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“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
