1. Molde Voksenopplæringssenter
MVO
Molde Adult Education Centre

2. Teachers involved in the projects
Steinar, Kari, Åshild, Jan Bjørnar, Merethe

3. New premises 2010

4. The activity of MVO
• Primary and lower secondary education
• Norwegian language education for immigrants
• Education / training for adults with special needs
• Councelling services
• Cources, seminars
• MVO is a municipal service, but offers services
for adults in the region

5. Norwegian Language and
Civics for adult immigrants
• Courses Day and evening cources
• Introduction programme for refugees
– Norwegian language education on different
levels
– Work experience
– Various courses
– Full time studies lasting up to 2 years
– Participants receive a support benefit(wages

6. Primary and lower
secondary education
• For ethnic Norwegians and for refugees
who attend the introduction programme
• Subjects:
– Norwegian
– Mathematics
– Social science
– General science
– English
– Computer skills

7. Adults with special needs:
For people with special needs caused by:
• Mental retardation
• Mental health problems
• Acquired brain injury
• Visual/hearing difficulties
• Reading/writing difficulties
• General learning difficulties
Based on expert assessment from
the educational and psychological service

8. Other services
• Courses on request
• Computer courses on different levels
• Courses in sign language
• Courses for adults with reading and writing
difficulties
• Counselling services

9. Organisation
• 40 teachers
• Management
– Headmaster
– 2 department managers
– School councellor

10. Students 2011/2012
• Norwegian language cources:300
• Primary and lower sec. education: 30
• Special needs department: 120
• Courses: 600
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11. Finances
• Municipal subsidies
• Government subsidies
– Norwegian language education for immigrants
– Introduction programme
• Student payment
• Income from profitable cources

12. Digital tools

13. Norwegian Language Education for
Immigrants:
• Smart Board
• Notebook
• Learning programs on the internet
supplied by the textbook authors
• A various number of educational software
• Writing and reading support – PC
• Television clips and tasks (TV2 & NRK)
• Video and audio recording

14. Digital tools
• Word text program.
• Excel a program for working with numbers.
• Internet, further introduction should not be
necessary.
• The final exam will be done digitally from
this year off.

15. Departement of Special education:
Hardware
• Computers • RollTalk
– mouse and keyboard
(adapted)
• Camera
– switches
– touchscreen
• Read-TV
• Smartboard
• C-pen
• IPad
• GoTalk
• MAC
• Soundbeam

16. Departement of Special education:
Software
• MS Windows & Office • Programsnekker (RollTalk)
• Open Office • Symwriter
• IPad - software • Boardmaker
• Internet • The Grid
• VS Communicator
• E-mail • E-Lector
• LingDys & LingRight
• Scholastic software • PCS symbols
– Both CD and Internet • Digital dictionaries
(pictogram, Norwegian Sign
Language)

17. Departement of Special education:
Teachers involved in the project.
Kari Steinar

18. Digital presentation
• Main focus: Smart Board and Notebook
• Notebook is a program which can be used
in many ways.
• Notebook gives the pupils the opportunity
to learn in a tactile way.
• Notebook presents variation in the
education.
• Notebook can also be used in a large
class.

19. The use of Notebook (TV2)

20. NOTEBOOK
1.All ready
made material
(TV2) and
software
2.Exercises
made by the
teacher (look
right)

21. Notebook
• All users of Notebook have access to a
common website where ideas and
experiences from using Smart Board and
Notebook are shared.
• TV 2 is an educational website (news)
• TV 2 provides exercises both in Microsoft
Word and in Notebook.

22. Writing and Reading Support,
meeting the needs of the learner

23. Smart Board and how NOT to
use it :

24. Video and Audio recording
• The pupils will see and watch speaking in
a foreign language.
•Variation
•Motivation

25. The benefits:
The pupils will listen and see
themselves speaking in a foreign
language.
Variation!
Motivation!