1. AEVA - Escola Profissional de Aveiro PRESENTATION OF IT PROGRAMMES The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro’s Region – PORTUGAL

3.  Double certification  Equivalence to the 12th Grade  Level IV Professional Qualification  3 years OUR COURSES 11 Professional courses Electronics and Telecommunications Electronics, Automation and Command Renewable Energies Electrical Installations Industrial Maintenance Programming and Informatics System Management Hygiene and Safety at the Workplace and Environment Sociocultural Animator Kindergarten Assistant Communication, Marketing, Public Relations and Publicity Events’ Planning The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro’s Region – PORTUGAL

4. Programming and Informatics System Management – 3 years Subject: Programming and Information Systems Modules: Introduction to Programming and Algorithms (25h) Execution control mechanisms (25h) Structured programming (25h) Static Data Structures (25h) Estruturas de Dados Compostas - Composite Data Structures (25h) Dynamic Data Structures (25h) Treatment of Files (25h) Introduction to Information Systems (25h) Data modeling techniques (25h) Data Definition Language (25h) Data Manipulation Language (25h) Advanced Programming Concepts (50h) Introduction to Object Oriented Programming (50h) Object Oriented Programming (50h) Advanced Object Oriented Programming (50h) Access Technologies to Data Bases (25h) Methods of Analysis and Systems Development (25h) Tools of Animation Graphic (50h) Software Project(75h)

5. The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro’s Region – PORTUGAL Programming and Informatics System Management Subject: Operating systems Modules: Introduction to Operating Systems (25h) Client Operating System (25h) Server Operating System (50h) Open Source Operating System (25h) Advanced Server Configuration (50h)

6. The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro’s Region – PORTUGAL Programming and Informatics System Management Subject: Computer architecture Modules: Installation and Computer Configuration (25h) Techniques for detection of faults (25h) Installation and Configuration of Local Area Networks (50h) Digital systems (50h) Microprocessor Architecture (50h)

7. The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro’s Region – PORTUGAL Programming and Informatics System Management Subject: Communication Networks Modules: Data Communication (25h) Computer Network (50h) Computer Networks - Advance (50h) Development of Static Web pages (25h) Development of Dynamic web pages (50h) Acess to Data Bases via Web (25h) Communication Systems Programming (50h) Network Services (25h)

8. The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro’s Region – PORTUGAL Programming and Informatics System Management Subject: ICT (common to all professional courses) Modules: Spread Sheet (25h) Data Base Management (25h) Web pages creation/design (50h) Internship: 880 h

9.  Level II (L2)  Equivalence to the 9th Grade  1 type 3 course (1 year)  6 type 2 courses (2 years) OUR COURSES 7 Level II Vocational Courses Secretariat Electronics Technologies Informatics (2 years) L2 – Type 3 L2 – Type 2 Informatics (1 year) Children’s Aid Health The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro’s Region – PORTUGAL

10. INFORMATICS 1 YEAR The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro’s Region – PORTUGAL Subject: Hardware and operating systems Modules: Introduction to Informatics (25h) Components and peripherals (30 h) Computers assembly (40h) Diagnosis and faults repair (25h) Subject: Computer applications Modules: Installation and spreadsheet operation (35h) Installation and operation of word processor (30h) Installation and operation of graphical presentations (25h) Installation and operation of database managing (30h)

11. INFORMATICS 1 YEAR The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro’s Region – PORTUGAL Subject: Advanced Software Modules: Introduction to Operating Systems (25h) Configuration and maintenance of operating systems (40 h) Configuration and maintenance of local area network (Client / Server) (30h) Structuring of networks (25h) Total of hours: 360h – Simulated Practice: 210 h

12. INFORMATICS 2 YEARS The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro’s Region – PORTUGAL Subject: Hardware and operating systems – total: 240h Modules: Introduction to Informatics (25h) Components and peripherals (30 h) Computers assembly (40h) Diagnosis and faults repair (25h) Introduction to Operating systems (25h) Configuration and maintenance of operating systems (40 h) Configuration and maintenance of local area network (Client / Server) (30h) Structuring of networks (25h)

13. INFORMATICS 2 YEAR The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro’s Region – PORTUGAL Subject: Computer applications: total: 240h Modules: Installation and operation of spreadsheets (35h) Installation and operation of graphical presentations (25h) Installation and operation of word processor (40h) Installation and operation of graphical publications (20h) Advanced tools of word processor (25h) Advanced tools of spread sheet (25h) Introduction and Structure of a Data Base (25h) Installation and operation of database managing (45h)

14. INFORMATICS 2 YEARS The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro’s Region – PORTUGAL Subject: Advanced Software – Total: 120h Mdules: Internet History (20h) Use of internet and email (20h) Image editing (40h) Video editing (40h) 2.0 web tools HTML and CSS Contents managing Project Simulated Practice: total: 420h Hardware and Operating Systems (70h) Computer applications (70h) Advanced software (70h) Hardware and Operating Systems (70h) Computer applications (70h) Advanced software (70h) Total of hours: 600h + 420H of sumulated practice= 1020h

15.  Level IV  Equivalence to the 12th Grade  2 years OUR COURSES 7 level IV Vocational Courses Electrical Installations Technician Solar Thermal Systems Installer Technician ICT Technician – Systems Hygiene and Safety at the Workplace Technician Electronics, Automation and Command Technician Electronics and Telecommunications Technician Artistic Animation and Information Technician The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro’s Region – PORTUGAL

16. ICT TECHNICIAN – SYSTEMS – 2 Y – YEARS VOCATIONAL TRAINING: 700H The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro’s Region – PORTUGAL 1st year: Graphic Layout Utility - 25h Installation and administration of web servers - 50h Computer internal architecture - 25h Peripheral devices - 25h Installation and configuration of Operating Systems - 25h Word processor - 60 h Spread Sheet - 50h Creation of hypertext pages for the web - 25h CGI Scripts and style sheets - 25h

17. ICT TECHNICIAN – SYSTEMS – 2 Y – YEARS VOCATIONAL TRAINING: 700H – CONT. The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro’s Region – PORTUGAL 2nd Year: Installation and configuration of managing of data base systems - 50 h C/C++ Programming – basic structure and concepts - 50h C/C++ Programming – cycles and decisions - 50h C/C++ Programming – functions and structures - 50h C/C++ Programming – complex shapes - 50h Network connections – 25 h Local network – installation – 25 h Local network – installation of base software – 50 h Local network – administration – 50 h

18. ICT TECHNICIAN – SYSTEMS – 2 Y – YEARS The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro’s Region – PORTUGAL Internship: 1400h = 1100 h in a company + 300h at school (CNQ systems) Systems from the National Catalogue of Qualifications: Analysis of information systems – 50 h Data Base admnistration – 50h Administrative management applications – 50 h JAVA language – 50h Java programming – Applets – 50h Advanced Java programming – 50h

19. The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro Region – PORTUGAL What IT programmes (related to computer equipment specialist qualification) our institution offers: Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Access Microsoft Server 2008 Prezi Mysql / Mysql Workbench Xampp Dev C++ DreamWeaver PHP HTML Youtube Wordpress Wix

20. The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro Region – PORTUGAL Advantages and disadvantages of the programmes, how it can be improved Advantages: faster thinking, better presentations, faster methodologies in solving problems, quality of the jobs/tasks done, better chances in the job search, skills in IT. The adequate use of computers in schools offers many benefits to students such as: skills in dealing with / solving problems, research skills, new thinking ability, think outside the box, increases the intellect, many opportunities Disadvantages: less inter peer communication and fewer social relations; less communication in the society, in general. Can be improved with better resources and more time for project development

21. The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro Region – PORTUGAL What teaching subjects are in the programme and how many hours each teaching subject has? Microsoft Word - 30 Microsoft Excel – 40 Microsoft Access - 30 Microsoft PowerPoint - 30 Prezi - 20 Mysql / Mysql Workbench – 50 Xampp - 50 Dev C++ - 300 DreamWeaver / Html - 200 PHP - 100 Youtube - 30 Wordpress - 40 Wix – 20 Microsoft Server 2008 – 100

22. The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro Region – PORTUGAL What teaching resources are used at the moment Computator, Internet, Video Projector, Hosting and Internet Domains

23. The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro Region – PORTUGAL How each institution organize students‘ practice and how long Groups of 4 – 5 students, using project management, Cooperative and colaborative methodologies.

24. The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro Region – PORTUGAL List of teaching subjects what according to your opinion must be included to new unified IT programme and how much hours it should be given to each teaching subject; Programming of microcontroller (Arduino) – 75 h Programming for mobile devices – 75 h 2.0 web tools (youtube, facebook, prezi, wordpress, dropbox, etc)

25. The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro Region – PORTUGAL Evaluation forms for the new unified IT programme; Attendance / Punctuality – 20% Interest / Commitment / Motivation / Intervention / Participation – 30% Autonomy and Dexterity– 20% Practical work 1 – 30%

26. The School of Vocational Education and Training of Aveiro Region – PORTUGAL List of teaching resources for the new programme Breadboards Resistors Potentiometers Arduino. Tablets.