Presentation on the impact of new technologies on teaching and learning. A presentation given by Mark S. Steed, Principal of Berkhamsted School, at the Society of Heads Annual Conference, at Whittlebury Hall, Northamptonshire, on Tuesday 3rd March 2015

1. Leading Change
with Parents
The Society of Heads Conference
Whittlebury Hall
Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Mark S. Steed, MA (Cantab.), MA (Nottingham)
Principal, Berkhamsted Schools Group

2. The Psychology of Change
Tablets
In and out of the classroom
MOOCs and Flipped
Teaching
Apps and Collaborative
Learning
Mobile Device Strategy

3. TABLETS:
IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM
‘How MOOCs, Tablets and Apps are changing how we teach’

4. Martini
Learning

5. Martini
Learning
Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere
Martini

6. Tablets - In and out of the Classroom
iTextbooks

7. Tablets - In and out of the Classroom
iTextbooks

8. Tablets - In and out of the Classroom
iTextbooks

9. Tablets - In and out of the Classroom
Tablets v. Laptops
At Berkhamsted,
pupils in Y10 and
above can bring their
own device into
school.
Almost all choose to
bring a Windows PC
Laptop.

10. Tablets - In and out of the Classroom
Tablets v. Laptops

11. Exam Hall

12. Tablets - In and out of the Classroom
Tablets v. Laptops
So long the
examination system
requires young people
to produce essays
and extended pieces
of writing, then they
are likely to prefer
laptops over tablets.
The full benefits of
new technologies will
not impact on Schools
until exams change.

13. The Future: Automated Systems
Live Reporting through Apps

14. The Future: Automated Systems
Live Reporting through Apps
• Teachers can upload text,
pictures and video
content to a portal.
• The content can be
tagged.
• Parents can immediately
see what is going on.
• Parents can feed back on
what is going on at home
to support classroom
work.

15. MOOCS:
AND FLIPPED TEACHING
‘How MOOCs, Tablets and Apps are changing how we teach’

16. EdX

17. EdX Courses (not just resources!)

18. iTunesU

19. iTunesU

20. iTunesU

21. iTunesU

22. Filmed Teaching Resources
MOOCs Online Modules

23. Screencasting
MS Mix - PowerPoint Add-in

24. APPS
AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
‘How MOOCs, Tablets and Apps are changing how we teach’

25. What do the following have in common?

26. They are all places where this happens:

27. A School as a “Place of Learning”?

28. Apps and collaborative learning:
Tools for Collaborative Learning
• Wikipedia – “Wisdom of the Crowd”

29. Apps and collaborative learning:
Tools for Collaborative Learning
• Wikipedia – “Wisdom of the Crowd”
• The “Wisdom of the Class”

30. Apps and collaborative learning:
Tools for Collaborative Learning
• Wikipedia – “Wisdom of the Crowd”
• The “Wisdom of the Class”
• Dylan Wiliam, Institute of Education
 Pupils learn more from each other than from teachers

31. How ICT is transforming learning:
Tools for Collaborative Learning
• Wikipedia – “Wisdom of the Crowd”
• The “Wisdom of the Class”
• Dylan Wiliam, Institute of Education
 Pupils learn more from each other than from teachers
• ICT can provide a platform for collaborative learning

32. Apps and collaborative learning:
Tools for Collaborative Learning
• Google Apps
 Free
 Internet/Cloud-based
 Comparable functionality to
the MS Office Suite (ish)
 MS Office 365
 Internet version of Office

33. Apps and collaborative learning:
“The Wisdom of the Class”
• Noting Chapter 12 of The Great Gatsby

34. How ICT is transforming learning:
“The Wisdom of the Class”

35. Web-based Apps instead of a VLE
Google Classroom
• Classroom is designed to help teachers
create and collect assignments
paperlessly.
• Students can keep track of what’s due on
the Assignments page and begin working
with just a click.
• Teachers can quickly see who has or
hasn't completed the work, and provide
direct, real-time feedback and grades
right in Classroom.

36. Apps that change the teacher-pupil relationship:
Google Classroom

37. MOBILE DEVICE STRATEGY
‘How MOOCs, Tablets and Apps are changing how we teach’

38. Mobile Device Strategy
Things to Consider

39. Mobile Device Strategy
Things to Consider
100% WIFI Coverage
≠
100% WIFI Density
WIFI Density

40. Mobile Device Strategy
Things to Consider
 Dataloggers:
Many schools have invested
significant sums in purchasing
Dataloggers which only connect
to devices by a USB port
 iPads don’t have USB ports
Incompatible Peripherals

41. Mobile Device Strategy
Things to Consider
• A paperless solution?
• School-wide print solutions:
• Drop-box
(more cumbersome)
• WIFI Printing
(more expensive)
WIFI Printing

42. Which Mobile Device?

43. Which Mobile Device?

44. Which Mobile Device?

45. Which Mobile Device?

46. Which Mobile Device?

47. Email:principal@berkhamstedschool.org
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