Projekt delno financirata Evropskaunija iz Evropskega socialnegasklada ter Ministrstvo za šolstvo in šport.

Leading E Competent Schools – Implementing Digital Learning

Materials

Anita Townsend – Educational Administration ConsultantOntario, Canada

ICT Strategic Plan

• Purpose – to plan system change for the effective use of ICT in all schools

• Consultation process – all stakeholders

• Development team• Pilot projects

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Paradigm Shift from Traditional Classroom to Classroom of the 21

Century

• Paradigm Shift from Traditional Classroom to Classroom of the 21 Century

• Paradigm Shift from Traditional Classroom to Classroom of the 21 Century

If you teach today the way you taught them yesterday you rob them of tomorrow

The 21 Century Learning

Environment

Digital curriculum

content - instructional strategies

Formative Assessm

entE - Portfolios

Web 2.0 collaboration

tools

Mobile devices

Interactive whiteboards

New ideas

New ideas

New ideas

THE PARADIGM SHIFT

ICT Strategic Plan Five Themes

• Accessibility• Equity• Safety-Filtering• Professional Development – to

support teachers with effective use of ICT

• Sustainability

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ICT Strategic Plan - Pilots Projects Catalysts for Change

Digital learning materials – Interactive Learning Platforms

• Pearson Connect – Interactive E Texts• Global Collaborative Learning projects –

Global Teenager

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Pearson Connect • Five content areas – Math, Science, Literacy, Geography

and History• Content designed by teachers, supports curriculum

expectations, approved by the Ministry of Education, credible and reliable

• Interactive – allows for student and teacher modification and collaboration

• Content updated by publisher • Access anywhere, anytime• Cost for online access

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Research Design

• Student Engagement survey• Teachers’ technology use• Teacher and student focus groups

Teacher Support• Orientation session• Release time for planning• Wiki

Teacher CommentsOverall increase in student engagement during class activities

Boy’s in the class were more participatory

Impact on lower achieving students – allowed more teacher time and student interaction with the material

Increase in homework completion

Increase in detail in student work

Shift in teacher role in the classroom

Student Comments

Felt more connected to their workCentralized area to access their work

Access anytime anywhere – no books to take home

More class participation – particularly in group work

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• Easy to Use

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Global Collaborative Learning

• 2.0 Information and Communication Technologies are used in order to foster communication and collaboration

• Tasks or problems to be solved are real, meaningful action oriented projects – based on themes and issues

• Links to curriculum expectations, multidisciplinary • Prepares students to become literate and responsible

members of the global community• Content created by students

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Global Teenager Project

• Global issues problems or themes• Learning circle format• Ten weeks for each project• Monitored• Research based questions• Collective wisdom and problem solving

www.globalteenager.org