Greek Schools Network

The Greek Schools' Network is the educational intranet of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs (www.ypepth.gr), which interlinks all schools and provides basic and advanced telematic services. Thus, it contributes to the creation of a new generation of educational communities, which takes advantage of the new Informatics' and Communication Technologies in the educational procedure. The implementation of the Greek Schools' Network is funded by the Framework Programme for the Information Society , in close cooperation between the Ministry of Education as well as 12 Research Centers and Highest Education Institutes, specialized in network and Internet technologies. Educational Exploitation of the Greek Schools Network The current design and implementation of the Greek Schools Network focuses in providing useful services to all members of the basic and middle education community, fulfilling among others the following goals:

• Access to telecommunication and informatics services
• Access to digitized educational material
• Distance learning, e-learning
• Encourage collaboration
• Information and opinion exchange
• Conduct of thematic discussions, seminars, lectures, etc.
• Access to digital library services
• Communication and Cooperation of all educational degrees
• Communication with European educa-tional networks
• Facilitate complimentary educational programs
• Provide education to individuals with special needs or disabilities
• Inform, educate, entertain