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Slide 1: Alex Savage Notre Dame High School, Norwich www.communicty.org asavage.ast@gmail.com Real Issues Real ICT Collaboration

Slide 2: Technophobe teachers wasting millions • State schools spent £1 billion on cutting-edge information technology last year but 80 per cent of them are failing to make full use of it • many teachers are intimidated by the equipment and struggle to cope, and that children have a better understanding of how it works. • We cannot always expect our schools and colleges to be at the cutting edge, but our learners shouldn’t be asked to step back in time • Teacher training in IT has to meet only vague criteria Times Online 07/01/08

Slide 3: How digital are you? • Do you have your own virtual space on the web? • Have you communicated with someone using a webcam in the last month? • Did you spend more “free time” last night on the web than watching TV? • Do you have a track on your mp3 player in a foreign language?

Slide 4: Push Media

Slide 5: Pull Media

Slide 6: Zoo Feeding Costs, KS3 ICT Animal Cost per week to Number of Total cost per feed each animal animals week for animals Lion £ 25 10 £250 Tiger £ 30 8 £240 Zebra £5 9 £45 Elephant £ 20 9 £180 Snake £5 8 £40 Penguin £5 12 £60 Sea lion £ 20 3 £60 Alligator £5 4 £20 Eagle £1 5 £5 Total/cost £900 Allowed £1000 Under spend £100

Slide 7: Average UK Family Water Use Litres used per Number of Total litres per Water uses person people day Bath 80 1 80 Shower 35 3 105 40 Loo (3 flushes) 10 4 Brushing teeth 40 (tap on) 10 4 Washing 92 Clothes 23 4 Washing up 10 4 40 Human 46 Consuption 11.5 4 Total 443 Allowed 500 Amount left 57

Slide 8: Average Malawian Water Use Total litres Water uses per day Washing self Loo (3 flushes) Brushing teeth (tap on) Washing Clothes Washing up Human Consumption Total Allowed 20 Amount left

Slide 9: orld ide Do students use the eb Web to find out about the Wider World?

Slide 10: ense f When do udience students do tasks with a real purpose for a urpose real audience?

Slide 11: • Hover your mouse over the tree. ` • When you see a pointing finger, click to learn about when I feel like that person.

Slide 12: Online Surveys Surveymonkey.com

Slide 13: Average Portions of Chips in Last 5 Days 3 2.4 2.5 Portions of Chips 2 1.58 1.5 1 0.5 0 UK USA Countries

Slide 14: Flashmeeting Email me for a free account

Slide 15: Personalised Learning in ICT • 7.1 – All about me • 7.3 – Learning to Learn • 7.4 – Water of Life • 7.5 – Energy Survey • International Day of Peace • 8.2 – Personal Website • 8.3 – Web Search, Life in Malawi • 9.2 – Global Youth Survey • 9.4 – Digital News Video All accessable at www.communicty.org

Slide 16: Teacher Network

Slide 17: Networking Teacher

Slide 18: websites • • Alex Savage igoogle • • Classroom 2.0 Page Bull • • Global Dimension Del.icio.us • • Oxfam Education Survey monkey • • BBC Newsround Bubbl.us • • TES Resource Bank edublogs • National Digital Resour

Slide 19: Alex Savage Notre Dame High School, Norwich www.communicty.org asavage.ast@gmail.com Real Issues Real ICT Collaboration