How do we engage the Net Generation? Robert Bashforth – T&L Manager ICT - Birkdale High School, Dewsbury, UK [email_address] [email_address] Skype rob0960 We need to communicate in ways with which they are familiar

Robert Bashforth – T&L Manager ICT - Birkdale High School, Dewsbury, UK

[email_address]

[email_address]

Skype rob0960

More and more everyday items have an IP address Already… Fridges can re-order food Toilets can analyse waste and prescribe changes to diet Billboard adverts can talk to you by name as you walk past Every person is more and more a part of the Global Net The Internet is ubiquitous

Owns a mobile phone, an iPod, a PC and a games console Multi-tasks and interacts with Web 2.0 Regularly uses MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, MSN chat, Bebo, Flickr , etc etc… A typical ‘Net Gen’ person

Education in the year 2015 There will be a drift away from traditional school buildings to global ‘virtual’ networks Education 2015 : anytime/anywhere modular, roll-on, roll-off schools have ‘catchy’ names

There will be a drift away from traditional school buildings to global ‘virtual’ networks

Education 2015 :

anytime/anywhere

modular, roll-on, roll-off

schools have ‘catchy’ names

New centres of learning Smart buildings Configurable classrooms with snap furniture Wireless but always connected Portable use-as-you-find technologies Fewer corridors Mixed-age groups Integrated health centres En suite toilets and water dispensers in all classrooms

Smart buildings

Configurable classrooms with snap furniture

Wireless but always connected

Portable use-as-you-find technologies

Fewer corridors

Mixed-age groups

Integrated health centres

En suite toilets and water dispensers in all classrooms

The new curriculum Multimedia E-curriculum 24/7 No longer based on Year group Flexible and adaptive, tailored to each person Students take exams ‘when ready’ Project based

Multimedia E-curriculum 24/7

No longer based on Year group

Flexible and adaptive, tailored to each person

Students take exams ‘when ready’

Project based

Parent Portals Bring together disparate electronic systems within schools so that parents can view: Attendance Behaviour and Achievement logs Merits and commendations Reports and Assessments Library loans Websites recently visited by learners School trips, clubs and extra-curricular activities

Bring together disparate electronic systems within schools so that parents can view:

Attendance

Behaviour and Achievement logs

Merits and commendations

Reports and Assessments

Library loans

Websites recently visited by learners

School trips, clubs and extra-curricular activities

V irtual L earning E nvironments 24/7 anytime, anywhere learning Download resources Participate in discussion groups and forums Upload assignments Create podcasts Fill out impact surveys Usage tracking

24/7 anytime, anywhere learning

Download resources

Participate in discussion groups and forums

Upload assignments

Create podcasts

Fill out impact surveys

Usage tracking

Portable technology - Learners can pick up anywhere Interactive whiteboards Wireless logon/Projectors Laptops/Tablet PCs Handheld interactive systems Mobile phones?

Interactive whiteboards

Wireless logon/Projectors

Laptops/Tablet PCs

Handheld interactive systems

Mobile phones?

Hi-performance graphic and web technologies Hi-quality wall displays Learners own their environment Imminent publication raises standards Web sites and magazines by learners 4 learners

Hi-quality wall displays

Learners own their environment

Imminent publication raises standards

Web sites and magazines by learners 4 learners

A myriad of uses for Digital Video Teachers and students create and show their own movies and stop motion animations Dartfish performance analysis for PE and Dance etc Movie-style reviews for E-portfolios

Teachers and students create and show their own movies and stop motion animations

Dartfish performance analysis for PE and Dance etc

Movie-style reviews for E-portfolios

Personal Response Systems Instant polls and graphs of responses Detailed analysis of responses transparent to users Can identify weak areas and target for revision

Instant polls and graphs of responses

Detailed analysis of responses transparent to users

Can identify weak areas and target for revision

International Collaborative Opportunities Email Skype Flashmeeting Webinars V-conf Examples – Tsunami survivor relates the experience Offsite ask-the-expert sessions What did you have for breakfast today (e-pen pal in France)?

Email

Skype

Flashmeeting

Webinars

V-conf

Examples – Tsunami survivor relates the experience

Offsite ask-the-expert sessions

What did you have for breakfast today (e-pen pal in France)?

Collaborative documents – multiple authors in real-time Concept maps on ‘Mindmeister’ Diagrams on ‘Gliffy’ ‘ Google Docs’ Word processors Slideshows Spreadsheets

Concept maps on ‘Mindmeister’

Diagrams on ‘Gliffy’

‘ Google Docs’

Word processors

Slideshows

Spreadsheets

DIY Social Networking Ning allows secure, self-contained forums Share pictures Share Videos Facebook style social networking within school

Ning allows secure, self-contained forums

Share pictures

Share Videos

Facebook style social networking within school

E-Mentoring using free V-conf 6th Form students, Year 11 students and Support Staff are a very valuable, previously untapped resource Revision Coursework mentoring Mentoring for parents School transition

6th Form students, Year 11 students and Support Staff are a very valuable, previously untapped resource

Revision

Coursework mentoring

Mentoring for parents

School transition

Blogs/Podcasts Multimedia weblogs Online reflective journals – lifelong learning Start in Primary School – What do they produce by the time they reach College? Superb for Student Voice Archive all lessons and transmit to mobile phones and other media

Multimedia weblogs

Online reflective journals – lifelong learning

Start in Primary School – What do they produce by the time they reach College?

Superb for Student Voice

Archive all lessons and transmit to mobile phones and other media

Wiki’s A website that no one owns (or everybody owns) Imminent publishing raises standards Input can be viewed and assessed from anywhere in the world Widgets make wiki’s hugely versatile and powerful Teachers just start the first sentence………..

A website that no one owns (or everybody owns)

Imminent publishing raises standards

Input can be viewed and assessed from anywhere in the world

Widgets make wiki’s hugely versatile and powerful

Webquests Online journeys through approved websites Move beyond the ‘scavenger hunt’ Encourage students to use higher order thinking skills I.e. publish a pro or anti leaflet about what you have found etc Present your findings using a narrated PowerPoint etc

Online journeys through approved websites

Move beyond the ‘scavenger hunt’

Encourage students to use higher order thinking skills

I.e. publish a pro or anti leaflet about what you have found etc

Present your findings using a narrated PowerPoint etc

Example: DoomEd A shooter game Players move through tunnels, corridors and rooms Use puzzles from science curriculum (e.g. radiation levels) to progress through levels Games

A shooter game

Players move through tunnels, corridors and rooms

Use puzzles from science curriculum (e.g. radiation levels) to progress through levels

Mobile Phones the ultimate learning tool? More mobile phones than people 83 million text messages sent every day Average age of having first mobile phone is 8 Users capture, manipulate, publish and share

More mobile phones than people

83 million text messages sent every day

Average age of having first mobile phone is 8

Users capture, manipulate, publish and share

The ‘Multivision’ project at Birkdale High School Learners create promo videos for a fictitious mobile download site Movies are saved in MPEG4 format Learners bluetooth the completed movies to each other’s mobile phones

Learners create promo videos for a fictitious mobile download site

Movies are saved in MPEG4 format

Learners bluetooth the completed movies to each other’s mobile phones

G-Cast Ring a free phone number Record an audio podcast from a mobile phone Embed your podcast into a web page of your choice in under 10 minutes

Ring a free phone number

Record an audio podcast from a mobile phone

Embed your podcast into a web page of your choice in under 10 minutes

How do we engage the Net Generation? Robert Bashforth – T&L Manager ICT - Birkdale High School, Dewsbury, UK [email_address] [email_address] Skype rob0960 We have to meet them on their own terms , embrace change, look positively at new developments, encourage mobile learning and allow them to teach us

Robert Bashforth – T&L Manager ICT - Birkdale High School, Dewsbury, UK

[email_address]

[email_address]

Skype rob0960