Explanatory video on the TEC4Schools program in English, Hebrew and Arabic:
TEC4Schools:
TEC4Schools is an innovative TEC Center program designed to lead social change by means of multicultural collaborative online teaching and learning, and interreligious and intercultural discourse in Israel’s culturally diverse society.
TEC4Schools is currently the most comprehensive multicultural education program in Israel, with more than 3,000 children from more than 100 elementary schools from the various population sectors in a variety of study tracks: heritage, English, sciences, geography-human-environment, and others.
In Accordance with The TEC Model
The pupils are divided into clusters of three classes, each class from a different culture. They work in mixed groups of six (two from each culture), and come together to perform collaborative online assignments.
Communication between the pupils is built on gradual progression: first, only by text; then, after a certain level of trust has been established, they communicate by voice, which enables them to hear one another’s accents; then, they transition to visual communication, image or video, which enables them to see, for example, how children from other cultures dress. In the final stage, after considerable trust has been established between the children, they meet face to face for a day of fun collaborative activities!
Advanced Technologies
The activity takes place on an exclusive social platform – the NEAR Network – the only educational network in the world designed for learning. It includes use of advanced information and communication technologies, collaborative networking, synchronous and asynchronous communication, and simultaneous translation.
TEC Island
TEC Center has developed a virtual multicultural island, which facilitates collaborative learning about other cultures by means of avatars.
- Inclusion of special education classes
- Innovative collaborative online learning
- Learning in small multicultural groups
- Educational social network
- Learning in virtual worlds
- Reducing prejudice and stigma
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Contact Details
03-6903146
Technical Support
TEC4Schools is operated in conjunction with Kibbutzim College of Education, which has placed its Technical Support Center at the program’s disposal for general ICT problems:
Teaching Aids
The repository of instructional materials and teaching aids is updated every summer by the TEC4Schools development team, which is composed of senior instructors with extensive
TEC4Schools Gallery
Click on the images to view photographs of the program’s end-of-year encounters.
Peak Activity Days
There are three peak activity days in the TEC4Schools program – preparation days at Beit Yatziv, TEC International Day, and end-of-year encounters: Preparation days at
The Children’s Learning Products
The TEC4Schools children work collaboratively in online multicultural groups, they participate in familiarization activities, create quizzes (for instance, guessing sayings in the different cultures by
Participating Schools
More than 100 schools from all over the country and all population sectors participate in the TEC4Schools Program. The schools join by means of an
The TEC4Schools Team
The TEC4Schools team is composed of prominent instructors and educators in fields that incorporate cultural diversity, technology in education, and expertise in the various areas
About TEC4Schools
TEC4Schools is an innovative TEC Center program designed to lead social change by means of multicultural collaborative online teaching and learning, and interreligious and intercultural