New Zealand Schools and ICTBeyond 2007

The Raumati Beach Challenge

Recognise this??

Our population has become increasingly diverse, technologies are more

sophisticated, and the demands of the workplace are more complex. Our education system must respond to

these and the other challenges of our times.

Karen Sewell

Secretary for EducationThe New Zealand Curriculum: Pg 4

Setting the Scene

Learning to think in new and different ways is more important than ever as New Zealanders

learn to take part in an increasingly global society.

Rather than being seen as a threat, the diversity that comes with more mixed and mobile

communities provides important opportunities for creative thinking

(Jane Gilbert, 2005). Catching the Knowledge Wave

• Able to follow instructions and able to find new ways of doing things

• Punctual and polite and tolerant, inclusive and open minded

• Good at retaining facts and at seeking and developing new information and knowledge

• Highly literate and numerate and creative and innovative• Good at focussed independent tasks and able to work well in

changing and diverse teams

Steve Maharey: NZ Principal 2007

The problem is…..

If we still teach like this….

We are not preparing our students for……….

For this!

Responding to the Challenge

Connected

Actively Involved

Lifelong learners

Schools should explore not only how ICT can

supplement traditional ways of teaching but also how it can open up new

and different ways of learning.

NZ Curriculum: Pg 36 E-Learning and pedagogy

What do kids do online?

Once they were…Once they were…ConsumersConsumers

Now they are……

Creators

Contributors

Communicators

Collaborators

Coordinators

Consumers were…ARE??

•Encyclopedias•How Stuff Works•Google

Creators

• Text - NeoOffice, OpenOffice

• Graphics - ArtRage, GIMP

• Sound - Audacity, GarageBand

• Video - iMovie, MovieMaker

• Games – Alice

• Web pages/sites - Nvu, iWeb

Contributors

• Blog Comments• Wikipedia• Flickr• YouTube

Communicators

• Blogs• Podcasts• Email• SMS• Skype • MySpace, Bebo

Collaborators

•WikisWikis•FrapprFrappr•43 things43 things

Coordinators

• RSS• MySpace, Bebo• Flock• Del.icio.us• Bloglines• Tagging

Copyright: Derek Wenmoth: /blog.coreed.net/derek/Wenmoth_OLE_workshop

The Crystal Ball!Move towards Web based systems – Web 2.0 (Web 3.0??)

Open Source Software

Increased demand for (Real) hi-speed

The need for Authentic Access

Online Safety Education

Resourcing the change…

Platform Stability

Increased Band-width

Making use of free web-based software

Authentic Access

Net-safe Education

A word of caution!

Here!

References

• The New Zealand Curriculum. Ministry of Education by Learning Media. 2007

• Maharey.S. 2007. Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century. New Zealand Principal Magazine.

• Wenmoth Derek. Director, eLearning. Core Education Ltd. derek@core-ed.net. Web2.0 and the. School LMS. What's the connection?

• Wenmoth Derek. Derek’s Blog. http://blog.core-ed.net/derek/