Adapting Interactive technologies to teachers’ needs

Laurent OdicDirector of Education, Europe

ICT in Education NetworksInternational Symposium

11-12 June 2009, Roma

Who is eInstruction?

A team of people working in partnership with the

education community through the development,

deployment and support of a technology-rich

integrated instruction and assessment solution for the

21st century “digital classroom”.

eInstruction Overview:Corporate Vision and Guiding Principles

Vision: To help educators achieve academic progress everyday.

We believe institutions can be more successful if:– Students are active participants in instruction;– Professors know EVERY student’s level of understanding as they

teach;– Classroom collaboration is encouraged; – Administrators have real time access to classroom performance

data.

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eInstruction Overview:Company strategy

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Strategy - Create response-based collaborative institutional learning environments worldwide by:• Integrating formative assessment into daily instruction;• Emphasizing student involvement and classroom collaboration;• Delivering the broadest content compatibility;• Providing a value-add “hands-on” customer relationship;

Future

• Helping to manage the flow of information in/out of the interactive classroom to monitor and drive student progress at the institution level; the “information-centered classroom”

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A 20 year old, International company with 300 employees – speaking 10 languages, located in 8

countries across 5 offices

An installed footprint of over 500,000 K-12 and University classrooms in more than 40 countries

A global supplier base and ISO-9000 certification

A comprehensive instruction/assessment product portfolio available in 45 languages

A multi-faceted global network of some 600 sales partners

A comprehensive technology development capability and a portfolio of more than 30 patents

eInstruction Overview:Company at a glance

Integrated Technology-Based Classroom Solution

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Software and Content AssessmentTechnology

Interactive Technology

3rd party Student Information Systems, Learning Management Systems, Grade books, etc…

Classroom Software Solutions

ExamView Assessment solution

Student Response solution

Workspace Interactive instruction solution

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Digital content portfolio

Overview• 14,000 unique questions covering all major

subject areas; 300,000 when recalculated• 3,000 learning objects• Publisher content from 5,000 K-12

textbooks

4 categories• Assessment questions• Graphic images• Flash animations• Interactive lessons

Development Potential (2-3 slides)Market Opportunity – emphasis on Interwrite Learning’s positioning in the market a. Need for interactive classroom solutions domestically and internationally in the K-12 and higher education markets b.Need for training solutions for corporate and government marketStrong market position to expand Interwrite Learning’s productsUpsell/Cross-sell opportunities within existing client base domestic and internationalIncrease penetration into new schools and districtsIncrease penetration in key emerging international markets where a foothold existsIncrease penetration and standardizations across the university market

ExamView Assessment Suite

Build paper/online tests…. Gather results and report…

Publishers Learning Series

Teachers

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Classroom Performance System (CPS)- Student Response & Assessment Systems

Collect, analyze and report student responses, instantly Student response & assessment

solution

Directly compatible with textbook assessment items

Rich functionalities

used by ~6 million students

Drives academic results, formative assessment, pedagogy in classroom

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IR RF RF

CPS Pulse™ (“Gen 3” clicker)

• All the functions of our response systems

• Flush mount display• Text message keypad entry• Improved performance• Homework mode

• All the functions of our response systems

• Flush mount display• Text message keypad entry• Improved performance• Homework mode

Classroom collaboration system

Interwrite MobiThe Classroom Collaboration System

Mobi Pad- Wireless Slates For The Digital Classroom

Teach with digital content from anywhere in the classroom with a mobile IWB

Teacher mobility

Instant assessment reporting

Student participation and collaboration

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Mobi- Instant Assessment Reporting

New color LCD screen displays assessment

results in real time

Tightly integrated with response systems

Fully ExamView compatible

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Classroom Collaboration and Assessment System

Teacher Pad

LearnerPad

LearnerPad+ + + Charging &

security station

Multi-user WorkspaceSoftware

Multi-user WorkspaceSoftware

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Interwrite DualBoard

Single Pen Dual Pen, simultaneous use

Interwrite DualBoard- Next Generation Whiteboard

Unique design supports two users

Ideal for student-student and teacher-student collaboration

Use in conjunction with Mobi and Response Systems

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Workspace: Multi-user collaboration for the Interactive Classroom

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Issues in Education

• A school from the 19th Century

• A teacher from 20th Century

• A student from the 21st Century

A change of paradigm in Education?

• from transmission to transaction (cognitivism, constructivism and socio constructivism)

• The teacher is an expert, but also a mediator between knowledge and student, a coach, an animator and creator of situations and activities. Sometimes a learner. He facilitates learnings.– The roles of the teacher may be distributed between several

persons (teacher-contents author, teacher -lessons designer, tutor in charge of interactions with learners)

• The learner is an active collaborator and the actor of his own traning, sometimes an expert. He participates to the construction of his own knowledge.

A change of paradigm in Education?

• Teaching is focused on the student’s learning and the development of skills

• The organization is leaded by the situations, the organization is defined with a pedagogical scenario

• Learners actively analyze information in a critical way through searching, solving problems and projects management

• Learners transform information into knowledge and sense• Knowledge is a dynamic process and not a static thruth• The assessment is formative and not only summative• Contents are developped and shared in network

QUESTIONS

• Should the teachers be ADAPTED to the technologies?

• Or should the technologies be ADAPTED to the teachers?

• In order to generalize the integration of new technologies into classrooms, shouldn’t these technologies be ADAPTED to any pedagogical style?

• If there’s only one skill to be developed, wouldn’t it be…

ADAPTABILITY?

Thank you!