Turkey

School: ORTAKOY 80.YIL MESLEKI VE TEKNIK ANADOLU LISESI

Website: ortakoyeml.meb.k12.tr

The school is a kind of vocational and industrial high school with 1200 (14 - 17 years) student
capacity, 150 staff, being located on the way of Samsun-Kırıkkale, in a rural area of Ankara. Most of
the students come from the underdeveloped area of the city whose families have low-level income
and educational background. A big part of school students' families migrated population from far-east
part of Turkey, so it is possible to say that they have same problems on inclusion on city life. They
stands on a place between city and undeveloped part of Turkey. Vocational school has a very young
and enthusiastic staff that wants to give the best education to the people of the area with the
departments below. Electricity - Electronics Technologies, Computer, Machinery, Wood and Metal
Technologies Most of the departments are very appropriate for the migrated, low level income
opportunity owner students to get a profession if the appropriate educational environment can be
designed and more effective guidance can be given to them. At the first year of the education of
students, school gives guidance to them and their parents to choose the best profession for their life
to get more chance to stand on their own foot. However, school believes that staff can change of
labour market perception with giving consciousness with an informative dissemination activities in
the period of this project, so they can prefer to give work to all of our students close to the school,
also. Turkish government declared some encouragement legislations in recent years for migrated
citizens will get work more easily than ever. - School involves in many Europian projects and there
are many teachers who can coordinate this project because of their experiences. Ercan
KÜÇÜKARSLAN, having experience more than 10 years in management and technology, is also a
project coordinator and counsellor for ten years. He is good at using all part of ICT opportunities,
using internet very efficiently. He will be a main coordinator in Turkish school. Ahmet KOCA will be a
second project Manager, he is an English teacher, he will pay attention for good English and
communication between the partners. Murat SÜZGÜN is a computer programming teacher,he is
fond of computer technology and he is a graphic designer. He will act as facilitator of technological
change along the project. He won several Robotics competitions, founder of ROBOTICS Club at
school which is named as ROBORT. - Ali İhsan COŞKUN is a designer of mechanical parts of
ROBOTs. - Hacı KARAGÖZ, Metal technologies teacher. He will check the mechanical parts of
ROBOTs. When we think we are in a digital era, it is necessary to provide rich content to the most
necessary/popular areas, electronics, ICT or software. But it is not possible to think further
developments without togetherness between electronics, ICT or software.