extraodinary schools coalition ict presentation
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Learning to Learn in the 21st Century www.edunova.org
AGENDA
Morning The 21C teacher
School context
AfternoonFramework
Vision
Next steps
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ICT in our schools
Yesterday, today & tomorrow
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A lot has changed
A deeper understanding of how we learn
- Learning styles and preferences
Information is now a commodity
– the critical skill is the capacity to learn
Economic success requires creativity, problem solving
and entrepreneurial skills
ICT offers new possibilities to individualise learning
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Little has changed
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If we are going to have ICT that is fit for purpose – we have to know
what that purpose is
We need to understand the learning going on in schools today and our vision for that learning tomorrow
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Changes to schools and other learning environments
Classroom Learning centre
Centres Distributed networks
Class timetables Personal programmes
Static ICT Web 2.0
Parent evenings Online information
08h00 to 15h00 24hrs/365 days
School based Community based
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These changes require a new kind of teacher
What is a new teacher?
New teacher = Old teacher + technology
• Changing of roles
• specialisation
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Eight Habits of Highly Effective 21st Century Teachers
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1. Adapting
Harnessed as we are to an assessment-focused education model, the 21st century educator must be able to adapt the curriculum and the requirements to teach to the curriculum in imaginative ways.
Educators must be able to adapt software and hardware designed for a business model into tools to be used by a variety of age groups and abilities.
Educators must also be able to adapt to a dynamic teaching experience.
When it all goes wrong in the middle of a class, when the technologies fail, the show must go on.
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2. Being visionary
Imagination is a crucial component of the educator of today and tomorrow.
Educators must look across the disciplines and through the curricula; they must see the potential in the emerging tools and web technologies, grasp these and manipulate them to serve their needs.
If we look at the technologies we currently see emerging, how many are developed for education?
The visionary teacher can look at others' ideas and envisage how they would use these in their class.
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3. Collaborating
Blogger, Wikispaces, Bebo, MSN, MySpace, Second life, Twitter, RSS -as educators we must be able to leverage these collaborative tools to enhance and captivate our learners.
Educators too, must be collaborators:
•Sharing,•contributing,•adapting•inventing.
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4. Taking Risks
There is so much to learn. How can you as an educator know all these things?
•You must take risks and sometimes surrender yourself to the students' knowledge.
•Have a vision of what you want and what the technology can achieve,
•identify the goals and facilitate the learning,
•use the strengths of the digital natives to understand and navigate new products, have them teach each other,
•trust your students.
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5. Learning
Educators expect their students to be life-long learners. Teachers must continue to absorb experiences and knowledge, as well. They must endeavour to stay current.
I wonder: "How many people are still using their lesson and unit plans from five years ago?"
To be a teacher, you must learn and adapt as the horizons and landscapes change.
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6. Communicating
To have anywhere, anytime learning, the teacher must be anywhere and anytime.
The 21st century teacher is fluent in tools and technologies that enable communication and collaboration. They go beyond learning just how to communicate and collaborate; they also know how to:
•facilitate,•stimulate•control,•moderate•manage communication and collaboration.
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7. Modelling Behaviour
There is an expectation that teachers will teach values, so we must model the behaviors that we expect from our students.
Teachers are often the most consistent part of students' life, seeing them more often, for longer and more reliably than even students' parents.
The 21st century educator also models tolerance, global awareness, and reflective practice, whether it is the quiet, personal inspection of their teaching and learning, or through blogs, Twitterand other media, effective educators look both inwards and outwards.
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8. Leading
Whether they are a champion of the process of ICT integration, a quiet technology coach, the 21st century educator is a leader.
Like clear goals and objectives, leadership is crucial to the success or failure of any project.
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Responses to Questionnaires
ResourcesServer and network environmentLaboratoriesInteractive white boards and projectorsInternet connectionStaffing
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Management of ICT in the schools
Some mentioned:-
How ICT is one of primary goals of the schoolHow it is a board focusBut from most it was not clear how ICT is managed.
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ICT use in teaching and learning
Computer skillsfocus in all schoolsICT use in teachingvary variedICT use in learningproject and assignmentsUse in mathsVirtual learning environmentsIT as a subject
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ChallengesResources Limited financesThe struggle to keep up to date . Limited bandwidth, management, costsLack of expertise on siteResistance of teachers to using ICT.Teaching staff's low skill levelsfull integration of ICT in student learningCoordination of a variety of technologiesNeed for ready to use resources
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Highlights
M-learning and simulcast lesson testingmini white boardsassistnace to staff to purchase laptopsuse of Free Science Textsinternational student collaborationoutreach to other schoolsMini ICT conference for staffUse of EBeam and ESlate
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a best practice guide share strategies explore use of free resources help each other navigate developments how to make ICT and integral part of the
learning in schools develop an index system of resources
Comments on ICT in the Coalition
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ICT Team…..not a ‘department’
• ICT Leadership (Who is this person?)
• Technical infrastructure and support staff
• ICT Champs (co-ordinators)
• ICT teachers (all educators)
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An ICT team
ICT Champs
ICT leadership
Technical support staff
ICT teachers
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Development tasks
Three functions of an ICT team
ICT champions
ICT leadership
Technical support staff
ICT teachers
Maintenance tasks
Strategic planning
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Strategic planning
• Professional leadership– firm, participative, purposeful
• Shared vision and goals – unity of purpose, consistency of practice, teamwork,
collaboration
• Concentration on teaching and learning
• Purposeful teaching – efficient organisation, clarity of purpose, structured lessons
• A learning organisation – Professional Development, research, industry links, in-house
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Development tasks
• Ordering new resources
• Liaising with ICT providers
• Building a local knowledge base for problem solving
• Familiarisation with new resources
• Passing on technical expertise to all educators
• Providing technical user support
• Keeping up-to-date with new technologies
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Maintenance tasks• Management of user accounts
• Changing passwords
• Performing routine repairs
• Repair/replacement of faulty parts
• Provision of consumables
• Renewal of maintenance contracts
• Updating equipment inventory
• Monitoring network usage
• Checking status of servers
• Carrying out backup procedures
• Updating critical software
Learning to Learn in the 21st Century www.edunova.orgA Vision for ICT in your school
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Action without Vision is Frantic
Vision without Action is dreaming
Vision with Action will change the world
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Audit for Change
No Action
No direction
No “role models”
No ownership
No integration
No results
LASTINGCHANGE
Critical Success Factors for Lasting Change
Lasting Change
IntegratedOrganisational
Changes
Need forChange
Shared Vision
LeadershipCommitment
EmployeeInvolvement
Performance Measures
+ +++ +
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Vision audit tool
• Explanation of audit tool
• School pairs activity