smart clever classrooms

interactive forum/workshopTOPIC

SMART CLASSROOM &TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION

VENUE: NORTH CAROLINA & ASSOCIATES TRAINING CENTER

LAGOS NIGERIA.

DATE: MANDAY, 16TH JUNE 2014

Integrating ICT and eLearning into the

“Annual Implementation School Plans”

What is your understanding about Smart/Clever

Classrooms?

Interactive session

Class room of 30 desks, 30 chairs, a white board at the front, educator’s table and chair, small cupboard etc.

VISUALIZE THETRADITIONAL CLASSROOM

VISUALIZE THETRADITIONAL CLASSROOM

Classroom of the future…SMART CLASSROOMS!

A TRANSOFRMATIONThe Future: Furniture, technology, diversity, creativity, innovation, flexibility, productivity…

Sketch or Draw a simple Smart and Clever Classroom

Clever Classrooms!

Think Smart. Build Smart.

THE DIGITAL SMART/CLEVER CLASSROOMS!

The Digital

Classroom

Introduction• In our fast-paced world with technology

constantly progressing beyond the realms of science fiction, it is not surprising that some of this advanced technology is being utilised in our education sector

• Each passing year sees the creation of new and improved learning material. Providing quality, accessible education that stimulates and intrigues young minds is the key to further development.

Introduction contd…

What is Smart Classrooms? Smart Classrooms are technology enhanced

classrooms that foster opportunities for teaching and learning by integrating learning technology,

such as • computers, • specialized software, • audience response technology, • networking(Wired and Wireless), and • audio/visual capabilities With traditional teaching methods to form an innovative,

advanced, flexible learning environment.

Smart Classroom Features

Smart Classrooms Planning Cycle

The Smart Classrooms Planning Cycle provides schools with a mechanism for:

1. Planning 2. Measuring 3. Reporting on their progress towards making ICT and

eLearning integral to teaching and learning. It is an important part of the Whole School Strategic Plan.

Three key elements that make up the planning cycle.

1. The School ICT eLearning Audit/Census

This is a periodic/annual data collection survey of school’s eLearning resources both hardware and software that helps establish school ICT eLearning inventory level and informs strategic planning processes.

Three key elements that make up the planning cycle contd...

2. The School ICT eLearning indicator measures the level of e-maturity and e-confidence that schools have developed across the curriculum to ensure that ICT and eLearning is integral to facilitate learning in school.

Three key elements that make up the planning cycle contd...

3. The School Plan and Annual Implementation Plans (AIP)

This should include key aspects of ICT and eLearning. Through the schools detail their action plan areas for both school and departmental priorities and how to allocate resources to meet individual targets in each of school curriculum, teaching process, principal leadership and school capability, school and community partnerships and other school focus areas.

Smart Classrooms Planning Cycle

The Smart Classrooms Planning Cycle is used to:

• gather and analyze data collected from School ICT eLearning Audit/Census returns

• Provide the School ICT eLearning Inventory Report

• report on the integration of ICT into curriculum delivery

• Collect information on a range of school strategic planning and resourcing issues.

The Smart Classrooms Planning Cycle Main objective

To support educators, decision makers and school

community to develop and sustain an eLearning culture.

Achievement of the objective

Schools are encouraged to form a school ICT Strategic/leadership group, which may include the principal, deputy principal, head educators, heads of department, heads of curriculum and development department, heads of special education and other school leaders.

This group will work in cooperation with the school-driven ICT eLearning central steering committee.

The terms of reference for the ICT Strategic/leadership group includes:

• analyze and reflect on previous years ICT eLearning performance areas and achievements

• analyze and reflect on its School ICT eLearning Index Report

• analyze and reflect on data collected by its last School ICT eLearning Audit/Census return.

Note• It’s best practice for the group to meet

regularly. This helps to ensure that all group members drive the action areas they are responsible for.Also, the group should regularly consult the community, school staff and students. This helps the entire school community to value and own an eLearning direction.

What is Whole School Plan actually?

Every school is required to have a Whole School Plan as set out by the Education Act.

• The Whole School Plan is a statement of the educational philosophy of the school, the overall aims of the school and how it proposes to achieve them.

• It deals with effective implementation of the school curriculum and the organisation of the school’s resources in pursuit of this objective.

• The e-Learning Plan is developed in the context of the Whole School Plan, taking into account the level of ICT resources available to the school and the confidence and readiness of teaching staff to integrate ICT into their practice.

Whole School Plan

• Similar to the Whole School Planning process, developing the e-Learning Plan involves the key stakeholders, including the board of management, teaching staff, support staff, parents, students and the school local community.

Whole School Plan…

The e-Learning Plan outlines how a school will improve and develop the level of integration of ICT under five Planning process headings:1. Establishing a ICT strategic group2. Gathering supporting information3. Reviewing and reflecting4. Visioning5. Planning

E-Learning School development Plan Contd…

•Identify staff involved in planning ICT eLearning •Formalise the team processes and expectations:

schedule meetings and develop timelinesestablish shared purposenegotiate roles and responsibilitiesdevelop common languagearticulate expected outcomes

Establishing a strategic group

Gather key school planning documents:oprevious School Planoprevious Implementation PlanoTeaching and Learning Audit report and responseoSchool ICT eLearning Index Reportoprevious School ICT eLearning Plan

Gathering supporting information

Reviewing and reflecting

Review the previous School ICT eLearning Plan, reflecting on achievement of measures of attainmentReview the School ICT eLearning indicator Report, identifying areas of strength, those that have shown movement and those needing further improvementConsider targets, goals, and associated strategies identified in the above documents and how these need to be modified to align with the priorities of the school planAssess the school’s capacity to accommodate future purchases, considering professional learning, software, connectivity, security, electrical needs, facilities and technical support

Does the whole school vision encompass eLearning?

How is the vision articulated and embedded in school planning and operations?

Further develop your eLearning vision by working collaboratively with staff, students and parents to articulate the school’s sense of purpose and how this can be achieved through ICT and eLearning

VisioningVisioning

For key priorities and initiatives, identify how ICT is integrated, paying attention to:

operformance and focus areasokey activitiesoresourcesomeasures of attainmentoanticipated budget

Planning

What is e-Learning actually?

e-Learning is simply learning which takes place with the assistance of digital technology. The use of computers and other digital devices together with online learning tools and materials are the fundamentals for e-Learning to take place.

When digital technologies are successfully integrated with the appropriate pedagogies to meet the objectives of the curriculum it can be said that a form of e-Learning takes place.

What is e-Learning actually? Contd…

For example:e-Learning may involve

using digital video technologies and editing software to make a local history documentary, conducting research on the history of the school and the local area, communicating with a historian online to gather more information or publishing the project on the school website.

Who is using e-learning? •Advantages of e-learning

systems are attracting more and more users every day. There are many different users, e.g. schools, medicals, human resources, companies, different groups of people, students or just individuals.

1. students’ learning needs remain central to all e-Learning developments

2. technology is confidently used by all staff members

3. a range of ICT devices are available for use throughout the school

4. there is ease of access to networked ICT facilities for staff and students

5. there is distributed access to broadband internet

6. collaborative learning is promoted7. there is provision of learning spaces for

ICT-enabled learning8. a pathway for professional development

of educators in the integration of ICT is planned and promoted

9. there is wide-ranging use of ICT across all areas of learning and teaching

10. where possible, self-directed and personalised learning is facilitated and supported

11. there is a willingness to use new digital tools and resources for learning and teaching activities

12. students have the opportunity to acquire digital literacy skills and to adapt safe and ethical use of digital technologies in their daily lives

1. Eliminate wasted time and money. With traditional training, the more

people being trained and the more geographically dislocated they are, the greater the training costs. With e-Learning, the cost stays the same whether your training 100 people or 1,000 people.

E-Learning lets you : E-Learning lets you :

2. Improve Consistency & Effectiveness

When the same lesson session using the same curriculum is offered on multiple occasions, the delivery will not be consistent. With e-Learning, you can be sure that all of your learners are getting the same message every time the information is presented.

E-Learning provides opportunities for measuring learners understanding and retention of key points. You can pre-test your learner easily to see what training is actually needed. Then you can follow up training with a post test that measures exactly what they have learned.

3. Evaluate learning retention

E-Learning simulations can help you train educators/staff how to avoid common pitfalls by letting them learn from their mistakes in a virtual setting.

4. Provide risk-free simulations

An e-Learning Plan describes a series of actions that a school will take to integrate ICT into its learning and teaching activities over a specific timeframe.

What is an e-Learning Plan?

eLearning Plan need to consist

eLearning Plan

Six Assessment Top TipsSix Assessment Top Tips1.1. student-friendly targets student-friendly targets 2.2. Models of strong and weak workModels of strong and weak work3.3. Continuous descriptive feedbackContinuous descriptive feedback4.4. Authentic TasksAuthentic Tasks5.5. Teach self-assessment and goal settingTeach self-assessment and goal setting6.6. Teach self-reflection - portfoliosTeach self-reflection - portfolios7.7. Teach peer assessment and reflectionTeach peer assessment and reflection

E-Learning School Plan cycle

Working digitally is a reflection of how schools use digital technology as a way of moving from traditional to transformational ways of working.

•Introduce electronic submission of learner/pupil assessment•Trial the use of mobile learning devices to support learner/pupil learning•Develop digital portfolios of learner/pupil work particularly related to Core learning priorities•Investigate how learners/pupils are currently using computers for learning and identify additional ways to enhance this particularly in relation to Core learning priorities

Student/Learner focus point

•Support collaboration between educators for their planning, teaching and assessment•Develop the school Portal team site to better meet the needs of educators•Audit digital file management for staff (incorporating shared drives, web hosting, Portal and the Learning Place)•Embed Learning Place applications such as learning pathways, staff blogs into school operations•Update staff knowledge of the policies and procedures relating to ICT operations (e.g. legal issues, copyright and Internet use) – refer to the Education Policy and Procedures Register

Educator focus point

•Review and update procedures for educator access to technical support•Integrate school operations with School Enterprise Administrative Software•Utilise electronic communication with parents•Evaluate community access to school and curriculum information•Review processes to maintain currency of online school information•Update internal electronic communication procedures•Introduce an electronic facilities and resource booking system in the school Portal site

School Administration focus point

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Center for Computer Logistics People Association-Worldwide (Nigeria Chapter)

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