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)