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Kishurim
is a consortium established to provide an integrated solution for the
connection of the schools in Israel to the Internet and for the
establishment of an Intranet educational network. The communications
center established three years ago provides services of electronic
communications, administrative and pedagogical, among the different
partners in the education community in Israel.
Kishurim
now offers a site developing system +e-du-byte that enable the schools
and other learning communities to publish their materials in the
network. It supports search facilities, authorizations, upload of
Office documents, audio and video files, to set up customised tables,
interactive bulletin boards, lessons schedule for each classroom, list
of teachers, list of recommended
sites, repositories of graphics and backgrounds, and customisation of
the site.
A
good example of a site established with the support of this system is
the site for blind children, their teachers and parents. The site was
established and is coordinated by Yael Olmer, teacher and instructor
for blind people
The
site support a virtual community and offer information in different
content areas relevant for the blind person world and the community
that supports him. It is
the largest site in Israel offering professional materials for the
blind related community.
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