Multimedia package to introduce computer in the classroom: An experience lived by Belgian and Canadian teachers

This contribution concerns the conference topic “What kind of support do teachers need when introducing computers in their classrooms?” In this short report, I shall describe the results of a research carried out concurrently by teachers and researchers in Belgium and in Quebec (Canada). Our principal aim was to analyze the adaptation and integration processes of a multimedia package created to help teachers to introduce computers in their classrooms: an “Ensemble Didactique d'Intégration Pédagogique de L'Ordinateur” (edipo) [2].

The analyses allow us to describe:

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  Conditions to implement this kind of computer-based pedagogical environment in primary schools.

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  How teachers have managed their environment.

This report will relate the analyses realized by the team of teachers and researchers.