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Developing ICT across the curriculum
Wendy Delf: Cornwall Learning
Shamoon Dean: AVermedia
Equipment kindly donated by Avermedia
Who was involved?
• Eight secondary schools were identified• They had worked on previous ICT/English
projects• Teachers were known for their ICT work
beyond their own department• ASTs – encouraged to develop outreach
work
Aims of the project
• To develop the role of ASTs and English teachers with new technologies in English
• To support ICT teachers in developing the use of ICT technologies within and beyond their own practice
• To support MFL departments: generating pupils’ speech in the target language
• To link to the Becta self review framework: procurement of resources that relate directly to school improvement and impact on teaching and learning (Element 2a,b,c)
• Development since project started: for a variety of reasons, the project embraced other subject areas: 4 schools continued to develop work in the English department;2 schools developed work in DT and maths and 2 were unable to develop the project.
Desired outcomes of the project
• Develop the use of low tech equipment to enhance teaching and learning
• Shared understanding of how ICT continues to contribute to effective learning in the 21st century
• Impact on raising standards (APP, FS?)• Collaboration within and across departments• Development of links across the county• Developing colleagues own CPD
Summer term 2009
• Opportunity for colleagues to familiarise themselves with the equipment/basic training by Avermedia
• Discussion with colleagues from teacher’s own school, subject area, different schools, different subject areas
• Sharing of initial ideas, plans for use
Autumn term 2009
• Opportunities to plan use of visualiser into schemes of learning, collaborative planning, peer support in departments, across school and beyond school
• Meeting to feed back on impact
• Development of other colleagues/departments in the project
Spring term 2010
• Review of project (impact on T&L, standards, student voice)
• Opportunity to write up formal action research (optional)
• Feedback to other colleagues via SLDMs, advance practitioner meetings, Strategy Manager meetings, network meetings
• Plan to embed use within own teaching and to support at least one other colleague
Summer 2010
• AST and adviser to visit schools, gather evidence of best practice
• Colleagues involved in project to write up case studies for Avermedia
• Share with colleagues
• County Adviser to write up project for AVermedia and wider audience
Autumn 2010
• 4 school case studies produced• County case study completed• 2 teachers and county adviser to present
project at BETT in January 2011• Development of primary project 2011
Evaluation of project so far…
• time saving • spontaneous • students liked it • supports peer assessment • encourages modelling by teacher• opportunity to use real texts• demonstration of effective writing • used to record and upload work to shared area
(staff and students)