C. Doukas, D. Primalis, V. Economu, P. Papoutsis, Y. Kotsanis

Since its founding in 1917, Doukas School has always tried to keep up with the latest trends in
education. In a setting of over 10 acres, with facilities amongst the best in design and construction,
Doukas School offers to its 2000 student body (K-12) one of the finest educational and athletic programs
in the country.

• Founded in: 1917
• Employees: 550
• ~2000 students
• Grades: Kindergarten, Primary &
• Secondary School, Ι.Β.
• Departments: Quality Assurance,
Human Resources, Communications
office, Career Counseling,
Foreign Languages,
Physical Education, IT.

We believe in Traditional Values
we move towards Progress.
We incorporated the “School of the Future” philosophy
into our multi-leveled educational organization.
Our aim is to improve the quality of services offered and to
meet the expectations and needs of our students, their parents,
our employees and the society.

“Children work individually or collaborate in teams.
They create and manage their own knowledge."
“Teams are created according to the students’
interests - not their age“.
“A counselor supports students in their team work."
“The class is a big lab with different work stations.“
“In the library, students work in teams to collect
information from written and electronic sources
in order to evaluate, analyse and use them in a
creative way."
“They communicate electronically– for example ,
with Greek students in Australia, about their
common history or with a professor at the
University of Cambridge."
“Afternoon classes are dedicated to athletic or
cultural activities."
“Parents and teachers communicate electronically."
“Parents can have access to their children’s electronic
files.”
Konstantinos I. Doukas

Need for changes in the educational process

Leonardo da Vinci said:
“… Studying without any desire to learn
locks our memory up, which does not retain any kind of knowledge…”
The interactive material and the friendly software,
which teachers are provided with,
enhance their lessons,
create multiple representations to students,
in order to motivate and help them assimilate what they are taught.

Very motivating 15%
Motivating 22%
Slightly motivating 29,7%
Not motivating 33%
73, 5% of students answered that they are obliged to study
Only one out of 5 (19, 78%) believe that such a process mentally fulfills
them much fever (6, 7%) study out of pleasure

More More
pleasant creative
More
More effective
useful

We stress the qualitative dimension of learning.
Our main interest is “how” students learn
(not “what” and “how much” they learn).
We encourage this type of learning through:
active participation;
involvement;
self-managed knowledge.

Always willing
And available
to listen
to students’ needs
Notices
and takes into Shares a common
consideration vision with
parents’ views Educators
and concerns

Students
create activities
and are responsible for
their own knowledge.

21st century Learning Skills
http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework

Teachers
collaborate, monitor,
organize, inspire and
design hands-on
activities

Parents
participate actively
in all school
activities.

One-to-one
Technology Enhanced Learning?
1:1
1 student
1 pencil
1 book
Soloway & Norris (2004) - Chank (2007)

One-to-one
Technology Enhanced Learning?
1:v
1 student
1:1 ν... books
1 student
1 pencil
1 book
Soloway & Norris (2004) - Chank (2007)

One-to-one
Technology Enhanced Learning?
1:1
1 student
1:v
1 Table PC
1 student
1:1 ν... books
1 student
1 pencil
1 book
Soloway & Norris (2004) - Chank (2007)

The Tablet PC is the “Tool” for…
• explore ideas
• complete – implement complex tasks –
projects
• construct real knowledge
• build authentic and relevant learning
environment
• share collectively and collaboratively
• improve learning experience – potential
• doing things that we could not do before
• provide individual – personalized learning
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Electronic notebook:
writing, creative
expression General Use Tool:
expression,
construction, data
management,
communication.
Electronic book:
navigation, studying,
highlighting.
Multimedia
Interactive educational material:
applications: presentation,
experimentation, representation,
research , construction listening, dialogue.
Assessment tool:
open-ended or
closed-ended
questions.

Need for changes in the educational process

How do we achieve this result?
• Through innovations in the curriculum
• By continuously training our educators
• By carrying out surveys with our students, parents,
educators and studying the outcomes
• By cultivating basic 21st Century Competences in
our students
• By…

1
2
3
Innovative Approaches
4

1
2
3
4
Mapping of 21st Competences
Combining knowledge, skills and values

2
3
4
Teaching models and 1:1
Moving from a more teacher - centered to team - collaborative
environment

2
3
4
One student – one tablet
Classroom of the Future, Educational Model 1:1

3
4
Career management
Young people have their say in their careers
They manage effectively their goals

4
Life Skills
Aiming at helping our students to develop a many faceted personality,
raising awareness, instilling values
and ethos with respect to contemporary social conditions…

Our objective is to design and build the “School of the
Future” (SoF) progressively, through a developing
action plan:
• register the current and future educational
needs;
• study the international experience and
methodology;
• prepare the new technological infrastructure
required;
• prepare our teachers;
• collect/create the appropriate educational
digital material.
The School of the Future, as we plan, design and
create it, is a combination of the past, the present
and the future. Parents participate actively in the
educational process. Students change from
passive recipient and participate actively in
educational events. Teachers become
collaborators and guides, they organise, inspire
and create hands-on activities.

In our "Classroom of the Future"
students carry a light-weight
portable "electronic schoolbag"
and are connected wirelessly to
the interactive whiteboard of
their classroom, the internet and
the “electronic” tools of their
teacher.
The classroom can take many
forms (such as “traditional” class,
“laboratory” or “collaborative”).
The classroom arrangement can
easily change thanks to the
wireless equipment and portable
computers.
This "electronic" schoolbag (Tablet
PC) contains all their books and
hand-outs as well as virtual labs,
simulations, multimedia material,
their schoolwork and all tools
connected to the educational
process. The "Classroom of the
Future" is also supported by a
portal.

90
Self-Assessment
Tests 360
190 Sound files
Multimedia
103 Microworlds
Multimedia
applications of
all grades
160
Video files
112
230 Books
published
e ducator
internally
presentations
210
ministry-
approved
books
52 GB storage

Raising Educators’ Awareness

Active
involvement in
focus
workgroups

Co-authoring
multimedia
material

Presenting
original material and
teaching practices
on
“Innovation Days”

Attending and
presenting in
national and
international
conventions and
conferences
Participating in
competitions

Supplied every
educator with
their own
personal
laptop

360 ο
Assessment
Approach

Constant
training
Continuous
development

1. I comfortably use my Tablet PC
2. I can easily find my books and notes in my Tablet PC
3. I write notes on my Tablet PC with stylus without any difficulty
4. I write my notes with the keyboard without any difficulty
5. My schoolbag is lighter now with the Tablet PC
6. I would prefer to carry in school only the Tablet PC
7. I have understood the importance of back up copies for my work in my Tablet PC
8. I install applications or games in my Tablet PC that are not relevant to my school
courses
9. The screen of Tablet PC makes my eyes feel tired
10. I would like more information regarding the existing threats on the internet
100,0
90,0
80,0
Research
70,0
60,0
50,0
40,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
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Μ.Υ. κοσ κε βρίζθω εύθοια ηα ζεκεηώζεης κοσ ζεκεηώζεης κοσ έτω ηολ Μ.Υ. ηε λα κεηαθέρω ηε τρεζηκόηεηα εθαρκογές ή θοσράδεη ηα κάηηα περηζζόηερε
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ζηολ Μ.Υ. δσζθοιία. τωρίς κεγάιε (backup) γηα ηε τρεζηκοποηούληαη θηλδύλοσς ποσ
δσζθοιία. δοσιεηά κοσ ζηολ ζηα καζήκαηά σπάρτοσλ ζηο
Μ.Υ. κοσ. δηαδίθησο.

• Makes the lesson more interesting and fun, having lessons her e
feels like playing…
• No matter what mistake you make, you press a button and you
delete it, you don’t have to use an eraser or correction fluid….
• Sometimes at the weekends, I watch videos with my dad videos
from the school multimedia material…
Research
• When I bought the computer I thought it wouldn’t be useful at all.
When classes started though, I realized it was a valuable tool.
• …
I was impressed by how fast my teachers learned !!!

Damian Bebell & Rachel Kay (2010)
A Summary of the Quantitative Results from the Berkshire Massachusetts
Wireless Learning Initiative
by the School of Education – Boston College
Duration: 3 years (2005 – 2008)
Number of Schools: 5 Schools, Masachuset state – ΗΠΑ
Grades:mainly 3 grades – 6th grade (elementary), 7th-8th (high school). - Students: 1500
Silvernail David (2011)
Research
L. and the MLTI Research and Evaluation Team, A Middle School One-to-One Laptop Program
The Maine Experience, Maine Education Policy Research Institute, University of Southern Maine
Duration: 8 years (2002 – 2010)
Number of schools: 240 high schools in the state of Maine – U.S.A.
Grades: 1st,2nd high school (7th, 8th) Students: 25.000+

• Student engagement, attention span, interest, motivation and production
have increased spectacularly.
• Student organize better and improve the quality of their assignments,
• The educators have concluded that students have a wider range of choices with
regards to their personal learning style (learner-centered approach was
reinforced).
Research
• The educators have noticed improvement in students’ independent learning skills
• Students’ performance has improved in areas where teachers focus on content
and skills development with the aid of technology.
• Using focused educational material has improved students’ performance.

We are on the right… path
Our goal: To constantly improve
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One-to-one
Technology Enhanced Learning?
1:1
1 student
1:v
1 Tablet PC
1 student
1:1 ν... books
1 student
1 pencil
1 book
Soloway & Norris (2004) - Chank (2007)

One-to-one
Technology Enhanced Learning?
1:1
1 student
1 curriculum
1:1
1 student
1:v
1 Tablet PC
1 student
1:1 ν... books
1 student
1 pencil
1 book
Soloway & Norris (2004) - Chank (2007)