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Cape Primary School Digital Resources Quality Assurance Cynthia Pinner Cape Primary School ICT Resources Interactive whiteboards Pupil workstations Computer suites Video conferencing Home-school loan PC’s Learning Gateway Digital resources One-stop resource shop What do we want?
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Cape Primary SchoolDigital ResourcesQuality AssuranceCynthia Pinner
ICT Resources • Interactive whiteboards • Pupil workstations • Computer suites • Video conferencing • Home-school loan PC’s • Learning Gateway • Digital resources
One-stop resource shop What do we want? Quality resources • Child-centred • Needs met • User-friendly • Value for money Autonomous assessment • Set resource data • Objective assessment against given resource • Records –data set
DfES [2003,a] The Value Chain for Digital Learning Content in England Curriculum Online. Needs Analyst Commissioner Producer Publisher Fulfilment Agent Retailer National Curriculum Educator Pupil
We’ll do it our way! Wider audience
Quality Control Panel Objectives: • To drive innovation in creating digital learning resources from and for the needs of our pupils • To promote digital learning through the school website and SESLP Learning Gateway • To promote inclusion through the use of digital learning resources • To foster collaboration between schools through the use of shared resources
Identification of Needs against the following criteria: • National Curriculum Programmes of Study • Study Level and Year group targeting • Specific learning objective & learning outcome, • Best current practice i.e. Excellence and Enjoyment • Existing resources of quality & appropriacy • Subject leadership moderation
Identification of Pupil Needs • Differentiation requirements – Normal Distribution against previous knowledge • SEN requirements • EAL requirements • Composition appropriate to learning objective and outcome for specified end-users • “Adaptive navigation” The ability to move through the learning object according to user needs. (Gallenson et al, 2002)
Documentation: Some instructions may be necessary: • Planning structure [teacher] • Design / application notes [teacher] • Defined user [teacher/parent/pupil] • Instructions [teacher/parent/pupil] • Suggestions for alternative use
Cape Digital Resources Designed to meet teacher and pupil needs by: • Modelling concepts / processes • Increasing resources e.g E-books: fiction / non-fiction / reference • Concept reinforcement / Skill drill • Increasing experiences – virtual experience of the world • Stimulus e.g. picture slide shows • Targeting learning styles • Enabling SEN / EAL pupils • Teacher time-saver resources :Phonics assessment Early Years Profiles
What I’ve learnt from research • Published educational software is generally about what curriculum needs to be taught • Teacher authored resources deal with the more important issue of how the curriculum needs to be taught • Teachers who author examine their own practice more closely