How New technologies are changing how Young People learn

“New Technologies and howthey are changing how

Young People learn”

ISBA ICT Briefing DayIBM Forum, South BankThursday 14th February, 2013

Mark S. Steed, MA (Cantab.) MA (Nottingham)

Principal, Berkhamsted Schools Group

“New Technologies and how they are changing how Young People learn”

Learning

ICT Strategy

Learning

“Structures create Cultures”

Head

Governors

HoDs/Curriculum

Coordinators

Teachers

Pupils

SMTTraditional School Management Model

“Structures create Cultures”

SMT

Upside Down thinking

Head

Governors

Teachers

Pupils

HoDs/Curriculum

Coordinators

“Structures create Cultures”

SMT

Upside Down thinking

Head

Governors

Teachers

Pupils

HoDs/Curriculum

Coordinators

Education and Pastoral Caretakes place

here

What do the following have in common?

They are all places where this happens:

A School as a “Place of Learning”?

Learning

Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere

How New Technologies are transforming learning:

Mobile Learning

How New Technologies are transforming learning:

iTextbooks

How New Technologies are transforming learning:

Wikipedia – “Wisdom of the Crowd”

How New Technologies are transforming learning:

“The Wisdom of the Class”

Dylan Wiliam, Institute of Education

Pupils learn more from each other than from teachers

ICT can provide a platform for collaborative learning

How New Technologies are transforming learning:

Tools for Collaborative Learning

Google Apps Free Internet/Cloud-based Comparable

functionality to the MS Office Suite (ish)

Creativity as an expression of Learning

How ICT is transforming learning:

Creativity is an expression of Learning

Using creativity in Learning: Blogs Presentations Movies Animations

How ICT is transforming learning:

Creativity is an expression of Learning

AS-level French Christmas Task A response to

Coline Serreau’s Romuald and Julliette 1989

Alison Munro Y12

Learning on the Move

iPads in the Classroom

Animation Software

Madame, Je voudrais acheter une baguette, s’il vous plaît.

Bien sûr monsieur, ça coûte un euro vingt. Merci.

Learning on the Move

iPads in the Classroom

http://www.essaacademy.org

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20930195

http://www.apple.com/uk/education/profiles/essa/

The Future

Something to think about . . . . .

MOOCs are going to change the way the next generation of pupils learns.

The Future

Something to think about . . . . .

MOOCs are going to change the way the next generation of pupils learns.But what is a MOOC ?

The Future

MOOCs

A MOOC is aMassOpenOnline Course

The Two biggest MOOCs are

EdX Coursera

The Future

EdX www.edx.org

Coursera www.coursera.org

EdX Courses (not just resources!)

The Future

MOOCs – Opportunity or Threat?

Opportunity Excellent courses taught

by the world’s experts. Support Sixth form work Excellent resource for

staff INSET.

The Future

MOOCs – Opportunity or Threat?

Opportunity Excellent courses taught

by the world’s experts. Support Sixth form work Excellent resource for

staff INSET.

Threat How long before these

received qualification tariffs?

How long before someone is producing High Quality Online Courses for Sixth Formers for free?

ICT Strategy

What ICT Strategists need to put in place to allow this to happen

“Structures create Cultures”

SMT

Upside Down thinking

Head

Governors

Teachers

Pupils

HoDs/Curriculum

Coordinators

How to ensure ICT transforms learning:

Who sets the ICT strategy?

Start with the pupils

and the teachers

How to ensure ICT transforms learning:

Who sets the ICT strategy?

Educational priorities must inform ICT priorities

How to ensure ICT transforms learning:

Educational priorities inform ICT Strategy

Teachers want to Stream YouTube or ClickView clips

Need excellent internet connection

Make videos in lessons Need a media server Need a lot of storage

How to ensure ICT transforms learning:

Educational priorities inform ICT Strategy

Pupils want to Access the Internet on their Phones

Need Separate WiFi structure/system

Access work from home Need server structure that will provide

remote access from home

How to ensure ICT transforms learning:

Who sets the ICT strategy?

ICT strategy cannot be seen in isolation – it has to be part of a whole school strategy.

ICT strategy is too important to be left to the Network Manager.

Someone in the School Leadership Team needs to take strategic responsibility for ICT

ICT Capital Investment Priorities:Four areas to consider

Investment Priorities:

Delivering in the Classroom

1. The best Internet connection you can afford

2. A fast, reliable network

3. A robust WIFI network

4. Media Storage

Investment Priorities:

Delivering in the Classroom

1. The best Internet connection you can afford

2. A fast, reliable network

3. A robust WIFI network

4. Media StorageInvest in Connectivity and Storage

not in the end-user machines

Investment Priorities

Web-based Learning Resources

Learning Platform Google Apps

Free Internet/Cloud-based Comparable

functionality to the MS Office Suite (ish)

BYOD: Bring Your Own Device

Advantages

1. Pupils use the device of their choice

BYOD: Bring Your Own Device

Advantages

1. Pupils use the device of their choice

2. Martini Learning

Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere

BYOD: Bring Your Own Device

Advantages

1. Pupils use the device of their choice

2. Martini Learning

3. Cost Savings for the School• Limited Capital Investment

in end-user devices

BYOD: Bring Your Own Device

Advantages Pupils use the device of

their choice Cost Savings for the

School• Limited Capital Investment

in end-user devices

Disadvantages Necessitates a cross-

platform solution= Bring-a-Browser

Teachers can’t rely on functionality for classroom teaching

• Specialist equipment (e.g. Dataloggers)

• Printing

BYOD: Problems

Incompatible Peripherals

Dataloggers

BYOD: Problems

Tablets and iPads

A paperless solution?

School-wide print solutions:• Drop-box

(cumbersome)• WIFI Printing

(expensive)

Investment Priorities

BaB: Bring a Browser

Direction of Travel?

Mobile Cross-platform Web-based Martini Learning

Direction of Travel?

Mobile Cross-platform Web-based Martini Learning

The Examination System

When was the last time that you did a piece of work sitting in silence without access to technology and the Internet?

Word-processors in Exams

Exam Board Regulations:

Word-processors in Exams

“Centres are allowed to provide a word processor with the spelling and grammar check/predictive text disabled to a candidate where it is their normal way of working within the centre, unless an awarding body’s specification says otherwise. This also includes an electronic brailler, an iPad or a pc tablet.”

JCQ General and Vocational Qualifications, Instructions for conducting examinations 1 September 2012 to 31 August 2013. Section 8.8 p.24

The Digital Examination Room

The Challenges

Increased numbers Storage Failure

• Liability Power Noise Ergonomics Compatibility

The Digital Examination Room

Some Solutions

Short-term leasing of laptops • Exam-build• Pass costs on to

parents Sharepoint solution

using Infopath

Email: principal@berkhamstedschool.org

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