Djanogly City Academy Nottingham Sanjesh Sharma Assistant Principal ICT

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Djanogly City Academy Nottingham Sanjesh
SharmaAssistant PrincipalICT Core Services
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ICT - seriously understated?

• "I think there is a world market for maybe five
  computers."- Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM,
  1943
• "There is no reason anyone in the right state of
  mind will want a computer in their home."- Ken
  Olson, President of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977.
  

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The Academy
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Overview of the City Academy Project

• Djanogly CTC / ex-Forest School transformed into
  Nottinghams City Academy in 2003
• CTC Sherwood Rise site becomes 14-19 Centre
• Ex-Forest Gregory Boulevard Site becomes
• 11-14 Centre
• New building designed by Foster and Partners
  architects
• Occupied from June 2005

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Background

• 2000-2001 Forest School
• Less than half full
• Only 22 parents in catchment chose the school
• 5 A-C grades 8
• 2001-2002 - 2 schools work together
• Results rise to 20
• Forest School closed August 2002
• 2002-2003 ex-Forest students educated by CTC
• In CTC converted Victorian Lace Factory

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Background

• 2003 City Academy comes into being
• 2004 Ex-Forest students
• Results rise to 40 5 A-C grades
• 2005 Ex-Forest students
• Results rise to 60 5 A-C grades

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- The local community school - High levels of
deprivation - Digital Divide
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ICT A Process of Evolution

• CTC pioneered and supported many innovations in
  ICT before becoming an Academy
• Laptops for teachers
• Integrated wireless systems
• Kiosks and plasma screens in schools
• Online administration systems
• Our Interactive Whiteboards
• Detailed analysis of successes and achievements
  to guide the ICT strategy for the Academy
• Focus is the impact on the teaching and learning
  process and raising standards

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What limits interaction?
THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Too many chairs!
TEACHER STUDENT ZONES If you misbehave you will
sit on my desk!
TEACHER WITH BACK TO CLASS Youve got a
bald patch there sir!
LAPTOPS VGA connection To projector
INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS Changes the way, not the
concept
COMFORT ZONES Its my desk in my Classroom
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Changing the traditional model
LEARNING SPACE Different tables Partition
walls Generic Classrooms
FREEDOM TO MOVE If you misbehave Il sit on your
desk!
NO MORE SHADOWS Stand anywhere!
TABLETS Easy to carry around the classroom like
paper
WIRELESS Changes the concept, a new model.
BEYOND WALLS Interaction with any student
anywhere!
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Immediate Benefits
Teachers can leadfrom the middle
Goodbye to Worksheets and Word searches
We can start to realise lead teachers and
sharing expertise
Who needs training?
A lesson starter can start at the start of the
lesson
Overcome - its not cool to get up!
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The Extent of Wireless

• 2 main centres fully integrated 802.11a/g
• Staff operate on different standard
• Maintain bandwidth
• Security
• Wireless projector in almost every classroom
  Interactive Whiteboards still exist!
• 11-14 Centre access point in every teaching
  space and staff area no black spots
• Network Team - admin tasks on the go!
  Smart-phones / PDAs.
• Video/ Audio streaming
• Live DVD play

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ICT and the Curriculum
MIS - EPORTAL
TOSHIBA TABLET PCS
WIRELESS PROJECTORS
INTERACTIVE TEACHING
PAPERLESS CLASSROOM
TEACHING LEARNING
WIRELESS NETWORK
MICROSOFT ONENOTE
VIRTUAL EXERCISE BOOK
MOBILE PORTABLE LEARNING
MICROSOFT LEARNING GATEWAY
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Staffing for an ICT-rich environment
PRINCIPAL
AP ICT CORE SERVICES
MIS / MLE
NETWORK MANAGER
HEAD OF ICT CURRICULUM
LEADER OF E-LEARNING
ICT DEVELOPMENT
SSL KS3
ASSISTANT NETWORK MANAGER
SOFTWARE/WEB DEVELOPER
SSL KS4
SSL KS3
SSL KS4
ICT SUBJECT TEACHERS
ICT FACULTY REPS
4 NETWORK TECHNICIANS
ICT DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT
DIGITAL CONTENT PLASMA SCREENS
ON DEMAND SUPPORT
INCOME GENERATION
MULTIMEDIA RESOURCE CENTRE
A LEVEL ICT ONLINE
DIGITAL RESOURCES
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ICT and the Building
ACCESS CONTROL
CASHLESS VENDING
SECURE ENVIRONMENT
REDUCE BULLYING
ASSET TAGGING ID CARDS
MONEY MANAGEMENT CREDIT CARD
INFRASTRUCTURE
DIGITAL DISPLAYS
RANGER REMOTE CONTROL
MULTIMEDIA VIDEO - SOUND
CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT
RAISE SCHOOL PRIDE
SHARED FRONTLINE NETWORK SUPPORT
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The role of wireless in our future

• Nottingham serious contender for Digital
  Challenge 2007
• Educational trials
• Wireless clouds Wimax
• Thin Client
• ELUSE, GNP
• Challenging catchments adapt
• Combat Digital Divide
• Work with community

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And finally ...

• "Technology is dominated by two types of people
  those who understand whatthey do not manage, and
  those who manage what they do not understand." -
  Putt's Law