauréat to the Engineering diploma

• 180 000 pupils and students

• 150 000 adults

• 34 000 apprentices

• + 1000 schools

• very good results

• several ways for learning

MY HIGHSCHOOL : LEGTA Auch/Beaulieu-Lavacant

• Based in the Department of Gers• 450 pupils and students + 200

apprentices• Was created in the beginning of the 20th

century• 1 school but 2 sites and 2 boarding

schools• 65 teachers• A dairy farm (250 hectares)• A research establishment about the

organic farming

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IN THE FRENCH AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION (SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION)

• Specific IT teachers and IT technicians

• Specific syllabus

• Computer rooms for teaching and other computer rooms with free access for the pupils or the students.

• In the school-libraries, the collection of documents is completely computerized.

EQUIPMENTOn the site of Beaulieu (for 250 learners) :

• In the library : 6 computers for the learners, and 2 for the librarians

• 1 pedagogical room : 17 computers• 1 mobile classroom : 12 computers• 1 free access room : 7 computers• 1 free access room for the students : 6

computers• Many videoprojectors, cameras, video

recorders, printers, TV sets, DVD players…

HIGHSCHOOL AUCH-BEAULIEU : MY LIBRARY :

200 sq. meters

10 000 documents (books, DVD, magazines…)

100 000 notices (notes) in the database

120 titles of periodicals

150 visitors per day (average)

Open 38 h per week

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IN THE FRENCH AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION : THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER-LIBRARIAN

Management (of the information, of the

database, of the budget, of the

team…)

Pedagogy

Cooperation Cultural activities

USING ICT IN FRENCH SCHOOLS

• ENT : online working spaces : 5000 schools in 2012. 2 000 000 users in 2010. Lessons, homework, schedule, informations, marks… may be consulted from home.

• B2i : certificate for pupils (3 levels)

• C2i : certificate for students and new teachers

• Texts for a safer internet : security of minor pupils on the web : filters, prevention (private life…)

HOW MY COLLEAGUES TEACH FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN MY HIGHSCHOOL

• MP3 files to download on the server for oral understanding

• Videos during the course (reportages TV)

• Exercices on online-dictionaries• Pupils can create exhibitions or

movies • Exchanges with other pupils by

emails in other countries• DNL (option for pupils) : some

lessons are given in english to volunteers : history, communication, physical science…

IN THE FRENCH AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION : THE NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY NETWORK (RENADOC)

http://www.renadoc.chlorofil.fr

Our national database for articles, books… :http://www.renaweb.chlorofil.fr

THE NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY NETWORK (RENADOC)

• It was created in 1996• Public and private agricultural

highschools work together• Each month, 250 librarians analyse

350 periodicals and send their notices to 9 editors. 3000 articles are analysed per month and feed our local database.

THE NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY NETWORK (RENADOC)ITS MISSIONS

•Collaboration•Professional training• Innovation

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ICT IN FRANCETHE AGRICULTURAL HIGHSCHOOLS

Natacha ROBERTTeacher-LibrarianAgricultural Public EducationAuch (Gers) France