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Building Schools for the Future Transforming the Learning Landscape in Birmingham

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Building Schools for the Future. Transforming the Learning Landscape in Birmingham. A vision of education. A vision of education. Opening up. access to global knowledge, information and communication. growing up in a world surrounded by technology - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Building Schools for the Future

Transforming the Learning Landscape in Birmingham

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A vision of education

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A vision of education

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Opening up

• access to global knowledge, information and communication.

• growing up in a world surrounded by technology • regarding and using ICT as a natural part of their

everyday life and environment

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Children of the 21st century

• now entered our schools • will have the opportunities to learn vital skills and

achieve their potential • develop as effective and responsible citizens • able to contribute positively to community and

social development as well as their own.

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Learning in the 21st century

• harness the power of new and emerging technology

• learning can take place how, where and when it is most appropriate

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Guiding principles

• Flexibility• Innovation• Partnership• Reliability• Security• Citizen participation in learning communities.

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Our vision

• flexible and accessible learning environments • enable transformation of the learning process• liberate and facilitate learning rather than to

confine and constrain• integrated approach, enabling the development

of true e-mature communities of learners able to initiate and exploit learning opportunities anywhere and at any time

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Our vision

• acknowledge the ever-changing ICT landscape • ensure that learners are always able to gain

maximum benefit as new and emergent technologies are developed

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Major impact on the curriculum

• enabling learning to become a personalised model

• planned between learners and teachers • Teachers become enablers of learning, with the

learning no longer constrained by “subject boundaries”

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Shift of curriculum emphasis

• towards learning skills:– searching– analytical– interpretive – presentational

• giving the learner a sense of independence and control

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Shift of curriculum emphasis

• focus on learning skills and collaboration rather than subject content

• reflects the changes and challenges learners will face in later life

• enabling greater access and flexibility in curriculum delivery, particularly as requirements change.

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Differentiated materials and expertise

• access facilitated by the learners’ use of ICT• greater range of learning pathways for

individuals• enabling learners to move seamlessly between

one learning environment and another• development of curriculum pathways supporting

minority subjects by using learning communities, web and video conferencing.

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Learning Space

• can work appropriately, whether independently or in large and small group learning experiences

• may include distance learning or videoconferencing

• range of learning and teaching styles • designed collaboratively by educational and

architectural professionals along with the learners

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Learning Space

• thinking innovatively about creating spaces and buildings

• able to work and evolve in future years, enabling use to be made of emerging technologies

• “ICT-rich” and facilitate access to equipment for generating, displaying, storing and interacting with learning technologies and content

• use PPLD to connect to the school’s infrastructure and resources

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Access

• Personal Portable Learning Device (PPLD)• Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)• ICT resources and communications• allow links to cultural homelands and communities• facilitate continued learning for learners making

extended visits abroad.

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Access

• help foster good communications in our local communities

• break barriers of ignorance which create intolerance and fear

• enable communities to maintain diverse family and cultural links

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Transform working lives

• enabling the sharing of good practice • true community not constrained by location or

time• conduct professional conversations with others • develop personal portfolios and access on-line

mentoring • enhanced potential for professional development

at times appropriate to the individual

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Engagement

• with care and other professionals concerned with children’s development

• give an emphasis on the “whole child” • systems interoperable and compatible with those

of other agencies

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Professional Development

• professional development is a high priority • development of pedagogy and raising standards.

• CLCs engaged in innovative work in curriculum

development and associated ICT training• CLCs as Centres of Innovation so that best

practice can be developed for learners, teachers and support staff

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How will we know?

• integral to improving learning and teaching across all subjects and ages, in and beyond educational settings;

• improved access to learning for all with a diverse range of individual needs

• used as a tool for whole-school improvement• ICT capability is developed and is valued as

essential for participation in today’s global society and economy

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How will we know?

• identify, promote and celebrate best practice where ICT enhances learning

• appropriate ICT is available and used routinely and regularly

• schools become hubs for community learning, communication and information