Technology for creativityat Thomas Tallis School

Context1998: Thomas Tallis School designated a specialist arts college

2002: Joined Creative Partnerships network of schools

2004: Joined first wave of government’s Building Schools for the Future programme

2005: Designated a Leading Edge school

2008: Successful in becoming one of thirty national Schools of Creativity

2011: Designated an Artsmark Gold school

The Creative Age“An audience or a willing collaborator can provide an alternative incentive for creative production. Before the era of mass production this was how much of our culture that didn’t emerge from patronage was experienced – around the piano after dinner, on the football terraces, in craft-making traditions and festivals. The internet has made it significantly easier to find and locate audiences for and collaborators in creative work.”

Their Space

Here Comes Everybody

“This is something that people in the media world don't understand. Media in the 20th century was run as a single race--consumption. How much can we produce? How much can you consume? Can we produce more and you'll consume more? And the answer to that question has generally been yes. But media is actually a triathlon, it's three different events. People like to consume, but they also like to produce, and they like to share.”

Our starting point (2009)ICT taught as a discrete subject at all key stages

Resources organised in separate ICT rooms equipped with standard PCs

The school website/VLE used to provide information

Very little cross-curricular use of ICT

No handheld devices

What staff wanted (2010)"Improving network performance & enhancing the wireless network""We need to completely re-imagine our approach to ensure that we meet the challenges ahead and offer the sort of learning experiences that will equip our students for the world they will inhabit""Update, go for quality hardware - more cost effective and time saving in the long run""More dedicated mobile units - with more powerful machines including Macs available in all areas of the school. I would recommend that these are based in hubs and so shared by different faculties”"Training - a lot of knowledge is assumed"

The right tool for the jobFlexible and agileLearning comes firstDigital literacyDigital citizenshipCreativity

Ethos

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“[Flaubert] didn’t just hate the railway as such; he hated the way it flattered people with the illusion of progress. What was the point of scientific advance without moral advance? The railway would merely permit more people to move about, meet and be stupid together.” ― Julian Barnes

TALLIS LABAN ENQUIRING MINDS CURRICULUM

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GCSE PHOTOGRAPHYMOBILE WEBSITES

SHAY’S EPORTFOLIO

YEAR 9MATHS CONCEPTS IN BSL

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