Extending Opportunities Using ICT Secondary

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Extending Opportunities Using ICT - Secondary
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Drivers for Change
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The real drivers - Change in society

• Change to life roles
• Move to lifelong learning
• Manufacturing ? service ? knowledge economy
• Speed of change and knowledge transfer
• Demand for
• transferable and flexible skills
• innovation
• creativity
• interpersonal skills
• communication and collaboration competencies
• 21st century society -communication and access to
  information through personal mobile devices.

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Why change?
In the UK, 98 of 12 year-olds want to do well
at school
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And yet, only 38 look forward to going to
school.
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DCSF Milestones for Learning Platforms

• 2008 Personal Online Learning Space
• internet-based secure, anytime, anywhere
• upload/download of files individual online
  working space

• 2010 Comprehensive Learning Platform
• learner support
• learner tools, publishing tools e.g. blogs etc
• VLE (Virtual Learning Environment)
• digital curriculum management
• management tracking of learner activity
• authoring, tagging, searching,
  packaging/bundling, sequencing, exporting
• Assessment, input within the VLE returned to your
  MIS e.g. SIMS

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What is a learning platform

• Learning Platforms and using ICT is about
  replacing or reducing the number of teachers.
• The BECTA framework lists approved learning
  platform systems.
• A product or technology can drive change. 
• Most of the Learning Platforms offer the same
  functions.
• Every school needs to be in control of their own
  data applications and learning platform.
• Learning Platforms are a collection of
  applications not one.
• Innovation has to be leading edge technology. 
• One product will only allow one type of
  learning. 
• Data can be shared between different types of
  platforms.
• One of the solutions is the best one. 
• The Learning Platform should not be used in every
  lesson.
• The working practices in the school must change. 
• The biggest problem is getting the technology to
  work.
• Learning Platforms will involve parents. 
• Schools must have a learning platform by Spring
  2008.

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What is a learning platform

• Learning Platforms and using ICT is about
  replacing or reducing the number of teachers.
• The BECTA framework lists approved learning
  platform systems.
• A product or technology can drive change. 
• Most of the Learning Platforms offer the same
  functions.
• Every school needs to be in control of their own
  data applications and learning platform.
• Learning Platforms are a collection of
  applications not one.
• Innovation has to be leading edge technology. 
• One product will only allow one type of
  learning. 
• Data can be shared between different types of
  platforms.
• One of the solutions is the best one. 
• The Learning Platform should not be used in every
  lesson.
• The working practices in the school must change. 
• The biggest problem is getting the technology to
  work.
• Learning Platforms will involve parents. 
• Schools must have a learning platform by Spring
  2008.

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Surrey Personalised Learning Space

• Supporting transition
• E portfolios
• Celebrating achievement
• Supporting learning journeys
• Providing an effective link with Learning
  Platforms

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Learning platforms

• What is a learning platform?
• it delivers online content and learning
• it helps deliver and manage learning
• huge potential range of functionality
• there are mixed definitions and application of
  vocabulary
• ILS, LCMS, VLE, MLE, PLE, LMS, PLE, VLTE, etc.
  etc.

It is an online system for teaching and learning
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Learning platforms and Becta

• The term Learning Platform describes the bringing
  together of
• hardware, software and support services
• to enable
• effective teaching and learning
• within and outside the classroom.

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The vision
Clip from http//www.teachers.tv/video/21840
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A Learning Platform brings together
Communities
Collaboration
User Directory
MIS (e.g. SIMS)
VLE digital curriculum management system
Learning Resources searchable tagged
E-Portfolios
Personalised Space
anytime, anywhere!
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How learning might change
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Five Components of Personalised Learning

• The use of ICT permeates all components as a way
  of
• enhancing creativity
• extending learning opportunities
• sustaining the varied and challenging pace of
  learning

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Supporting Personalisation
Assessment for Learning
Learning and Teaching
Curriculum Enrichment and Choice
Organising the School for Personalised Learning
Beyond the Classroom
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Supporting Personalisation

• Assessment for Learning
• Peer evaluation
• Online assessments
• Pupils sharing their understanding with a wider
  audience
• Use of their personalised workspace to manage
  their work and show their learning journey to
  others
• pupil activity (and assessment) tracking

Assessment for Learning
Learning and Teaching
Curriculum Enrichment and Choice
Organising the School for Personalised Learning
Beyond the Classroom
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Supporting Personalisation

• Learning and Teaching
• lesson and curriculum planning online
• linking planning content to national curriculum
  and objectives
• access, edit and create personal or commercial
  content
• support for curriculum projects

Assessment for Learning
Learning and Teaching
Curriculum Enrichment and Choice
Organising the School for Personalised Learning
Beyond the Classroom
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Supporting Personalisation

• Curriculum Enrichment and Choice
• guided or self-study learning options for pupils
• access to online tools to support their learning
• access to extended learning opportunities
• access to content which matches learning styles

Assessment for Learning
Learning and Teaching
Curriculum Enrichment and Choice
Organising the School for Personalised Learning
Beyond the Classroom
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Supporting Personalisation

• Organising the school
• share resources and management information
• communication pupils, parents, staff and
  stakeholders
• curriculum and management information located in
  one place and accessible online

Assessment for Learning
Learning and Teaching
Curriculum Enrichment and Choice
Organising the School for Personalised Learning
Beyond the Classroom
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Supporting Personalisation

• Beyond the school
• managing extended opportunities for pupils beyond
  the school
• opportunities to continue learning activities
  beyond the school day
• parental involvement in pupils learning

Assessment for Learning
Learning and Teaching
Curriculum Enrichment and Choice
Organising the School for Personalised Learning
Beyond the Classroom
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Oxted School

• Lewis Burgess

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Learning Platforms School Readiness

• How will you ensure all stakeholders are engaged
  in this change?
• Will this development demand a major or minor
  change in practice?
• How might you prepare your school and develop
  capacity to take on this change?
• What are the major implications in implementing
  this change?
• How effectively are ICT systems currently used to
  support learning and teaching?

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The iceberg school

• infrastructure
• resources
• ICT in SoWs
• reflective culture
• CPD based on learning outcomes
• sharing resources
• technical support

• Learning platform
• pupilcomputer ratio
• broadband policies
• training for
  learning / teaching
• learning / teaching
  focus
• sharing
  ideas

empowering teachersenabling pupils
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The Comfort blanket
Clip from http//www.teachers.tv/video/21840
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ICT and learning
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ICT has the potential to
stimulatemotivateand empower learners
encourageindependentand personalised learning
improve the quality of learning and teaching
transformadministration, support management
and reduce workload
encouragecollaboration andraise self-esteem
extend learning opportunities and raise
standards
But each development demands strategic leadership
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Planning strategically

• New ways of thinking
• New ways of doing
• Access to data about learning
• Involving everyone
• New skills
• CPD
• Resources

• Where are we now where do we need to be
• School development planning
• Information management
• Accessibility

• Connectivity
• Infrastructure
• Software
• Information management

Change Management
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Managing Change
Confusion
Anxiety
Slow Change
Frustration
False Starts
Uncertainty
Jacqueline S. Thousand Richard A. Villa
Managing Complex Change 2001 Adapted by M Blows
(2006)
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Vision
Vision
Action Plans

• Focussed on school development aims, not hardware
  or software
• Written in educational terms and outcomes
• Supported with a clear strategy for achieving the
  vision (3 5 year plan?)
• Action planning to move it forward

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People
Skills
Incentives

• Training
• New skills
• Map to CPD and personal successes
• Celebrate and your share experiences
• How will this benefit me?

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Different Users
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Phased Roll Out
or

• Requirements
• Senior management buy-in
• A clear plan, shared with all
• Effective CPD
• Phased approach
• Cycle of evaluation

• Possibilities
• Year group roll out
• Champion departments
• Departmental champions
• Whole school initiative
• ICT champions
• ICT strategy group

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Implementation Strategies
Managing internal information focus curriculum
planning, resources, links etc
Curriculum project focus resources, links,
activities, forums
Extending opportunities beyond the school
focus Development of independent activities which
link with school based lessons and objectives
Communication with stakeholder focus information,
celebration, support for parental involvement and
dialogue
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Keys to success

• Expectations from SLT
• Supporting innovation and creative approaches
• Involvement and responding to learners
• A clear vision as to what you want learning to be
  like in your school
• Effective and sustained training for staff
• Some quick wins
• Sharing of good practice

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Learning Platform Functionality
Learning Platform Functionality 1. Institutional
readiness 2. Content Management 3. Communication
and collaboration 4. Administration 5. Learner
Information 6. ICT Resources
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• Caroline Maskery
• caroline.maskery_at_vtplc.com
• Phil Mackley
• phil.mackley_at_vtplc.com
• Lewis Burgess, Network Manager
• lburgess_at_oxted.surrey.sch.uk
• Jeff Manson, Head of Curriculum ICT
• jmanson_at_oxted.surrey.sch.uk