Schools on the Net
| Schools on the Net e. V. | |
|---|---|
| purpose | Promotion of educational work with digital media |
| Chair: | Several appointed managing directors |
| Establishment date: | April 18, 1996 |
| Dissolution date: | December 31, 2012 |
| Number of members: | formerly 8 ordinary, 2 promotional |
| Seat : | Bonn |
| Website: | formerly www.schulen-ans-netz.de |
Schools on the Net e. V. was a non-profit association based in Bonn . The association emerged from a joint initiative of the Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology and Deutsche Telekom and was founded with the aim of equipping schools in Germany with free internet access. The business of the association was discontinued after the decision of the general meeting of March 7, 2012 at the end of 2012, because the association had achieved its founding goal.
In 2017, however, there were reports that called for digitization in schools. Apparently there were other reasons to close the club. The technology, which is responsible for enabling educational content and presentations in digital form and reliably transporting them, was neglected after Telekom left the company.
The development of pedagogical competence in the association alone, as can be seen in the history of the association, did not help the association.
In 2016, Federal Education Minister Johanna Wanka announced investments of five billion euros to digitize schools, which have since been postponed. A revival of the association with a leading partner from the telecommunications industry could help the association's purpose to flourish again. The model would be an equal representation by federal, state and industry and with a neutral, competent management.
Politicians have new plans for digitization. Quote Altmaier 2017 "I am not a fan of state treaties, but we as a Union have decided that a central goal of a new federal government must be to get all schools online."
Club activity
With specific online help and media pedagogical concepts and offers, Schulen ans Netz eV supported the use of new media in education. Professional Internet services and platforms support teachers and non-school teachers (in the field of early childhood education and career orientation as well as the advancement of migrants) in their daily work with computers and the Internet. With its online offerings, lectures and specialist conferences, Schulen ans Netz eV made a contribution to the overall social dialogue on the subject of new media and education.
The association was created on April 18, 1996 from a joint initiative of the Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology (today Federal Ministry for Education and Research ) and Deutsche Telekom AG and was founded by the then Federal Education Minister Jürgen Rüttgers and Telekom CEO Ron Sommer launched to provide German schools with sufficient connections to the Internet. At that time, only 800 schools had access to the Internet . By the end of 2001, all around 34,000 general and vocational schools in Germany had an Internet connection. In the following period, the focus was on the implementation of projects such as information portals for teachers and students, opportunities for further training and the integration of new media into everyday school life.
On October 16, 2006, the initiators celebrated the 10th anniversary of the association at an official ceremony in the capital of Deutsche Telekom AG in Berlin. In addition to Federal Education Minister Annette Schavan , the CEO of Deutsche Telekom AG, Kai-Uwe Ricke, also spoke there . Among other things, the realization of broadband internet access for 75% of all schools was celebrated.
On September 1, 2007, Deutsche Telekom announced that it would withdraw from the project in the medium term. In a press release by the association, the executive board of Schulen ans Netz eV regretted the withdrawal, but also saw opportunities for new partnerships and sponsors. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) will continue to support the association. This optimistic assessment has not come true, because the association was dissolved on December 31, 2012 after several changes of managing director.
Web links
- Founding of the initiative “Schools on the Net” - Review by Monika Köpcke on Deutschlandfunk on the 20th anniversary on April 18, 2016
- German education server - overview of activities and projects of schools on the net e. V.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mission accomplished - Schools on the Net will stop working at the end of 2012 - bildungsklick.de - makes education a topic. In: bildungsklick.de. Retrieved April 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Digitization in schools: the mind is willing, the WLAN is weak. Bertelsmann Stiftung, September 15, 2017, accessed on January 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Stefan Krempl: Networked schools: Federal government postpones digital pact worth billions. Heise Verlag, August 31, 2017, accessed on January 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Michael Bröcker: Interview with the head of the Chancellery: CDU wants digital minister in the Chancellery. Retrieved January 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Editor: BMBF LS15 Internet editor: BMBF : After ten years of “schools on the Internet”, Internet is standard in classrooms - federal government. Archived from the original on April 3, 2010 ; Retrieved April 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Telekom leaves schools online , in General-Anzeiger , September 1, 2007; Retrieved July 2, 2012