“INTERACTIVE SCHOOL” – LEARNING WITH NEW MEDIA /INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES: INSIGHTS AND EXPERIENCES

Jeannette Rester and Claudia Zentgraf, Division of Education and Technology, Department of General and Vocational Pedagogy, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

The objective of the project “Schule interaktiv” was to deliver an impulse, via the integration of new media, for school-specific development processes with regard to the development of media competence, the development of a new culture of teaching and learning, and enhanced learning support (see Sesink, Lampe, Trebing, Zentgraf, & Rüsse, 2005). The project thus addressed areas with potential for improvement which had been identified by PISA in German schools, and was conceived as a development project. This paper will focus on the relevance of new media for a new culture of teaching and learning, and the insights and experiences gained over the course of the project.