The Digital Orchard
The Digital Orchard is a project developed at Citilab-Cornellà with the support of the i2CAT Foundation, and its main objective is to help high school teachers use technology in innovative ways in the classroom. We envisioned it as a Living Lab for education; we have started working at secondary education level, but we have plans to expand it to other levels and areas. This initiative is a supported by the Department of Education of the regional government in Catalonia, Spain.
We have monthly face-to-face meetings, and we also have a social network based on Ning, where we interact, participate in discussions, help each other and work together. We think that taking this collaborative and social approach, supported by the creation of a community of practice, will have a positive impact in closing the digital gap between teachers and students, help teachers realise the potential of new (and “old”) technologies, and support the new policies being issued by both the regional and national governments in Spain.
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