The Multigrade Rural Schools Intervention

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The Multigrade Rural Schools Intervention

• ICT Component

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The purpose of the ICT component

• To provide a quick and efficient means of
  disseminating curriculum, learning materials and
  resources over long distances
• To provide systematic storage for these materials
  and a means of working with them to create new
  classroom materials
• To provide for the development of supportive
  learning communities over long distances, and
  ongoing peer support

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Communications and materials delivery
WCED
Project Office
Head office EMDCs
Wellington
Clusters of rural schools
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Cluster management
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Communications and materials delivery
WCED
Project Office
Email
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Communications and materials delivery
WCED
Project Office
Website
Email
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Cluster management
Cluster management
Online learning community
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Communications and materials delivery
WCED
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Website
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Online learning community
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Communications and materials delivery
WCED
Project Office
Website
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Online learning community
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Communications and materials delivery
WCED
Project Office
?Fileservers ? ? databases for delivery
monitoring
Website
Email
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Ongoing communication and materials delivery 2004
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EMDC
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?Fileservers ? ? databases for delivery
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Website
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Clusters
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Hardware

• One computer with Internet access, printer,
  scanner and digital camera at each school
• One computer with printer per teacher
• One computer with printer for each EMDC official
  directly involved in the project

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Hardware - where will it come from?

• The Telecomms Project will have supplied each
  school with a computer, printer and Internet
  access
• Khanya has been approached to supply computers
  for teachers
• EMDCs have received computers for officials

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Deployment of teachers computers

• Preferred plan teachers computers at school
• Second choice computers at a convenient centre
• Third choice computers in teachers homes

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Software

• Khanya computers pre-loaded with operating
  systems, email, web browser and Microsoft Office
  Suite
• Database for learning materials and resources

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Preparation for change in the school

• Principal, governing body and teachers
• Costs of maintenance of computers and consumables
• Telephone costs
• Security
• Computer centre costs?
• Teachers time for training
• Changes in school administration
• Changes in teaching practices

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Teacher training phase 1

• Face-to-face, hands-on, learning about machines
  and becoming confident users
• Creating and filing documents
• Emailing and attaching documents
• Accessing a CD ROM
• Using a web browser

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Teacher training phase 2

• Use of the Internet email and World Wide Web
• To prepare teachers to become part of supportive
  online learning communities in their clusters
• To prepare teachers for the online delivery of
  curriculum, learning support materials and
  resources
• To enable teachers to access information and
  create their own materials independently

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Training for EMDC officials

• To ensure computer literacy where necessary
• To enable cluster managers to administer, mentor
  and support their clusters online
• To enable them to create supportive online
  learning communities
• To prepare them for the online delivery of
  curriculum, learning support materials and
  resources

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How far have we come?

• Discussions have begun with Khanya and possible
  service providers
• A database for the curriculum materials has been
  designed
• Arrangements for the creation of the website have
  been made
• Funding for specialist Internet training has been
  secured

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ICT Committee

• Ex officio
• Van As Jordaan, Project Manager
• Head Office
• Alixe Lowenherz, chair
• Ighsaan Francis, web-manager
• Fiona Wilson, web design
• Hennie Mentz, Knowledge Management

• EMDCs
• Media Advisers
• Horatio Hart
• Hans Oosthuizen
• Johan Stegmann
• IT Unit
• Wynand Cllié
• Abrie Coetzee
• André Wiese
• Khanya
• André Wiese