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Keep IT Real! Alex Savage Notre Dame High School, Norwich www.communicty.org asavage.ast@gmail.com Real Issues Real ICT Collaboration Shift Happens What kind of world are we preparing our students for? What kind of jobs are we preparing out students for?
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Keep IT Real! Alex SavageNotre Dame High School, Norwichwww.communicty.org asavage.ast@gmail.com Real Issues Real ICT Collaboration
Shift Happens • What kind of world are we preparing our students for? • What kind of jobs are we preparing out students for? • What global problems are we preparing them to solve? • What skills and abilities will be of most value in the future? • What role will technology have to enhance their lives?
Global Pull ICT • Did you spend more time last night on the internet than watching tv? • Have you communicated with someone in foreign country via the internet in the last 6 months? • Do you have a personal website? • Do you own a webcam? • Do you have a track on your mp3 player in a foreign language?
Global Pull Curriculum • An enhancement of our existing curriculum, not a bolt on extra • Teaching students to reach out to the wider world • Finding real, quality information for research • Providing real situations to use skills creatively • Providing real audiences to share ideas with
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Online Surveys • More girls than boys have their own website • On average UK students eat more chips than students in the USA • The average number of TVs in both countries is 4 • The favourite subject in both countries is sport, but students do not get enough exercise in either country.
MY EMOTIONS TREE • Hover your mouse over the tree. • When you see a pointing finger, click to learn about when I feel like that person.
SUCCESSFUL • I feel like this person when I am in my ICT lessons. • This is because I am good at using computers and enjoy finding new ways to make things like web sites and leaflets.
Energy Food Culture/Religions Water Peace/Conflict Health Fair Trade Wealth/Poverty Human Rights Everyday life Natural Disasters Olympic Ideals MDGs Sustainability International Organisations Global Themes
websites • Communicty.org • Global Gateway • International School Award • Global Dimension • Oxfam Cool Planet • UN Cyberschool Bus • BBC Newsround
Keep IT Real! Alex SavageNotre Dame High School, Norwichwww.communicty.orgasavage.ast@gmail.com