Fundamental 1 - Technology is just a tool in the box - won’t being a rise in standards on its own. Appropriate use of technology.
Fundamental 2 - staff training and support. Technology must better enable students to learn. Staff must be clear how the technology can support learning and teaching if standards are to increase. I value peoples professionalism and work with people, really listening to their needs. For example within Geograpy team polar-opposies in new-technology experience, working with them to tailor what they need to transform their practice. A little goes a long way. E.g., how do you prefer to lead learning within your classroom? Get the tech to meet these needs rather than have to shoe-horn into the tech
Everything that I’m going to speak about meets these two fundamental points. In addition, I have used open source software as well as VLEs. Have often found that software at my favorite price can be just as or more effectiuve than large solutions. However, have chosen these examples as many of them they are what I would expect from a VLE - the one-stop-shop.
Going now to outline some of the simple, yet effective ways of raising standards.
Assessment - how do we feedback to pupils?
Behaviour -
Collaboration and Communication
Assessment.
Using new technolgies to improve interventions, with the better data tracking the school has developed this could tie in. For example:
Buzzwords - or uploading documents to the VLE and working on the online. Teacgers can commebt, feedback, intervene, collaborate. Increase in interventions incresaed from 4-5 per student to near 15 last year using the VLE. C/D students especially apprectaite the more immediate feedback - less likely to attend special classes and catch up as they don’t want to lose face in front of their peers - no one knows online (this comes from surveymonkey feedback from pupil voice).
Slideshare allows all 30 presentations to be uploaded and commented on by peers and teachers. Great for AfL and improvement. Gives a real audience - I’l talk about this later.
Using blogs to feedback on progress - online scrapbooks. The are not going to
Assessment.
Using new technolgies to improve interventions, with the better data tracking the school has developed this could tie in. For example:
Buzzwords - or uploading documents to the VLE and working on the online. Teacgers can commebt, feedback, intervene, collaborate. Increase in interventions incresaed from 4-5 per student to near 15 last year using the VLE. C/D students especially apprectaite the more immediate feedback - less likely to attend special classes and catch up as they don’t want to lose face in front of their peers - no one knows online (this comes from surveymonkey feedback from pupil voice).
Slideshare allows all 30 presentations to be uploaded and commented on by peers and teachers. Great for AfL and improvement. Gives a real audience - I’l talk about this later.
Using blogs to feedback on progress - online scrapbooks. The are not going to
Assessment.
Using new technolgies to improve interventions, with the better data tracking the school has developed this could tie in. For example:
Buzzwords - or uploading documents to the VLE and working on the online. Teacgers can commebt, feedback, intervene, collaborate. Increase in interventions incresaed from 4-5 per student to near 15 last year using the VLE. C/D students especially apprectaite the more immediate feedback - less likely to attend special classes and catch up as they don’t want to lose face in front of their peers - no one knows online (this comes from surveymonkey feedback from pupil voice).
Slideshare allows all 30 presentations to be uploaded and commented on by peers and teachers. Great for AfL and improvement. Gives a real audience - I’l talk about this later.
Using blogs to feedback on progress - online scrapbooks. The are not going to
Behaviour
Huge issue. Real time behaviour management, from the School Profile I believe that you are already using SIMs lesson monitor for internal truancy
Games based learning to improve transition between your close feeder schools and to improve literacy and numeracy, cooperation and the PLTS agenda (Ollie Bray credit idea to a virtual colleague)
Vivomiles - story of promoting positive behaviour and recogising those learners who get it right most of the time by linking to achievement, attendance and effort. Also the business and curriculum links - how to manage an online banking account, interest, tax to charities (community links of Brookfield), positive
motivation - plugging into pupils informal learning habits - replicating their design. Getting students to help with the design and function of the VLE
Audience - giving a real audience to pupils - increase motivation, pupils work on real projects, for example in ICT a class or even year group could collaborate on a project with a real outcome - why use fictitious events? By sharing work it would be possible for SLT, other staff, pupils, parents to comment and see work - making work more valuabel and increasing confidence
Behaviour
Huge issue. Real time behaviour management, from the School Profile I believe that you are already using SIMs lesson monitor for internal truancy
Games based learning to improve transition between your close feeder schools and to improve literacy and numeracy, cooperation and the PLTS agenda (Ollie Bray credit idea to a virtual colleague)
Vivomiles - story of promoting positive behaviour and recogising those learners who get it right most of the time by linking to achievement, attendance and effort. Also the business and curriculum links - how to manage an online banking account, interest, tax to charities (community links of Brookfield), positive
motivation - plugging into pupils informal learning habits - replicating their design. Getting students to help with the design and function of the VLE
Audience - giving a real audience to pupils - increase motivation, pupils work on real projects, for example in ICT a class or even year group could collaborate on a project with a real outcome - why use fictitious events? By sharing work it would be possible for SLT, other staff, pupils, parents to comment and see work - making work more valuabel and increasing confidence
Behaviour
Huge issue. Real time behaviour management, from the School Profile I believe that you are already using SIMs lesson monitor for internal truancy
Games based learning to improve transition between your close feeder schools and to improve literacy and numeracy, cooperation and the PLTS agenda (Ollie Bray credit idea to a virtual colleague)
Vivomiles - story of promoting positive behaviour and recogising those learners who get it right most of the time by linking to achievement, attendance and effort. Also the business and curriculum links - how to manage an online banking account, interest, tax to charities (community links of Brookfield), positive
motivation - plugging into pupils informal learning habits - replicating their design. Getting students to help with the design and function of the VLE
Audience - giving a real audience to pupils - increase motivation, pupils work on real projects, for example in ICT a class or even year group could collaborate on a project with a real outcome - why use fictitious events? By sharing work it would be possible for SLT, other staff, pupils, parents to comment and see work - making work more valuabel and increasing confidence
Behaviour
Huge issue. Real time behaviour management, from the School Profile I believe that you are already using SIMs lesson monitor for internal truancy
Games based learning to improve transition between your close feeder schools and to improve literacy and numeracy, cooperation and the PLTS agenda (Ollie Bray credit idea to a virtual colleague)
Vivomiles - story of promoting positive behaviour and recogising those learners who get it right most of the time by linking to achievement, attendance and effort. Also the business and curriculum links - how to manage an online banking account, interest, tax to charities (community links of Brookfield), positive
motivation - plugging into pupils informal learning habits - replicating their design. Getting students to help with the design and function of the VLE
Audience - giving a real audience to pupils - increase motivation, pupils work on real projects, for example in ICT a class or even year group could collaborate on a project with a real outcome - why use fictitious events? By sharing work it would be possible for SLT, other staff, pupils, parents to comment and see work - making work more valuabel and increasing confidence
Leads into collaboration. The best way to improve standards and achievement is for staff and pupils to connect with and develop Personal Learning Networks. CPD continuously, huge impact upon practice and learning. Brookfield’s VLE should facilitate the sort of collaboration talked about here, within a ‘safe’ online environment.
1. Flash-meeting - time for individuals to meet up, this could be done at Brookfield, one way in which teachers can collaborate in a large school even if there is no physical space - could classes collaborate? Have used with Year 11 revision classes over Easter and in lead up to exams - all meet and go through. Sessions can be viewed at a later date
2. Leads into developing wiki’s - sharing good practice - ‘What did you do well today?’ encourages collaboration between teachers - shared documents and ideas, a place to talk about issues, can sit upon the VLE. Raises standards by sharing good practice. Collaborative revision documents, create a Brook-pedia
3. Examples of collaborative documents - could Brookfield become a hub for cross-institution collaboration? Not reinventing the wheel but freeing up teacher time and sharing good practice.
4. Twitter, I use with classes and also to keep in touch with developing practice - ‘Is there a better way to.....’ Within a busy and large school such as Brookfield a Twitter-style secure instant messaging service could be available to ease communication. For example a cross-curricular project at Priory it was almost impossible for myself and head of PE to meet - by using a message board within the VLE we were able to share ideas a produce a collaborative document. Twitter is not a gimmick if used well. Give example of cheese on toast. Improves motivation and gives real experience of handling data and an audience. VLE could host this sort of micro-blogging easing communication between all stakeholders, from community, staff, SLT, parents.......
5. Blogs, by spending 10-15 minutes each day reading blogs written by educationalists my practice has been transformed. Linking into national and international networks gives a sense of pride and professionalism. Department, student and teacher blogs on a VLE to share good practice and raise standards
Leads into collaboration. The best way to improve standards and achievement is for staff and pupils to connect with and develop Personal Learning Networks. CPD continuously, huge impact upon practice and learning. Brookfield’s VLE should facilitate the sort of collaboration talked about here, within a ‘safe’ online environment.
1. Flash-meeting - time for individuals to meet up, this could be done at Brookfield, one way in which teachers can collaborate in a large school even if there is no physical space - could classes collaborate? Have used with Year 11 revision classes over Easter and in lead up to exams - all meet and go through. Sessions can be viewed at a later date
2. Leads into developing wiki’s - sharing good practice - ‘What did you do well today?’ encourages collaboration between teachers - shared documents and ideas, a place to talk about issues, can sit upon the VLE. Raises standards by sharing good practice. Collaborative revision documents, create a Brook-pedia
3. Examples of collaborative documents - could Brookfield become a hub for cross-institution collaboration? Not reinventing the wheel but freeing up teacher time and sharing good practice.
4. Twitter, I use with classes and also to keep in touch with developing practice - ‘Is there a better way to.....’ Within a busy and large school such as Brookfield a Twitter-style secure instant messaging service could be available to ease communication. For example a cross-curricular project at Priory it was almost impossible for myself and head of PE to meet - by using a message board within the VLE we were able to share ideas a produce a collaborative document. Twitter is not a gimmick if used well. Give example of cheese on toast. Improves motivation and gives real experience of handling data and an audience. VLE could host this sort of micro-blogging easing communication between all stakeholders, from community, staff, SLT, parents.......
5. Blogs, by spending 10-15 minutes each day reading blogs written by educationalists my practice has been transformed. Linking into national and international networks gives a sense of pride and professionalism. Department, student and teacher blogs on a VLE to share good practice and raise standards
Leads into collaboration. The best way to improve standards and achievement is for staff and pupils to connect with and develop Personal Learning Networks. CPD continuously, huge impact upon practice and learning. Brookfield’s VLE should facilitate the sort of collaboration talked about here, within a ‘safe’ online environment.
1. Flash-meeting - time for individuals to meet up, this could be done at Brookfield, one way in which teachers can collaborate in a large school even if there is no physical space - could classes collaborate? Have used with Year 11 revision classes over Easter and in lead up to exams - all meet and go through. Sessions can be viewed at a later date
2. Leads into developing wiki’s - sharing good practice - ‘What did you do well today?’ encourages collaboration between teachers - shared documents and ideas, a place to talk about issues, can sit upon the VLE. Raises standards by sharing good practice. Collaborative revision documents, create a Brook-pedia
3. Examples of collaborative documents - could Brookfield become a hub for cross-institution collaboration? Not reinventing the wheel but freeing up teacher time and sharing good practice.
4. Twitter, I use with classes and also to keep in touch with developing practice - ‘Is there a better way to.....’ Within a busy and large school such as Brookfield a Twitter-style secure instant messaging service could be available to ease communication. For example a cross-curricular project at Priory it was almost impossible for myself and head of PE to meet - by using a message board within the VLE we were able to share ideas a produce a collaborative document. Twitter is not a gimmick if used well. Give example of cheese on toast. Improves motivation and gives real experience of handling data and an audience. VLE could host this sort of micro-blogging easing communication between all stakeholders, from community, staff, SLT, parents.......
5. Blogs, by spending 10-15 minutes each day reading blogs written by educationalists my practice has been transformed. Linking into national and international networks gives a sense of pride and professionalism. Department, student and teacher blogs on a VLE to share good practice and raise standards
Leads into collaboration. The best way to improve standards and achievement is for staff and pupils to connect with and develop Personal Learning Networks. CPD continuously, huge impact upon practice and learning. Brookfield’s VLE should facilitate the sort of collaboration talked about here, within a ‘safe’ online environment.
1. Flash-meeting - time for individuals to meet up, this could be done at Brookfield, one way in which teachers can collaborate in a large school even if there is no physical space - could classes collaborate? Have used with Year 11 revision classes over Easter and in lead up to exams - all meet and go through. Sessions can be viewed at a later date
2. Leads into developing wiki’s - sharing good practice - ‘What did you do well today?’ encourages collaboration between teachers - shared documents and ideas, a place to talk about issues, can sit upon the VLE. Raises standards by sharing good practice. Collaborative revision documents, create a Brook-pedia
3. Examples of collaborative documents - could Brookfield become a hub for cross-institution collaboration? Not reinventing the wheel but freeing up teacher time and sharing good practice.
4. Twitter, I use with classes and also to keep in touch with developing practice - ‘Is there a better way to.....’ Within a busy and large school such as Brookfield a Twitter-style secure instant messaging service could be available to ease communication. For example a cross-curricular project at Priory it was almost impossible for myself and head of PE to meet - by using a message board within the VLE we were able to share ideas a produce a collaborative document. Twitter is not a gimmick if used well. Give example of cheese on toast. Improves motivation and gives real experience of handling data and an audience. VLE could host this sort of micro-blogging easing communication between all stakeholders, from community, staff, SLT, parents.......
5. Blogs, by spending 10-15 minutes each day reading blogs written by educationalists my practice has been transformed. Linking into national and international networks gives a sense of pride and professionalism. Department, student and teacher blogs on a VLE to share good practice and raise standards
Leads into collaboration. The best way to improve standards and achievement is for staff and pupils to connect with and develop Personal Learning Networks. CPD continuously, huge impact upon practice and learning. Brookfield’s VLE should facilitate the sort of collaboration talked about here, within a ‘safe’ online environment.
1. Flash-meeting - time for individuals to meet up, this could be done at Brookfield, one way in which teachers can collaborate in a large school even if there is no physical space - could classes collaborate? Have used with Year 11 revision classes over Easter and in lead up to exams - all meet and go through. Sessions can be viewed at a later date
2. Leads into developing wiki’s - sharing good practice - ‘What did you do well today?’ encourages collaboration between teachers - shared documents and ideas, a place to talk about issues, can sit upon the VLE. Raises standards by sharing good practice. Collaborative revision documents, create a Brook-pedia
3. Examples of collaborative documents - could Brookfield become a hub for cross-institution collaboration? Not reinventing the wheel but freeing up teacher time and sharing good practice.
4. Twitter, I use with classes and also to keep in touch with developing practice - ‘Is there a better way to.....’ Within a busy and large school such as Brookfield a Twitter-style secure instant messaging service could be available to ease communication. For example a cross-curricular project at Priory it was almost impossible for myself and head of PE to meet - by using a message board within the VLE we were able to share ideas a produce a collaborative document. Twitter is not a gimmick if used well. Give example of cheese on toast. Improves motivation and gives real experience of handling data and an audience. VLE could host this sort of micro-blogging easing communication between all stakeholders, from community, staff, SLT, parents.......
5. Blogs, by spending 10-15 minutes each day reading blogs written by educationalists my practice has been transformed. Linking into national and international networks gives a sense of pride and professionalism. Department, student and teacher blogs on a VLE to share good practice and raise standards
Leads into collaboration. The best way to improve standards and achievement is for staff and pupils to connect with and develop Personal Learning Networks. CPD continuously, huge impact upon practice and learning. Brookfield’s VLE should facilitate the sort of collaboration talked about here, within a ‘safe’ online environment.
1. Flash-meeting - time for individuals to meet up, this could be done at Brookfield, one way in which teachers can collaborate in a large school even if there is no physical space - could classes collaborate? Have used with Year 11 revision classes over Easter and in lead up to exams - all meet and go through. Sessions can be viewed at a later date
2. Leads into developing wiki’s - sharing good practice - ‘What did you do well today?’ encourages collaboration between teachers - shared documents and ideas, a place to talk about issues, can sit upon the VLE. Raises standards by sharing good practice. Collaborative revision documents, create a Brook-pedia
3. Examples of collaborative documents - could Brookfield become a hub for cross-institution collaboration? Not reinventing the wheel but freeing up teacher time and sharing good practice.
4. Twitter, I use with classes and also to keep in touch with developing practice - ‘Is there a better way to.....’ Within a busy and large school such as Brookfield a Twitter-style secure instant messaging service could be available to ease communication. For example a cross-curricular project at Priory it was almost impossible for myself and head of PE to meet - by using a message board within the VLE we were able to share ideas a produce a collaborative document. Twitter is not a gimmick if used well. Give example of cheese on toast. Improves motivation and gives real experience of handling data and an audience. VLE could host this sort of micro-blogging easing communication between all stakeholders, from community, staff, SLT, parents.......
5. Blogs, by spending 10-15 minutes each day reading blogs written by educationalists my practice has been transformed. Linking into national and international networks gives a sense of pride and professionalism. Department, student and teacher blogs on a VLE to share good practice and raise standards
Leads into collaboration. The best way to improve standards and achievement is for staff and pupils to connect with and develop Personal Learning Networks. CPD continuously, huge impact upon practice and learning. Brookfield’s VLE should facilitate the sort of collaboration talked about here, within a ‘safe’ online environment.
1. Flash-meeting - time for individuals to meet up, this could be done at Brookfield, one way in which teachers can collaborate in a large school even if there is no physical space - could classes collaborate? Have used with Year 11 revision classes over Easter and in lead up to exams - all meet and go through. Sessions can be viewed at a later date
2. Leads into developing wiki’s - sharing good practice - ‘What did you do well today?’ encourages collaboration between teachers - shared documents and ideas, a place to talk about issues, can sit upon the VLE. Raises standards by sharing good practice. Collaborative revision documents, create a Brook-pedia
3. Examples of collaborative documents - could Brookfield become a hub for cross-institution collaboration? Not reinventing the wheel but freeing up teacher time and sharing good practice.
4. Twitter, I use with classes and also to keep in touch with developing practice - ‘Is there a better way to.....’ Within a busy and large school such as Brookfield a Twitter-style secure instant messaging service could be available to ease communication. For example a cross-curricular project at Priory it was almost impossible for myself and head of PE to meet - by using a message board within the VLE we were able to share ideas a produce a collaborative document. Twitter is not a gimmick if used well. Give example of cheese on toast. Improves motivation and gives real experience of handling data and an audience. VLE could host this sort of micro-blogging easing communication between all stakeholders, from community, staff, SLT, parents.......
5. Blogs, by spending 10-15 minutes each day reading blogs written by educationalists my practice has been transformed. Linking into national and international networks gives a sense of pride and professionalism. Department, student and teacher blogs on a VLE to share good practice and raise standards
This is without the utilization of pupil’s own mobile devices, unconferences, student radio and podcast news.
Back to culture change and staff support.