Technology in Education Facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using and managing appropriate technological processes and resources. Educational Technology includes, but is not limited to, software, hardware, as well as Internet applications and activities. chats Podcasts websites MP3 players IWBs CD-ROMs Skype wikis DVDs m-learning Second Life Blogs IPods Concordancers webquests ePortfolios Social Bookmarking

Facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using and managing appropriate technological processes and resources.

Educational Technology includes, but is not limited to, software, hardware, as well as Internet applications and activities.

chats Podcasts websites MP3 players IWBs

CD-ROMs Skype wikis DVDs m-learning

Second Life Blogs IPods Concordancers

webquests ePortfolios Social Bookmarking

What do we mean by success? Mainstream Integration of Technology in Education Students equipped with future oriented skills

Mainstream Integration of Technology in Education

Students equipped with future oriented skills

Educational Policy: Reforms & National Projects National Standards: Exams, National Curriculum Factor for Success: Technology bringing Change relevant to Educational Context

Educational Policy: Reforms & National Projects

National Standards: Exams, National Curriculum

Factor for Success: Technology bringing Change relevant to Educational Context

Stakeholders

Stakeholders

Students : Digital Natives “ We have reached the point where our students are no longer the ones that our systems were designed for, and that our teachers were trained to teach.” Marc Prensky Open Letter to Obama Administration

“ We have reached the point where our students are no longer the ones that our systems were designed for, and that our teachers were trained to teach.”

Marc Prensky

Open Letter to Obama Administration

Students: Digital Natives Factors for success: Technology forms essential 21st century skills develops independent learners appeals to kids and young adults: is motivating and cool

Factors for success:

Technology

forms essential 21st century skills

develops independent learners

appeals to kids and young adults: is motivating and cool

Teacher: the Key Change Agent Transformation of Teaching with Technology BUT Teachers: Digital immigrants Teachers Resistance HOWEVER Teachers have reasons: E.g lack of time / overloaded

Transformation of Teaching with Technology

BUT

Teachers: Digital immigrants

Teachers Resistance

HOWEVER

Teachers have reasons:

E.g lack of time / overloaded

Barriers for Integrating Technology: Teachers’ Opinions www.exeteronline.britishcouncil.org Learning Technologies Forum www.englishteachers.ru Forum on using IWBs Teacher’s groups www.vkontakte.ru Lack of skills and confidence Lack of training Resistance from superiors No extra pay for this work Technical problems Adding Technology to old methods of teaching

www.exeteronline.britishcouncil.org Learning Technologies Forum

www.englishteachers.ru Forum on using IWBs

Teacher’s groups www.vkontakte.ru

Lack of skills and confidence

Lack of training

Resistance from superiors

No extra pay for this work

Technical problems

Adding Technology to old methods of teaching

Overcoming Barriers: Factors for Success Technology should be USER-FRIENDLY Trainings: Skills, Confidence, Change attitudes and Practices Complete Solutions: technically and methodologically Creating Teachers Networks ( CoPs)

Technology should be USER-FRIENDLY

Trainings: Skills, Confidence, Change attitudes and Practices

Complete Solutions: technically and methodologically

Creating Teachers Networks ( CoPs)

Head Teachers School Administrations Decision makers Raising their awareness “ Convincing superiors involves describing benefits of technology in economic terms, e.g. helping teachers work more effectively, good for marketing and school image” Nik Peachey Factor for Success: Head Teachers and School Administrations have vision and support Technology Integration

Decision makers

Raising their awareness

“ Convincing superiors involves describing benefits of technology in economic terms, e.g. helping teachers work more effectively, good for marketing and school image” Nik Peachey

Factor for Success: Head Teachers and School Administrations have vision and support Technology Integration

Leaders: personalities, institutions, communities Influential people and organizations - innovators Factor for Success: Leaders should be involved in introducing Technology in Education

Influential people and organizations - innovators

Factor for Success: Leaders should be involved in introducing Technology in Education

LEAs Ministry of Education Support is a guarantee for quick mainstreaming of technology Financing New Teacher Appraisal Systems Factors for success : Vision and Support

Support is a guarantee for quick mainstreaming of technology

Financing

New Teacher Appraisal Systems

Factors for success : Vision and Support

Parents Range of attitudes to Technology Ignorance about the benefits of technologies: - experience of being a learner - worries about health issues Mass media: negative coverage Factors for success: Raising parents awareness of the benefits of Technology for learning; Mass Media on our side (positive image)

Range of attitudes to Technology

Ignorance about the benefits of

technologies:

- experience of being a learner

- worries about health issues

Mass media: negative coverage

Factors for success:

Raising parents awareness of the benefits of Technology for learning;

Mass Media on our side (positive image)

Businesses Factor for success: Businesses are involved via social corporate responsibility programmes Publishers Factor for success: co-operation with publishers to make Technology mainstream

Factor for success: Businesses are involved via social corporate responsibility programmes

Publishers

Factor for success: co-operation with publishers to make Technology mainstream

Manufacturers of learning technology products cutting edge products easily upgradable products consider interests of all other stakeholders and get regular feedback from them

cutting edge products

easily upgradable products

consider interests of all other stakeholders and get regular feedback from them

Factors for Success Cutting edge products relevant to the Educational context Teachers are ready to integrate technology (trained, networks created) User-friendly technology and complete solutions Support from Head Teachers, Schools administrations, LEAs , Ministry of Education

Cutting edge products relevant to the Educational context

Teachers are ready to integrate technology (trained, networks created)

User-friendly technology and complete solutions

Support from Head Teachers, Schools administrations, LEAs , Ministry of Education

Factors for Success Leaders and Mass Media involved Awareness of benefits of introducing technologies Mainstreaming (Publishers, Ministries of Education)

Leaders and Mass Media involved

Awareness of benefits of introducing technologies

Mainstreaming

(Publishers, Ministries of Education)