Estonia - TFL (Tiger Leap Foundation)
Estonia
TLF has been the initiator and funder of several research activities on ICT in education since 1997. The foundation’s mission is to help improve the quality of education in Estonia through application of ICT. Focusing mainly on three areas – computers and internet connections for schools, educational software development and teacher in-service training - TLF has been the main driving force of change in Estonian schools. With the Foundation’s help, all schools in Estonia are connected to the Internet and have original educational software available for most subjects, 75of teachers have been trained twice in ICT skills. The Foundation also operates the Estonian Schoolnet website www.koolielu.ee.
Since 2004, Tiger Leap Foundation, a partner in European Schoolnet, is coordinating and funding several EC educational programs: eTwinning, Springday Europe and Netdays Europe among others. New challenges for the foundation are promoting design and technology as well as media studies in Estonian schools. TLF is a non-profit organisation funded by Estonian Ministry of Education and sponsors.