This document discusses ensuring that learning technologies have an impact. It summarizes the journey of a school in implementing a 1:1 iPad program covering all students and staff. Key aspects included a focus on continuous professional development for teachers, building a community of support through partnerships, and using iPads and apps to accelerate student learning through more flexible, personalized, and asynchronous options. Assessment data indicated positive impact on student results from the program.

1. Ensuring that
learning
technologies have
impact…
Greg Hughes
Vice-Principal: Learning
Technologies & Curriculum
The de Ferrers Academy

2. greg@deferrers.com
@deepexperience1

3. Questions?
https://todaysmeet.com/SSAT

4. Spot the difference

5. Spot the difference
Reading the
news privately
Reading, sharing and
creating the news
Chatting, blogging
Organising work
Creating presentations
Relaxing, playing

6. Mobile World

7. 640,000 gigabytes of data transferred
204 million emails sent
100,000 new tweets
47,000 app downloads
20 million Flickr photo views
20 new victims of identity theft
6 new Wikipedia articles published
30 hours of video uploaded to YouTube
1.3 million YouTube video views
2+ million Google search queries
6 million Facebook views
100+ new LinkedIn accounts
1300 new mobile phone users
What happens in an internet minute?
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137,000 Instagram photos uploaded
107,000 Skype calls
4,100 smartphones sold

8. Navigating the new education landscape

9. 1.Vision

10. • To improve student learning outcomes
• Equip all our students and staff with
“21st century” digital learning tools
• Ensure 1:1 programme is both 100%
inclusive and sustainable
• To leverage potential of mobile learning
technologies to support 24/7 access to
learning
1:1 Vision

11. Areas of focus
Continuous Professional Development
Inclusion
Collaboration/Communication
24/7Accesstoresources
Leadership & Vision
1:1 iPad Strategy
AssessmentForLearning
Creativity
DigitalWorkflow
Leadership & Vision
Continuous Professional Development
1:1 iPad Strategy

12. Free on iBooks store

13. Free on iBooks store

14. Involving all students
in staff & peer
discussions to
support learning, via
sharing best practice,
feedback and peer
mentoring
Collaboration
Underpinning Pedagogy
Resources
Providing all teaching
staff and students
with engaging and
relevant resources
that are consistently
good quality.
Assessment
for learning
Integrating apps
through workflow
systems to collate
data, assess student
understanding and
support
differentiation
Modelling
Using various apps,
web tools and
display technologies
to share work
and model student
ideas and skills in
real-time.

15. Teachers
Students
Collaboration Resources
Assessment
for learning
Modelling
iTunes U
Twitter
FaceTime
Verso Socrative
Showbie
Edmodo
iMovie
Keynote
AirPlayExplain
Everything
iBooks
Google
Drive

16. SAMR model
Substitution
Tech acts as a direct tool substitute, with no
Augmentation
Tech acts as a direct tool substitute, with
Modification
Tech allows for significant task redesign
Redefinition
Tech allows for the creation of new tasks,
Enhancement
Transformation

17. Spot the difference

19. Substitution
Augmentation
Redefinition
Increasing
Potential
Increasing
Work
SAMR model
Modification

20. • 2012 - 1:1 iPad pilot program with 300 sixth form students
(Years 12/13)
• 2013 - 1:1 iPad program extended to 320 Year 10. Apple
Regional Training Centre, 2 Apple Distinguished Educators
• 2014 - 1:1 iPad program covers all 1050 Y10 - Y13 students
on Trent Campus + over 200 staff
• 2015 - Apple Distinguished Program school. MAT
• 2016 - Spreading best practice across the MAT, digital books
Journey so far…

21. 2.CPD

22. Learning Technologies Team
Vice Principal
Learning Technology
Innovators (3)
Faculty iPad Pioneers (12) ICT Technicians (4.6)
Digital
Developer
Student Digital Leaders (6)

23. Learning Technologies Training Plan
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Termly CPD & Weekly Drop-ins - LTI team
Class support/Blogs/iTunes U courses - SDLs
Bi-Annual Faculty Meetings - FiPPs
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24. 3.Community

25. Apple Regional
Training Centre
Apple
Distinguished
Educators
Apple
Distinguished
Program

26. Outreach work

27. Critical partners
3 year STEM project (£),
involvement in digital
books and impact
research.
Opportunities for PR,
international partnership
work, research support
and HE endorsement of
1:1 iPad program.
Shared HR, Finance, T&L
support. Economies of
scale - digital strategy for
ICT training & support,
infrastructure, digital
content.
Leverage potential of
iPads and free cloud
services.
Support for ITT and use of
mobile learning
technologies (E-Bacc).
Helps Academy with
recruitment, sustainable
digital books project,
develops CPD/skill of our
staff presenting/planning
workshops.
MAT primary schools

28. 4.Student Learning

29. • Flexible learning spaces
• 24/7 access to learning
resources
• Focus on assessing
understanding, not content
retention
• Greater independence/self-pace
• Personalised delivery
What students want:

30. Accelerated Learning Cycle
CONNECT ACTIVATE DEMONSTRATE CONSOLIDATE
FEEDBACK
MODELLING
PRE-STUDY
Source: Accelerated Learning in the Classroom, Alistair Smith, 1996

31. Accelerated Learning Cycle
CONNECT ACTIVATE DEMONSTRATE CONSOLIDATE
FEEDBACK
MODELLING
PRE-STUDY
Source: Accelerated Learning in the Classroom, Alistair Smith, 1996

34. Synchronous
classroom
Asynchronous
classroom
Differentiation
iTunes U supports the redefinition
of the traditional classroom.
iTunes U

35. Learning Objectives
Weblinks
Differentiated
questions

36. Lesson Notes
Video Tutorials

37. Discussions
• Quick to set up
• Use with dictation tools
• Introduce multiple
discussion topics
• Ideal for peer support /
‘Flipped Learning’ models

40. 5. It’s time to get
hands-on….

41. www.itunes.com/foreducators

42. 6.Impact

43. ValueAxis
45%
53%
60%
68%
75%
2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
The de Ferrers
Academy
England
- All Schools
2013/14 Examination
Methodology Changes:
Previous year data not
directly comparable.
iPad Adoption
5+ A*-C Grades (inc English & Maths)

44. A level PE

45. GCSE level Maths
Maths entrance data
MidYis/KS2Pointsscore
0
32.5
65
97.5
130
MidYis Score KS2 score
32.4
119
34.2
122
11A1 11B1
Little difference at
age 11
Y11 GCSE exam data
GCSEPoints
6
6.5
7
7.5
8
Average GCSE mock Score
6.4
7.4
11A1 11B1
Now +1.0 GCSE
grade difference at
age 16
Y11 GCSE exam data
Numberofstudentsachievingeach
gradeoverall
0
4
8
12
16
A* Grade A Grade B Grade C Grade
3
15
55
0
3
9
15
11A1 11B1
Different grade
distribution
A

46. “Impressive use of iPad for feedback”
Ofsted Pilot Inspection Nov 2014
Lesson
Observations
Assessments &
Results
Surveys &
Resources

47. After 2/3 years of 1:1 iPad:
• Record results at GCSE (age 16) and
A level (age 18)
• Gap closed for PP students
• Big increase in top grades (A/A*)
• Classes that engaged the most with
iPad & iTunes U seeing the biggest
gains/progress (Science, Maths, PE)
• No decrease in behaviour/results
slippage!
Does it have an impact?

48. Other areas of savings
There are numerous savings observed including:
• Reduction in spending on traditional PC
infrastructure (£50k+)
• Reduction in spending on some online services,
such as VLEs, online gaming software (£10k)
• Reduction in spending on printing, paper,
copying and student planners (£30k+)
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49. “It’s not a cost, it’s
an investment in
the future…”
Steve Allen,
Executive Principal

50. Q & A
Thank you
Greg Hughes
Vice Principal: Learning
Technologies & Curriculum
greg@deferrers.com
@deepexperience1