Vaud elementary school teachers get training on digital education

Teachers testing various iPad functionalities at Cheminet Cheminet elementary school in Penthalaz. Alain Herzog 2021 EPFL - Around 15 elementary-school teachers who received digital-education training from EPFL's LEARN Center began training their peers this past spring. Through this initiative, the Canton of Vaud aims to begin equipping its schoolchildren with digital skills from their very first years. In the science classroom at Cheminet elementary school in Penthalaz, small groups of elementary-school teachers are using their iPads to record songs, create GIFs, generate QR codes, take pictures and capture videos on their screens. They may appear to be a distracted bunch, but they're actually highly focused on the task at hand. They're just one of the many groups of teachers across Vaud who took part this spring in the first afternoon of a six-day training program on digital learning tools, as part of an initiative to incorporate digital technology into the education received by Vaud schoolchildren. The initiative was launched by the Vaud Department of Education, Youth and Culture (DFJC) with the goal of training all elementary and junior-high teachers in the canton by 2023.