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Life After an ICTPD Contract. Where to now?. Deidre Senior. So where do we go and how do we get there?. It’s up to you!!. Why should ICT be kept to the fore?. 21 st Century Connected learners The life of our students Wide range of resources available to enhance learning.
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Life After an ICTPD Contract Where to now? Deidre Senior
So where do we go and how do we get there? It’s up to you!!
Why should ICT be kept to the fore? • 21st Century • Connected learners • The life of our students • Wide range of resources available to enhance learning
Why ICT in classrooms? • Improves learning outcomes? • Presents opportunities that wouldn’t usually be available • Motivation and therefore engagement
Keys to Success School wide • Leadership • $$$!!! • School wide focus/priority • Expectation • Reliable equipment and technical support • Support from staff as a whole • Variety of approaches to support • Significant time to develop
Keys to Success in the Classroom • Purposeful use • Authentic use • Students see the connections • Supports your model of teaching • Integrated into the classroom programme • IT NOW MUST GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL!!!
“Teachers transform lifeless equipment into useful tools” Source unknown
Ideas to Use • Wikis
Ideas to Use • Intranet
Ideas to Use • Intranet
Ideas to Use • Equipment into the hands of students
Ideas to Use • Cameras into the hands of students
Ideas to Use • Cameras into the hands of students
Ideas to Use • Reporter of the day
Ideas to Use • School or Class Blog
Ideas to Use • Get access to people and places you wouldn’t normally have
Ideas to Use • Get access to people and places you wouldn’t normally have Audio conferences
Continue with Support Structures • Peer teachers • Small group opportunities • Staff meeting snippets • ‘Experts’ share • Interface Magazine • ICTPD Online • School Visits/Road trips • ‘Watch’ blogs • Locate wikis of use • Experts within/across schools • Online readings and networks
You need time . . . • To ‘play’ • To practise • To try out new ideas • To collaborate • To refine • To reflect LEARN BY DOING!
Be Open • Be Willing • There is no going back!
So . . . How are you going to ensure you continue to be a ‘competent’ teacher?