How ICT can help personalise learning and engage your Students Dai Thomas

Personalisation through ICT works: “ I am no technical expert but I can see what ICT can do for the children’s enthusiasm and enjoyment of learning” Kathleen Higgins Headteacher Altwood C of E School,Maidenhead

“ I am no technical expert but I can see what ICT can do for the children’s enthusiasm and enjoyment of learning”

Kathleen Higgins

Headteacher

Altwood C of E School,Maidenhead

Where Are We Now? Uses ICT inside an ICT suite Uses ICT on an immobile device Delivers content Encourages independent study but limits ICT access Establishes a culture of 9-4,only here learning (Is your school typical or are you further towards e-confidence?) A typical school…..

Uses ICT inside an ICT suite

Uses ICT on an immobile device

Delivers content

Encourages independent study but limits ICT access

Establishes a culture of 9-4,only here learning (Is your school typical or are you further towards e-confidence?)

Changing Times New uses of Internet (bi-directional tools) Media based society breeding a new generation of media centric users Low cost solutions (open source) Increasing range of smarter products at a cheaper price 14M ipods sold in the last quarter (23.5 m 2006)

New uses of Internet (bi-directional tools)

Media based society breeding a new generation of media centric users

Low cost solutions (open source)

Increasing range of smarter products at a cheaper price

14M ipods sold in the last quarter (23.5 m 2006)

Personalisation through ICT works: “ The pace of lessons has improved because of the way in which teachers are able to switch from one resource to another, call up images and interact with different software to exemplify a different way of looking at something” Bob Sawyer Headteacher All Saints Catholic High School,Sheffield

“ The pace of lessons has improved because of the way in which teachers are able to switch from one resource to another, call up images and interact with different software to exemplify a different way of looking at something”

Bob Sawyer

Headteacher

All Saints Catholic High School,Sheffield

Elements of Personalisation Interactivity: Interactive teaching,interactive learning,catering for preferred learning styles Deeper Learning: by making connections, ICT enables us to do this across all kinds of groups,crosses boundaries Student Voice: Through student voice, bi-directional communication and support networks Concurrent Activity: By concurrent engineering of learning experiences for/by learners

Interactivity: Interactive teaching,interactive learning,catering for preferred learning styles

Deeper Learning: by making connections, ICT enables us to do this across all kinds of groups,crosses boundaries

Student Voice: Through student voice, bi-directional communication and support networks

Concurrent Activity: By concurrent engineering of learning experiences for/by learners

Ideas for Innovation A podcast story for disaffected boys The Learning Platform A vidcast revision example for quadratic brackets A online peer discussion group on divorce using anonymous avatars E-mentoring Safari Hunt Game Play Field work with a difference

A podcast story for disaffected boys

The Learning Platform

A vidcast revision example for quadratic brackets

A online peer discussion group on divorce

using anonymous avatars

E-mentoring

Safari Hunt Game Play

Field work with a difference

Where Should We Be? Uses ICT throughout the campus Uses ICT on mobile devices Delivers content and receives (content, feedback, support, ideas) Encourages independent study through “open access” ICT systems Establishes a culture of anytime, anywhere learning An e-confident school…..

Uses ICT throughout the campus

Uses ICT on mobile devices

Delivers content and receives (content, feedback, support, ideas)

Encourages independent study through “open access” ICT systems

Establishes a culture of anytime, anywhere learning

Personalisation through ICT works: “ There have been whole ranges of factors which have influenced an improvement in standards within the school. One of those factors clearly is the use of ICT and e-learning as a motivating factor for students: this has also led to an enhancement in the professionalism of the staff” David Turrell Headteacher The Sir Bernard Lovell School,Bristol

“ There have been whole ranges of factors which have influenced an improvement in standards within the school. One of those factors clearly is the use of ICT and e-learning as a motivating factor for students: this has also led to an enhancement in the professionalism of the staff”

David Turrell

Headteacher

The Sir Bernard Lovell School,Bristol

Hurdles: Technological and Otherwise Change management issues CPD issues Cost implications Cultural step shift (What will be your biggest hurdle?) “ People don’t mind problems they can’t solve but hate solutions that they don’t understand” Eric Bonabeau

Change management issues

CPD issues

Cost implications

Cultural step shift

(What will be your biggest hurdle?)

Starting the Personalisation with ICT Conversation….

Think Big…Start Small! Digital Native or Digital Immigrant? (Which category do you or your SLT fit in?) Use your Digitally Native converts to champion small projects(who are these key team members?) CPD and advice streams Family schools and network support systems

Digital Native or Digital Immigrant? (Which category do you or your SLT fit in?)

Use your Digitally Native converts to champion small projects(who are these key team members?)

CPD and advice streams

Family schools and network support systems

Personalisation through ICT works: “ The way in which staff are running with the technology is great but of course it’s the students who are really the driving force because they know how to use this stuff better than some staff do” Mark Lloyd Headteacher Barking Abbey School,Essex

“ The way in which staff are running with the technology is great but of course it’s the students who are really the driving force because they know how to use this stuff better than some staff do”

Mark Lloyd

Headteacher

Barking Abbey School,Essex

Stepping Stones to Success Your planning and discussions (Think big..start small) Your personalisation project? Support networks and advice

Your planning and discussions (Think big..start small)

Your personalisation project?

Support networks

and advice

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Personalisation Through ICT Personalisation: Education has always taken a personal role at times but perhaps the technological tools are now available to make it easier to manage Personalisation: Deeper learning: by making connections, ICT enables us to do this across all kinds of groups,crosses boundaries Personalisation: Through student voice, bi-directional communication and support networks Personalisation: By concurrent engineering of learning experiences for/by learners

Personalisation: Education has always taken a personal role at times but perhaps the technological tools are now available to make it easier to manage

Personalisation: Deeper learning: by making connections, ICT enables us to do this across all kinds of groups,crosses boundaries

Personalisation: Through student voice, bi-directional communication and support networks

Personalisation: By concurrent engineering of learning experiences for/by learners

ICT: A Change Catalyst V “ Any colour - so long as it's black” Personalisation/Customisation Mass Production to Customisation

Change Process People

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