Technology in Education

Simon BrindleDeputy Director, School Management and EffectivenessWelsh Assembly Government

September 2010

30,000+ four year olds started school this month

• What will the World look like when they leave school in 2024?

• What must we adopt and adapt to educate them effectively?

Where technology is going?

• High skill, technology-rich economy

• Digital communication explosion

• Processing power will drive unthought of possibilities

Where children are going?

• The technology most children experience outside schools is far superior to what schools have

• Social networking has transformed the lives of the under 25s

Making schools more effectiveOur aims are to:• Achieve better learning

outcomes and wellbeing for all children and young people regardless of their socio economic background; and

• Reduce the variation in learning outcomes within and between classrooms, schools and local authorities

No school can be truly effective without effective use of technology

Technology changes the way we teach and learn

• Teaching and learning based around learners not institutions– Personalised learning– Online content– Independent learning– Peer-to-peer learning

• Nature of teaching changes– Solo performer (creating content)– DJ (orchestrating content)

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Transforming teaching and learning

• The post-16 transformation agenda and the 21st Century Schools programme will make the investments and changes needed to deliver local and national priorities

• Codesigning a national standard for ICT

Transforming education services

• Systems to empower school management

• Technology will drive transformation in the management of education and underpinning infrastructure

£££s

Technology in Education• Keep up with technology (and

our children)

• Make the education system as efficient as possible through technology-enabled change

• Education must drive technology need, not technology driving education

Old teaching + new technology = expensive old teaching

New technology + change in learning practice = enhanced outcomes