TENCompetence tools and I*Teach methodology in action: development of an active web-based teachers’ community

Abstract

The article presents an example of how Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can enhance the process of teacher training, and how this can be used for lifelong competence development for teachers. The paper describes the goals, settings, implementation and results of a pilot teachers’ training realized within the frame of the European project TENCompetence. ICT tools developed in TENCompetence project were used to support the introduction to the I*Teach didactical methodology developed in the frame of I*Teach Leonardo project. It became clear that the ICT tools and didactical methodology offer a strong support for teachers’ professional development .