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Tools

Here you can find a lot of useful 'Instruction cards' to support, improve and innovate your everyday teaching in the hospital or in home tuition.

Most of them involve tecnology and have an innovative approach, but in most cases they are easy-to-use tools that don't need any specific preparation or hi budget investmens.

NOTE: the order is not aphabetical but from the latest updted one first.

Description: This was an on-line service for students to continue receiving their lessons, by listening to their teachers live via the internet and watching their computer screens as active boards that illustrate the topics. This was conducted according to a schedule for every stage with certain timings per subject.
Target group:
  • teacher/assistant
  • learner elem. sch.
  • learner sec. sch.
Description: The VGo robot is a robot for telepresence and mobility. Not developed with HHE in mind, but useable for the purpose. It is equipped with a high definition camera, a dedicated videoconferencing system (audio, video, file transfer) and remote control for the camera (tilt and zoom) and the movements of the robot. Dedicated software (for PC and mac computers) to operate the device and its videoconferencing system is included.
Target group:
  • learner elem. sch.
  • learner sec. sch.
Description: Video conferencing has being used in Munich to connect the hospital school with a partner school in Munich. This enabled students with medical needs to attend lessons in subjects that could not be taught in the hospital school because of a lack of resources. The aim of the project was to make it possible for the students to follow lessons, thus making it easier for them to reintegrate into their mainstream schools after they had been dismissed from hospital.
Target group:
  • teacher/assistant
  • learner nursery sch.
  • learner elem. sch.
  • learner sec. sch.
Description: PowToon is an online tool to create animated videos and presentations which claims to be as easy to use as MS PowerPoint. The basic version of PowToon is free. Different educational plans (teacher, student, classroom) are available for an affordable price.
Target group:
  • teacher/assistant
  • learner elem. sch.
  • learner sec. sch.
Description: Providing Education by Bringing Learning Environments to Students (PEBBLES) is an innovative system that combines video conferencing technologies with simple robotics technology to allow a student confined in the hospital to attend his/her regular school.
Target group:
  • teacher/assistant
  • learner nursery sch.
  • learner elem. sch.
  • learner sec. sch.
Description: Smartschool is a digital learning platform that is mainly used in Flanders (and currently only available in French and Flemish) in primary and secondary schools. It was developed by Smartbit BVBA, and started in 2003 as an electronic learning environment, but has gradually grown into a larger platform that includes tools for administration, reporting and communication. It is offered as a service and can be accessed via a browser or an app.
Target group:
  • teacher/assistant
  • learner elem. sch.
  • learner sec. sch.