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CBS Tramore. IT Experience & Profile. CBS Tramore ICT Roadmap 08. CBS Tramore ICT September 1998. ICT for all Standards Links Projects WWW & Email Careers. CBS Tramore ICT 1998. ICT for all ICT to be available to all students ICT to be available through all teachers
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CBS Tramore IT Experience & Profile
CBS Tramore ICT September 1998 • ICT for all • Standards • Links • Projects • WWW & Email • Careers
CBS Tramore ICT 1998 ICT for all • ICT to be available to all students • ICT to be available through all teachers • ICT to be available through all subjects • ICT to be available for extra-curricular activity • ICT to be available to parents
CBS Tramore ICT 1998 Standards • No objective standards are provided by the Department of Education and Science • School to oversee standards as part of ICT plan • Leaving Certificate Computer Studies from University of Limerick to be offered for final certification and points. • Competitions and Projects to be encouraged for all students to enhance standards of student work
CBS Tramore ICT 1998 Links • Develop and encourage links to all Primary feeder schools • Develop and encourage links with local and global second level schools FinlandNewfoundland Japan Germany Others • Develop and encourage links to WIT and UL • Develop and encourage links with industry and business
CBS Tramore ICT 1998 Projects • Promote Projects with Partner Schools • Promote Spin a Web • Promote Programming • Promote YES • Promote Case Studies of local business • Promote ICT through Guest Speakers
CBS Tramore ICT 1998 WWW & Email • All students to use WWW as a resource for Education • All students to be equipped with Email address for correspondence • All students to design Web Pages
CBS Tramore ICT 1998 Careers • Vocational Skills • Software Skills • Alliance with WIT, UL • Alliance with industry • Video presentations Guest Speakers
Informal Years 1994-1998 • Spin a Web 6 students • Luchtime Club 24 students • Projects 4 students • Leaving Cert Applied 8 students • 1st Year Recreational Computing per class
Formal Years 1998+ • Leaving Certificate Computer Studies <12 students • CAO Points UL, WIT, LIT. • 5th Year - 4 Assignments • Wordprocessing • Spreadsheet • Database • Project • 6th Leaving Certificate • 3 hour written test (80%) • Monday and Friday Lunchtime and Tuesday Morning 8:30 am (20%)
Formal Timetabling • 1999 Leaving Certificate Computer Studies within Timetable in 5th year • Numbers jump to 32. Only 24 pcs. • Rotational timetable - ¾ weeks • Students left after 5th year – no certification • 2000 Introduce ECDL to 5th year so that everyone gets a Certification • Recreational Computing in 1st and 2nd Year
Formal Timetabling • 1999 Leaving Certificate Computer Studies within Timetable in 5th year 2 double classes per week • 2001 ECDL Compulsory 1st Year 1 double class per week • 2003 TYO E-cert 1 double class per week + 2 single • 2005 PC Expert
ECDL for the Masses 2001 • To catch students who leave after Junior Certificate ECDL introduced as a compulsory subject in 1st and 2nd Year • 70 1st Years 70 2nd Years • 28 5th Years 22 TYO • Q: Who does correcting? • A: Electricpaper Autotestnxg
e-learning arrives 2001 • Course manager now Autotrack • Automated testing • € 150 per student • Mixed teaching methods • Traditional teaching • e-learning with Jill • example • Autotest demo • Student testimonials
Preparing New Computer Room 2002 following fire in August From this… To this
E-Cert TYO 2003 • European Certificate in Digital Literacy • Stay safe on line • Web design & publishing • Netiquette • Acceptable Use • e and m-commerce • Future • Demo
New 2005 • PC Expert • Networking • Hardware • Software • Demo Course • Demo Test
New 2007 • E-portal • Classroom based teachers • Laptops or pcs with internet connectiondigital projectors 3/1 + specialist rooms • Wifi • Network photocopier
New 2008 • Interactive Whiteboards • LCVP LCAP ICT room • Moodle • VLE • 24/7 • Records
ICT within the school. • Administration. • Teachers. • Students. • Financial Plan & Costs.
Administration. • Separate Server • Network: Principal, Deputy Principal & office staff. • Shared folders for all administration work. • E-Mail each other as a group. • Serco: facility, scheduler 11, options are all networked • Tas Books (Principal & Bursar) • Daily Backup from server & accounts.
Teachers. • Introduction of ICT into classroom.(Inservice & Support) • All teachers supplied with school laptops: All classrooms have wireless & cable internet access. Individual & Group email • Networked to administration server. • 8 floating Digital projectors. • T.V. / D.V.D. / Video available in each school block. (4) • Open – source & Moodle. (CBS Tramore Teacher’s Example.) • E-portal system. (Attendance, Reports, Timetable, Options) • Attendance taken by teachers each class. • Reports completed on line. All information on reports • Student / Teacher timetables fully integrated. • Different Layers of Information at hand to Class Tutors/Year heads/D.P./P. • Parent / Teacher meetings. Records available on each student using laptop. Demonstration. (E-portal & Moodle)
Student & School Information. Front door T.V. 42 “ Screen. Networked (P. & D.P. & office staff.) • Student Council Meetings Agenda & Minutes • Team photos • Exam timetable for Summer • News about the school • Congratulations to teams or individuals • Visible to parents, visitors, staff and students • Students can e-mail office with information to be included on T.V Demonstration.
Financial Plan. B.O.M: Last 4 Years. 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 €18,000 annually. Set in Budget. • Laptops €600 each. Projectors € 600 IWB € 5,500 • T.V. x 2 & software €1,500 • E-portal System: Upfront €8,000 Server 4,000 • Annual Administration Costs €1,500 (Software) Adult Education is self financing. Students: ECDL: 1st Years pay €150 (one payment, 2 year course) TYO: €50 5th Yr.: €100 (one payment, 2 year course, includes U.L. Course fees.) CAO points recognised by U.L. & W.I.T.
The Future. September 2007 – September 2008 • Interactive white boards: purchase, installation, training & usage. • Design & Communications & Technology Room. (DES) • Ongoing training (External & Internal) (ICT POR provides Inservice) • Continuation of IT as a central need of the school: POR (A.P.) • Continuation of excellence in teacher & student computer literacy. All 1st & 2nd Years complete ECDL. (Double period weekly) All TYO complete e-cert & attend 10 week WIT course. By choice 47 out of 82 5th Year students complete L. Cert Computers. • Financial priority but causes financial pressures in the school • CBS Tramore spends €45 per student on an annual basis. • JMB/AMCSS/ACCS recommendation to Minister DES grant of €150 per student to be given to schools.
Server room “the reality” 80 gb tape backup Win2k server Homefolders Autotrack Autotest Linux server Staff folders Webserver Webmail Moodle Eportal server Office Admin Reception TV