Ino Maria SIMITSEK

Born in Geneva in 1966, Ino Maria SIMITSEK did her school level education in Paris and Athens. In 1990, she obtained a master of science in mathematics and computer sciences from the University of Geneva. She than worked for more than ten years in the field of software development, occupying various positions from software developer to project manager. Wanting to apply her acquired experienced to the field of education she returned to university and obtained in 2002 a Master of Science in Learning and Teaching Technologies. Since 2002, she works as an appointed high school teacher of mathematics and technologies. At the same time, she actively participates in various projects relative to ICT in education under the aegis of the DIP (Swiss Public Instruction state department) and the SATW (Swiss Academy of Engeneering Sciences). These projects range from topics relative to hybrid education, online-community of practices, train-the-trainer seminars, web 2.0 forums, ICT and society, transversals capacities to e-inclusion Living-Labs. Ino likes teaching as well as imagining and implementing new techno-pegagogical environments.