Technology Initiatives For Education

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Technology Initiatives For Education

• International School Dhaka

Julie Lindsay Educational Technology
Coordinator May 2004
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The Impact of Technology

• Interactive and enjoyable
• Tools to share knowledge
• Helps students find information
• Helps students evaluate information
• Increases communication skills

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Coordinator May 2004
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• The question is not, What has technology done
  for education? Rather, it is What can
  technology do for our kids if we consciously use
  the power of technology to reorganize and reshape
  our schools in ways that prepare students to
  thrive in a changing, complex world?
• Bernajean Porter, LL, March 2003

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Coordinator May 2004
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ISD Vision for Technology

• Technology integration to enhance the learning
  experience
• Technology used as a tool for collaboration,
  communication, analysis, data gathering and
  problem solving

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Coordinator May 2004
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ISD Vision for Technology

• Students will progress more effectively according
  to their individual learning styles and their
  intellectual strengths
• Students will become self-directed, lifelong
  learners

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Coordinator May 2004
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Aims of T.I.F.E.

• Technology to be accessible and relevant

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Coordinator May 2004
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Aims of T.I.F.E.

• Student mobility and easy transfer of data
  electronically

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Coordinator May 2004
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Aims of T.I.F.E.

• The role of the teacher will be more of a
  facilitator of learning

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Coordinator May 2004
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Aims of T.I.F.E.

• More attention given to higher-order thinking
  instead of fact acquisition

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Coordinator May 2004
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Laptop Initiative For Education (L.I.F.E.)

• Technology available when and where students
  need it

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Coordinator May 2004
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Implementation 2003-4

• Grade 9
• Portability
• Independence of learning

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Coordinator May 2004
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L.I.F.E. Support Facilities

• Access to wireless LAN
• Access to Internet (WAN)
• Technical support

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Coordinator May 2004
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L.I.F.E.Student Response
The best thing about using my laptop is we use
more technology and not only in ICT but in
classes like English and Humanities. Since the
Secondary School is huge its hard to get
computers during lunch so using our laptops is an
advantage.
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Coordinator May 2004
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L.I.F.E.Student Response

• The best thing about my laptop is that I do not
  have to send work home I can just save it in my
  laptop

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Coordinator May 2004
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L.I.F.E.Teacher Response

• In Science the 9's have mainly used their
  laptops for
• Research for assignments from the internet
• Writing up of investigations (laboratory)
• Tabulating data and drawing graphs
• Creating PowerPoint presentations

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Coordinator May 2004
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L.I.F.E.Teacher Response

• More professional assignments from many students
• Better concentration from many in class
• Improved understanding of concepts due to variety
  of resources available on the net

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Coordinator May 2004
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L.I.F.E.Plans for 2004-5

• Implementation for all Grade 9 and 10 students
• A whole school approach
• Teachers can plan curriculum and activities

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Coordinator May 2004
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Laptop Specification

• Processor Mobile Intel P-IV, 2 GHz
• RAM 512MB
• HD 40GB
• OS Windows XP Pro
• WLAN IEEE 802.11G
• CDRW/DVD ROM

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Coordinator May 2004
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Handheld Initiative For Education (H.I.F.E.)

• There is growing research supporting the use of
  ubiquitous computing, specifically handheld
  devices, in a learning environment.

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Coordinator May 2004
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Handheld Initiative For Education

• Why introduce
• handhelds at ISD?

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Coordinator May 2004
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Handheld Initiative For Education

• Providing personal technology to students

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Coordinator May 2004
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Handheld Initiative For Education

• Enhancement of the curriculum and technology
  integration

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Coordinator May 2004
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Handheld Initiative For Education

• Enhancement of student organisational skills

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Coordinator May 2004
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Handheld Initiative For Education

• Cost and size advantages when compared with
  laptops

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Coordinator May 2004
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Handheld Initiative For Education

• Allows for communication of information in
  several ways including beaming through infrared
  ports

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Coordinator May 2004
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Handheld Initiative For Education

• What we talking about?
• Some common terms
• Handheld devices (handhelds)
• Palm (Palm Pilot) Palm OSPalm, Handspring,
  Sony, Acer,
• Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) purpose to
  organise personal information
• Pocket PC Windows CEHP, Casio, Toshiba, Acer,
  Dell

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H.I.F.E.Plans for 2004-5

• Implementation for all Grade 6 and 7 students
• Palm OS
• ISD recommends
• Tungsten E
• Zire 72

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T.I.F.E.Plans for 2004-5
Julie Lindsay Educational Technology
Coordinator May 2004