SWGfL ICT Conference 7th July 2011. Session 3h 'Engaging parents in learning through ICT: the good, the bad and the ugly.' Hosted by Iain Williams, Deputy Headteacher, Bradley Stoke Community School
4. Current Y6 parents coming into Y7 OR Pre-school parents coming into YR Many of them will stay connected to your school longer than a significant proportion of your colleagues… SO… what is the balance of time and effort invested in your parent body compared to that of your staff body ? THINK ABOUT
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6. Our journey with technology 2005 24hr school 2007/8 EPRA 2009 FROG 2009 Texting 2009 Website review 2009 PEP 2010 Digital Signage 2011 PEP/online booking 2011 Online event management
7. Warwick University Research – Alma Harris 80% of factors affecting children happen in the home, only 20% in school Why do schools put 100% effort into addressing 20% of the problem? Where is our focus? Home School 80% 20%
22. Website & Digital Signage ICT – parental engagement tools Simple and fresh Updating – anyone? Bottlenecks QA/QC systems Open Source? Link to other info systems
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25. ICT – parental engagement tools 9th most visited website in 2009 Free online repository for all your online presentations Basic analytics in free version Can link to your website via a really simple widget Inspiration for your own presentations – any theme Loads of other features: MP3, video, webinar, PDF/MS Office share
35. By 2014, South Korea plans to digitize all elementary level materials. By 2015, the entire curriculum will be delivered via an online device. A cloud-based system will host all software and content… MIT Technology Review