From Gelmini to Giannini. The National Plan for a Digital School, the disciplinary PONs (National Objective Projects of European Social Fund) and the role of the INDIRE in teachers’ continuing education

Abstract

In this paper we present a critical-historical review of some of the projects that have marked an important step in the history of the introduction of technology in school.
The purpose of the study is to help to trace a route that starts in 2008 and ends today in a scenario of full re-launch of the digital in the school with the recent Law 107 (July, 2015) and the new Digital School Plan (October, 2015). The variables of time together with the role of technology, the type of governance, the training model adopted and the number of recipients, characterize the projects described in which the Ministry of Education, University and INDIRE have held various roles to support the strengthening of the teachers digital skills not only through their initial training but also during the in-service training.