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Harnessing Educational suppliers as stakeholders in ICT teacher training. Dominic Savage OBE Director General, BESA Chair of Governors, All Saints Technology and Training College, London. BETT – 12 to 15 January 2011. .......but two days later the start of the Rawabit project.
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Harnessing Educational suppliers as stakeholders in ICT teacher training Dominic Savage OBE Director General, BESA Chair of Governors, All Saints Technology and Training College, London
Vernon CoakerMinister of State for Schools • “The companies in the educational resources industry are stakeholders in educational improvement” Speaking at the opening of BETT 2010:
2008 School Leaver With thanks to Becta
For young people, technology is a way of life Personal Management Communication Education Entertainment
833m £ mill 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 1997> 2008 741m 611m 594m 540m ICT spend in England 409m 249m 198.5m Figures include LA matched funding 104.5m 102m 2007- 2008 Year 1998- 1999 1999- 2000 2000- 2001 2001- 2002 2002- 2003 2003- 2004 2004- 2005 2005- 2006 2006- 2007
So, the teachers needed today are different: More the managers and facilitators of learning E-confident E-effective E-efficent system Confident in the classroom use of technology Informed purchasers of tools for teaching Professional collaborators with their peers Effective interpreters of assessment data Up for real-time parental communication
...and so is the training they need: Knowing and using the technology 21st Century Teachers Keeping abreast of what is to come Technical collaboration with peers Interpreting and using data effectively Choosing resources to personalise learning Coping with real-time reporting
Harnessing the Industry • Invite them in • Software licence for training institutions • Use their events • Collaborate on ICT action research • Work with the industry on submissions to Government • Offer product development testing