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UltranetLeadership, Management and Innovation SLAV Conference
Karenina Fromhold Department of Education
Friday 4th May [email protected]
Who has heard of the Ultranet?
What have you heard about the Ultranet?
Agenda• Project Vision and Objectives• Journey • Interoperability• What will the Ultranet do?• Benefits
– Teachers– Students– Parents
• Timelines• How is the project managed?• Impact for Librarians• What can you do?
UltranetVision: The Ultranet is a powerful online environment that enhances partnerships between students, teachers and parents to support quality learning and teaching.Objectives:
Improve responsiveness to individual learning needs
Provide better information to parents, the school system and Government
Improve efficiency of the learning environment and school administration
Adopt an enterprise approach to intranet development
Exploit previous ICT investments.
History of the UltranetHow did the Ultranet come about?
A need to increase innovation and access to ICT environments in schools
Prepare students for the digital and multi-media world Increase learner participation, engagement and
achievement in education.
The Ultranet supports the following key government strategies:
Blueprint for Government Schools (Ministerial Statement 2003)
Effective Schools Model (DoE Policy 2004).
Proof of Concept – Students@CentreStudents@Centre was research and development prototype that
was developed as a proof-of-concept system in 2005.
Involved in the Students@Centre trial in 2006 were: 12 Government Schools (Primary, Secondary and Special
Development Schools) 630 Teachers 50 SSOs 10,000 Students 300 Parents.
The pilot showed that Students@Centre: increased the level of access to ICT positively changed teachers attitudes towards the use of
technology increased teachers’ capacity to prepare materials, track student
data and report on student progress enhanced teacher collaboration for curriculum planning and
delivery.
workflow processing
communication
workplace safety
online learning and teaching
security
audit tracking
content management
archiving
lesson planningtimetabling
student unique identifier
booking resources
chat
special needs
state wide initiative
school policy
booking rooms
list management discussion forum
daily organisation
notification and bulletins
reporting
student management
professional development
content publications
feedbacksubmissions
enquiry managementvideo content
user admindata backup web servers
event management
extranetsintranetsremote access
feedback online roll markingcollaboration
progress reporting
identity management
teacher unique identifier
new student report card
instant messaging
online excursion management
administration
POLTS
early intervention
individual learning plans
employee management
LCSM
learning federation
online search
notesdigital resourcesincidents
VELS
surveys
All Brought Together by One System
SPoT
Teaching & Learning
Student School
Information
CollaborationTools
ContentManagement
What will the Ultranet Do?
The Ultranet will:
Improve student learning Support the work of teachers Enable the Department to better
support schools Enhance active partnerships with
parents
What will the Ultranet Do?The Ultranet will be a complete electronic learning environment.
This will include: a repository of curriculum content and learning activities a repository of student, staff and school records available anytime (in the classroom, offsite and at home) an attendance system a timetabling system interoperability with existing school systems a reporting system an administration system a school portal
Benefits for Teachers, Principals and Administrative Staff
The Ultranet will allow the following online functionality:
Teachers:
Planning and creation of curriculum (class programs and lessons)
Access to high quality online resources Provision of feedback on student assessments Ability to mark attendance
School Administrators:
Access to whole-of-school curriculum Access to attendance details Administrative and reporting functionality
Benefits for Students
The Ultranet will allow the following online functionality for students:
Access to curriculum (class and homework details) Ability to communicate with teachers and other
students Capacity to keep a personal journal Access to digital learning objects Provision to submit school work
Benefits for Parents
Parents will be able to view their child(ren)’s progress such as:
assessment tasks school reports school attendance details
Timelines and Budget
The following timelines for the project are:
Q3 2007 Request for Tender released to the Market
Q4 2007 Evaluation of Tender submissions
Q1 2008 Contractor to begin the build of the Ultranet
Q4 2008+ Initial deployment of the Ultranet to schools
Q4 2010 All Victorian government schools access the Ultranet
$60.5m Ultranet over four years
How is Ultranet managed?
Governance of Project– Project Board– Experienced Senior Project Manager
Consultation– School Users Advisory Subcommittee– Stakeholders Advisory Subcommittee
Feedback– Research & Development Schools
Evaluation– Continuous Evaluation
Communication– Active Communication Strategy
Impact on Librarians
How will the Ultranet impact on Librarians?
• Enhance the way you work
• Connect the teacher curriculum planning area to the resource centre / library
• Share/access resources across schools
• Central repository of resources that you can access
What can you do?
• Encourage a community of ICT learning at your school• Evaluate your ICT skills using the ICT Capabilities Survey
http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/content.php?content_id=31• Encourage the use of online curriculum resources using
the Victorian Education Channel http://www.education.vic.gov.au/schools/– Blogs for Teachers– The Global Classroom Project– DigiLearn – Learning Federation Objects
• How can you support other teachers in your school?
Questions?