ict………where do we go from here? doug dickinson. who am i ? distinctly not a ‘techy’...
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ICT………Where do we ICT………Where do we go from here?go from here?
Doug DickinsonDoug Dickinson
Who am I ?Who am I ?
• Distinctly not a ‘techy’Distinctly not a ‘techy’• 30 years TEACHING in primary schools30 years TEACHING in primary schools• LEA advisory teacher for ITLEA advisory teacher for IT• Lecturer at Leicester University Lecturer at Leicester University • OFSTED team inspector for Primary SchoolsOFSTED team inspector for Primary Schools• Producer of the NLS CD-ROMsProducer of the NLS CD-ROMs
PurposePurpose To challenge you.To challenge you. To give some insight into current thinking To give some insight into current thinking
about ICT …. mine and other peoples …about ICT …. mine and other peoples …so that thoughts are perspectivesso that thoughts are perspectives
To discuss ideas about using ICT as tool To discuss ideas about using ICT as tool in whole class teaching and to indicate in whole class teaching and to indicate examples of current classroom practice.examples of current classroom practice.
Alan November …break inAlan November …break in
What is it we are about?What is it we are about?
For the first time ever we now know how to For the first time ever we now know how to store almost all of the world’s most store almost all of the world’s most important information and make it important information and make it available instantly, in almost any form, to available instantly, in almost any form, to almost anyone on the Earthalmost anyone on the Earth
And yet ….And yet ….
We have school systems around the We have school systems around the World wasting billions trying to graft the World wasting billions trying to graft the tools of the 21tools of the 21stst century onto an century onto an educational model designed to serve the educational model designed to serve the needs of a 19needs of a 19thth century industrial society. century industrial society.
We need to take a good look at what it is We need to take a good look at what it is we want to do and how technology can we want to do and how technology can help.help.
So you think that there is a So you think that there is a shared view ….shared view ….
On what we are doing …..On what we are doing ….. There needs to be a revolution …….There needs to be a revolution …….
A Learning RevolutionA Learning Revolution
There is no doubt about it … the best time There is no doubt about it … the best time to develop the learning abilities of children to develop the learning abilities of children is before they start school….. the brain’s is before they start school….. the brain’s major routes are laid out in those early major routes are laid out in those early yearsyears
50% of a child’s ability to learn is 50% of a child’s ability to learn is developed in the first four years of lifedeveloped in the first four years of life
This makes parents the world’s most This makes parents the world’s most important educatorsimportant educators
How?How?
We need to create the environment to We need to create the environment to make it happenmake it happen
Physical …Physical … Mental …the mindsetMental …the mindset Our new interconnected globalised society Our new interconnected globalised society
requires a similar model of schooling …. requires a similar model of schooling …. An adaptable model to meet the changes An adaptable model to meet the changes
of paceof pace
What does it mean to me?What does it mean to me?
We each have a different learning style as We each have a different learning style as individual as our fingerprintsindividual as our fingerprints
Schools that teach effectively recognise Schools that teach effectively recognise this and utilise the freedom the ideas this and utilise the freedom the ideas generategenerate
We are now at a really historical We are now at a really historical turning point ….turning point ….
And the choices are …..And the choices are …..
Carry on Carry on ChangeChange
Roy EvansRoy Evans
If it is change …If it is change …
How will you handle it?How will you handle it? What will you do?What will you do? What do you need to know?What do you need to know? What is your vision?What is your vision?
I don’t want to discuss ‘carry on’ …I don’t want to discuss ‘carry on’ …
At a school near Bradford ……..At a school near Bradford ……..
The dragonThe dragon
We want to write about it …We want to write about it …
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Or dgn as 1 eyOr dgn as 1 ey
Or dgn as 1 ey.Or dgn as 1 ey.
A pause to gather strength and A pause to gather strength and
to keep focusedto keep focused ….. …..
What is it that we are What is it that we are about?about?
Little things …big thingsLittle things …big things
HardwareHardware SoftwareSoftware Structures and systemsStructures and systems Getting sucked inGetting sucked in
IssuesIssues Leadership,vision and managementLeadership,vision and management Taught or caught (in passing)Taught or caught (in passing) Teaching and learningTeaching and learning Suites by any other nameSuites by any other name Pupil access in their world to their worldPupil access in their world to their world InclusionInclusion
And the thinking is …..And the thinking is ….. Skills, competencies or techniques ?Skills, competencies or techniques ? Tool or subject ?Tool or subject ? The agents of changeThe agents of change AssessmentAssessment Managed servicesManaged services Software consumer determinedSoftware consumer determined Impact on pedagogy – NOF – OfstedImpact on pedagogy – NOF – Ofsted Impact2Impact2
Taken for GrantedTaken for Granted Teachers WILL have the tools that they Teachers WILL have the tools that they
needneed
CommentComment The conservative use of ICT has not The conservative use of ICT has not
generated enough change in outcomes to generated enough change in outcomes to initiate expenditure of energy by a great initiate expenditure of energy by a great number of teachers. number of teachers.
Change by …….Change by …….
ICT as a toolICT as a tool The essence of effective teaching is that The essence of effective teaching is that
teachers should know when, when not, teachers should know when, when not, and how to use ICT to meet their teaching and how to use ICT to meet their teaching objectives… and the needs of those being objectives… and the needs of those being taughttaught
3 Key Issues3 Key Issues
Issue 1Issue 1
the teacher has a clear view of how ICT will the teacher has a clear view of how ICT will enhance the quality of pupils' learning in the enhance the quality of pupils' learning in the subject;subject;
Issue 2Issue 2
Software and hardware is selected to ensure Software and hardware is selected to ensure that the principle tasks for the pupils are that the principle tasks for the pupils are related to the subject content and not to the related to the subject content and not to the operation or understanding of the software; operation or understanding of the software;
Issue 3Issue 3
teachers make productive use of whatever teachers make productive use of whatever ICT resource is available and appropriate to ICT resource is available and appropriate to the lesson and the learning whether, for the lesson and the learning whether, for example it is a computer suite, a robotic toy or example it is a computer suite, a robotic toy or a large screen computer displaya large screen computer display
ICT as a subjectICT as a subject
Expectations of achievement are increasing, Expectations of achievement are increasing, especially with the youngest children, and especially with the youngest children, and greater rigour is expected at higher key stages. greater rigour is expected at higher key stages.
Greater emphasis is now being placed on: Greater emphasis is now being placed on: productive, creative and discriminating use of ICT by productive, creative and discriminating use of ICT by
pupils, pupils, on them gaining a deeper understanding of the nature on them gaining a deeper understanding of the nature
of information and its many forms and of information and its many forms and on promoting initiative and independence. on promoting initiative and independence.
The impact of ICT on the The impact of ICT on the school as wholeschool as whole
The use of ICT by teachers and pupils may have The use of ICT by teachers and pupils may have an impact on the standards achieved and the an impact on the standards achieved and the quality of teaching and learning in all subjects. quality of teaching and learning in all subjects.
Whole Class TeachingWhole Class Teaching Teachers should know how to use ICT to Teachers should know how to use ICT to
enhance teaching and learningenhance teaching and learning They need access to a large ‘chooser They need access to a large ‘chooser
chart’chart’ Small steps …..big ideasSmall steps …..big ideas Match the pedagogy and then moveMatch the pedagogy and then move
…………..and at last …. you might ..and at last …. you might say …into the classroomsay …into the classroom
Transforming the way we learnTransforming the way we learn
A vision of the future of ICT in schoolsA vision of the future of ICT in schools
If we are there already ….If we are there already ….
What next ?What next ?
What will they look like?What will they look like?
It is fairly clear that in the short and It is fairly clear that in the short and medium term they will continue and play a medium term they will continue and play a vital role in ensuring that learning is vital role in ensuring that learning is available to allavailable to all
Equally important they will continue to Equally important they will continue to provide opportunities for social interactionprovide opportunities for social interaction
Estelle Morris …BETT 2002 Estelle Morris …BETT 2002 http://www.dfes.gov.uk/speeches/09_01_0http://www.dfes.gov.uk/speeches/09_01_02/2/
Are you still focused? …we are Are you still focused? …we are nearly there …nearly there …
Have you got a vision?Have you got a vision? What will you do about this? What will you do about this?
….tomorrow…next week …next year ……….tomorrow…next week …next year ……
If you can dream If you can dream it, you can do it.it, you can do it.
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