Margarit Sargsyan

On May 2nd, 2025, Hermine Antonyan and Ashot Bleyan are presenting at the pedagogical club.

At the “Mkhitar Sebastatsi” educational complex, the distinctive features of the author educational program include the organization of learning through digital means, information and communication technologies. The teacher and student, starting from the 1st grade, come to school with individual notebooks or tablets, and have the Internet connection at home: a digital recorder, a camera, a smartphone, and other work tools are their everyday tools. The necessary environments have been created at the educational complex.

  • Physical environment: with the Internet server system, buildings connected with an optical fiber network, Wi-Fi coverage, digital educational tools for general use (remote controls, computers, video cameras, projectors, barcodes, power supplies, printers, 3D printers, laser printers, library fund of notebooks-netbooks and tablets.)
  • Media environment: multilingual mskh.am sites, media library, a net of teacher, student, group educational blogs, children’s magazines, Sebastatsi TV-radio! The most common use, tool, development of these media is also educational work.Մեդիամիջավայր՝ կրթահամալիրի բազմալեզու mskh.am կայք-ենթակայքեր, մեդիագրադարանը, ուսուցիչների, սովորողների, խմբերի ուսումնական բլոգների ցանց, մանկավարժական, պատանեկան, մանկական ամսագրեր, Սեբաստացի TV-ռադիո։
    Այս միջավայրերի ամենօրյա սպասարկումը, խնամքը, զարգացումը նաև ուսումնական աշխատանք է։
  •  Organizational Environment:
  • IT Laboratory, which coordinates the assimilation of innovations in this field through professional development seminars and workshops, software development and maintenance, as well as learner-to-learner teaching projects.
  • Multimedia (SMM) Group, which coordinates the creation and dissemination of media content.
  • Competitions defined by the educational complex’s academic calendar, such as “General Education Digitech,” “Natural and Technical Creativity Competition,” and public presentations in the STEM field, along with regular roundtable discussions that summarize the work done throughout the year and highlight ongoing developments.
  • Masterclasses by recognized specialists in the field, and workshops led by professionals among the complex’s alumni and students’ parents.
  • Seminars on digital tools and ICT-based teaching within the year-round pedagogical development programs and educational camps.
  • Research projects in the field of ICT for 10th–12th graders, and continuing education and self-education for mixed-age learners and teachers.

According to the Educational Plans of the Author Educational Program:

  1. At All Levels of General Education:
  • Teaching is organized through the use of both shared and personal digital tools, in accordance with established procedures. Teachers and students come to school with their personal digital learning devices and have internet access at home. The educational complex provides secure wireless internet at school for unrestricted educational use, following the defined regulations.
  • Following the teacher’s blog, the school website, participating in their activities, and maintaining a personal email address are part of the student’s learning responsibilities. The creation and maintenance of a personal learning blog by students is encouraged as early as Grades 1 and 2. By the third year of study, managing a learning blog becomes part of the student’s official learning activities.
  • The media library, school library, and blogs and magazines of teachers, students, and the learning centers of the EduComplex provide students, both at home and at school, with the necessary digital and printed educational materials and resources, in accordance with established procedures.
  • Depending on the abilities and needs of the students, the educational program is implemented through in-person, distance, online, and home-based learning formats, or a combination thereof.
  • The results of students’ learning activities, their participation in camps, educational trips, competitions, subject-specific flash mobs, projects, and other relevant information are registered electronically in accordance with the defined procedures.
  1. According to General Education Programs
  2. Grades 1–3:
    During their learning activities, students become familiar with using digital tools—computers, cameras, and audio recorders—safely and responsibly. They learn to use a drawing program and begin using a basic text editor to meet their needs. They are able to search for films and games of interest on the internet. Technology is used to support their learning to read and write.
    Following the teacher’s blog, the school and educational complex websites, participating in their activities, and maintaining a personal email account are part of the student’s learning responsibilities. The creation and maintenance of a personal learning blog is encouraged.
  3. Grades 4–5:
    In their learning activities, students use a computer text editor, camera, audio recorder, web search engines, video editing software, electronic dictionaries, and online maps. They begin to learn presentation software (e.g., Microsoft PowerPoint).
    Following the teacher’s blog, the school and educational complex websites, participating in their activities, maintaining a personal email address, using cloud platforms such as OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, and managing a learning blog are part of the student’s learning responsibilities.
  4. Grades 6–8, 9:
    During learning activities, students work with text editors, are able to create presentations, produce films and radio materials, use search engines, editing programs, electronic dictionaries, maps, and other applied software as defined by their coursework. They use cloud services like OneDrive, Google Drive, and Dropbox.
    They maintain a personal learning blog, where their academic activities are documented according to established guidelines. They are able to publish their own materials online and become familiar with the ethical standards for using information.
  5. Grades 10–11, 12:
    During their learning activities, students gain knowledge about information—how it is obtained, processed, stored, and shared. They create digital learning materials, films, and radio content. They learn to assess the reliability of information presented online and maintain their own learning blog. They apply ethical standards for working online.
    Their skills in using computer programs and working in online environments continue to develop.
  6. For the 2025–2026 academic year, updates to the educational plans in this area address the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into teaching, the use of personal tools, the organization of instruction, and enhanced requirements in these domains.

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