PREMA Workshop Barcelona, the 25th-26th of January, 2007 the internet based teachers’ community of knowledge case study Ludmiła Rycielska Institute for Social Studies Warsaw University Katarzyna Winkowska-Nowak SPIK, Warsaw School of Social Psychology

PREMA Workshop Barcelona, the 25th-26th of January, 2007 teachers and Internet low status of Polish teachers dynamic development of IT digital gap teacher improvement

PREMA Workshop Barcelona, the 25th-26th of January, 2007 the idea of the training creating and implementing ways of using ICT in class free and open training in using ICT in learning processes for teachers from public schools based on experience in teaching IT to psychology students – transparent technology groups of teachers the training as an experience of improving internal motivation to work with pupils in innovatory way, reducing some effects of psychological burnout, exchanging knowledge with other teachers and gaining and improving IT skills

PREMA Workshop Barcelona, the 25th-26th of January, 2007 blended learning

PREMA Workshop Barcelona, the 25th-26th of January, 2007 the special group

PREMA Workshop Barcelona, the 25th-26th of January, 2007 the modification method of small and simple tasks support by moderators in e-learning platform basic skills workshop integration and activisation workshop complex feedback putting emphasis on cooperation experience and knowledge exchange

PREMA Workshop Barcelona, the 25th-26th of January, 2007 the implementation learning IT skills and software specific for mathematics psychological and pedagogical knowledge psychological workshops creating and implementing projects in classes minor mathematical projects and major interdyscyplinary projects

PREMA Workshop Barcelona, the 25th-26th of January, 2007 the effects set of creative projects of lessons including IT teacher improvement series of classes with IT among small public schools activation of teachers creation of the social capital-bonds between teachers and university, among teachers in Poland, between school and local community emergence of informal interned based community of teachers

PREMA Workshop Barcelona, the 25th-26th of January, 2007 future

PREMA Workshop Barcelona, the 25th-26th of January, 2007 gains and goals enhance programme of the trainings develop evaluation describe psychological factors of the women teachers involvement prepare culture sensitive toolkit for women mathematics teachers in Poland publish the book ‘The school in the era of Internet’ support ROSE

PREMA Workshop Barcelona, the 25th-26th of January, 2007 summary Blended learning and cooperation with academics and bussiness can help to emerge and support informal teachers’ community whose main goal is to improve teaching/learning process and to develop by knowledge transfer – all these factors may have positive impact on quality of learning based on social change.