Simple Solutions to Using ICT - What Works and What Doesn't. Russell Ingleby, NAACE

1. Simple Solutions to Using ICT - What Works and What Doesn't.Russell Ingleby, NAACE

2. This session will ask the question: How do you, as an ICT coordinator, manage the vast range of skills and attitudes towards ICT in your school. The session may not provide all of the answers but it will provide a few steps along the way to finding them.

3. Former chair, The Association for ICT in Education (ACITT) • Executive member without portfolio, Naace. • ICT co-ordinator, Westmoor Junior School. • ICT co-ordinator, Cooper Lane Primary, Bradford. • ICT co-ordinator, Woodroyd Middle School, Bradford.

4. Reflection. Address the question. Offer some handy tips.

5. Managing ICT. • A unique curriculum area. • Co-ordinating ICT or managing IT? • A decade of challenges.

8. E-learning credits E-learning credits. How are your shelves holding up?

9. E-learning credits

10. Interactive whiteboards.

11. Interactive whiteboards. Around the world, interactive whiteboards have become the Marmite of ICT: people either love them or hate them, with little ground in between. But much of the world watched our whiteboard enthusiasm open-mouthed: “You bought how many? Why?” would be a typical reaction. Stephen Heppell (Education Guardian 10th January 2006)

12. Interactive whiteboards.

13. Interactive whiteboards. “The bulbs are very, very expensive…This was an unexpected cost when we were provided with the boards.” Lois Gunby, ICT coordinator Brampton Ellis Junior School (Education Guardian 10th January 2006)

14. Interactive whiteboards. Moreover, all the schools equipment arrived simultaneously. “It’s all reaching the end of its life at the same time. We can’t afford to replace it all at once. This is a nightmare, as we have all got used to having all the technology in school.” Lois Gunby, ICT coordinator Brampton Ellis Junior School (Education Guardian 10th January 2006)

15. The Internet in schools. Dial-up ISDN Broadband Content Websites & email Filtering Duty of care?

16. The Internet in schools. • ??% of 9 to 19 year olds have accessed the internet from a computer at home • ?? % have internet access in their bedrooms • ??% of weekly users aged 9 to 19 have sent pictures of stories to a website. LSE survey in 2005, as reported in The Times 22/12/2005

17. The Internet in schools. • 75% of 9 to 19 year olds have accessed the internet from a computer at home • 19 % have internet access in their bedrooms • 17% of weekly users aged 9 to 19 have sent pictures of stories to a website. LSE survey in 2005, as reported in The Times 22/12/2005

18. The Internet in schools. • ??% of daily and weekly users aged 9 to 19 have come into contact with online pornography. • ??% have seen a pornographic pop-up advert while doing something else. • ??% have accidentally found themselves on a porn site when looking for something else. LSE survey in 2005, as reported in The Times 22/12/2005

19. The Internet in schools. • 57% of daily and weekly users aged 9 to 19 have come into contact with online pornography. • 38% have seen a pornographic pop-up advert while doing something else. • 36% have accidentally found themselves on a porn site when looking for something else. LSE survey in 2005, as reported in The Times 22/12/2005

20. The Internet in schools. • ??% have received pornographic junk mail • ??% of daily and weekly users aged 9 to 19 have received unwanted sexual comments online or by text message • ??% have given out personal information to someone they met online. LSE survey in 2005, as reported in The Times 22/12/2005

21. The Internet in schools. • 25% have received pornographic junk mail • 31% of daily and weekly users aged 9 to 19 have received unwanted sexual comments online or by text message • 46% have given out personal information to someone they met online. LSE survey in 2005, as reported in The Times 22/12/2005

22. The Internet in schools. • ??% say they have made untrue claims about themselves online. • ??% of home internet users aged 12 to 19 have taken action to hide their online activities from their parents. LSE survey in 2005, as reported in The Times 22/12/2005

23. The Internet in schools. • 40% say they have made untrue claims about themselves online. • 63% of home internet users aged 12 to 19 have taken action to hide their online activities from their parents. LSE survey in 2005, as reported in The Times 22/12/2005

24. The Internet in schools. http://safety.ngfl.gov.uk/

25. How do you, as an ICT coordinator, manage the vast range of skills and attitudes towards ICT in your school. The session may not provide all of the answers

26. How do you, as an ICT coordinator, manage the vast range of skills and attitudes towards ICT in your school. The session may not provide all of the answers but it will provide a few steps along the way to finding them.

27. Who really are the children?

28. From the horses mouth.. A headteacher A year group leader An NQT

29. Acknowledge that not all staff have the same range of skills or interests that you have. The regular practice of skills embeds them. Start small and build small bites at a time.

30. Be prepared for the unexpected. Presume nothing. Adults are like children and every ability from SEN to G&T will be present on your staff. Differentiate and be prepared to teach it in at least ten styles (and then repeat it all again!)

31. An attitude may mask insecurity, it’s hard to admit you don’t know. Work alongside people and at their level (co-coaching) Slow down, fast demonstrations leave people confused.

32. You know your staff best so you’ll train them the best. Do you really need to bring in outsiders? Lead by example; be the epitome of all things ICT… ….but be prepared to admit you get it wrong sometimes!

33. By being persistent, • Using SMART targets, • Giving a context for use. • Offering continuous support. • Getting colleagues on board with new ideas.

34. Support in an enabling way. (Show me how.) • Good quality technical support also available and willing to help. • Listen and act upon needs. • Keeps patting us on the head.

35. Encouraging colleagues personal use. • Involving all staff in group sessions on new software. • Making sure laptops updated regularly with new programs and packages. • Showing an understanding approach

36. Being available to share problems and issues. • Clearly timetabling all ICT resources so that we’re ‘forced’ to use it. • Makes ICT the expectation not the exception. • Knows when to say NO.

37. Handy tip. Westmoor Junior School • 35 networked computers, all less than 3 years old • Separate curriculum and admin servers • 2Mb, filtered broadband internet access • All teaching, and most support staff have their own, or access to a laptop. • I Smart IWB and 2 Mimio IWB • 4 data projectors • Half a day a week technical support from the local Grammar School plus 1 day a half term bought in support. • Good standard of ICT but cross curricular ICT an issue.

38. Handy tip. Service. Things go wrong. The measure of a company is how they put things right when they go wrong. “Create a demon head teacher.” Choose your suppliers carefully! www.stonecomputers.com

39. Handy tip. www.schoolhousetech.com • Resource Creation Software Basic Facts Worksheet Factory Basic Facts Bingo Word Search Factory Lite

40. Handy tip. http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ Resource Creation Software The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web.

41. Handy tip. www.pfp-publishing.com Written specifically for the ICT coordinator, the ICT Coordinator’s File is designed to help you improve and develop ICT provision in your school. It provides the support you need to ensure that ICT resources are used effectively to raise standards in your school. And it provides practical advice from specialists and experienced teachers in the field.

42. Handy tip. Setup templates. A reading ages calculator. A spreadsheet for spelling scores.

43. Handy tip. Good software

44. Handy tip. Good software 2Simple software (Developing Tray) http://www.2simple.com/ Sherston software http://www2.sherston.com/ Primary games http://www.primarygames.co.uk/

45. Handy tip. Consider the alternatives. Smart vs Mimio Star Office vs Microsoft Office

46. Handy tip. Join a professional association. www.naace.org Check out the websites and join some mailing lists. New 2 computers etc Get involved. Attend LEA meetings Look around neighbouring schools.

47. Handy tip. Email people things Don’t give people excuses. Make things electronic IEPs Report writing Assessment

48. Handy tip. Try something different. Cascade training You learn You teach one colleague in each year group They teach the others

49. We’ve reflected. Addressed the key question. Offered some handy tips.

50. ringleby@westmoor.kirklees.sch.uk • www.westmoor.kirklees.sch.uk • www.ingleby.me.uk Don’t forget to fill out your evaluation forms.