The document discusses strategies for changing perceptions of information and communications technology (ICT) in education. It outlines a plan involving 53 schools to provide professional learning for leaders and teachers on ICT integration. Key strategies include starting a conversation on ICT, presenting facts on student technology use, making ICT relevant to curriculum, normalizing new technologies, alleviating teacher fears, removing excuses for not using ICT, and making professional development personal and involving school leadership.

1. Changing the perception of ICT in Education (53 schools at a time)

2. Glenn McMahon Education Officer: Curriculum and Learning Technologies

3. 43 Primary Schools 13 Secondary Schools

4. Diocesan Technology Plan Professional Learning For Leaders Professional Learning For Classrooms Financial Advice Technical Advice

5. So what’s lead to the change? Learners learn in the context of their own lives . - Peter Senge (ACEL 2006) Today’s education system faces irrelevance, unless we bridge the gap between how students live and how they learn . - Michael Furdyk ( ACEL 2006)

6. Start the Conversation

7. Oh the things I’ve heard..... I don’t do technology! ICT’s all too hard for me to learn. I don’t have any time to learn all that tech stuff. Can’t see the use of tech in my class. I’m retiring in 3 years so it’s irrelevant for me to worry about.

8. ..... but what if ..... I don’t do literacy ! Numeracy’s all too hard for me to learn. I don’t have any time to learn all that T&L stuff. Can’t see the use of inquiry in my class. So how will you access your super information ?

10. Leadership

11. Images from Flickr.com & dangerouslyirrelevant.org

12. Concerted effort of informing school leaders Examine current relationship between their school , teaching & learning and the curriculum “ Attitude reflects leadership, captain.”

14. Present the facts

16. Being Digital Survey – Monash University Presenting the Facts The nature of computer use Computer use more regular at home : 44% of young people use a computer every day at home; 12% use a computer every day at school. Diverse range of technologies : As well as computer and internet access, 91% have a mobile phone, 83% have a games console. 70% have an MP3 player, 2006 Survey of Australian 15-16 year olds School access : 98.5% of 15-16 year olds use a computer at school.

17. Presenting the Facts May not have received lessons: 56% of young people say they have received no instruction on using the internet as a reliable source of information. Learning and literacy Learn internet skills themselves: 61% say they have learned a lot about the internet and the Web on their own. 19% say they learned a lot about the internet at school 11% say a lot from friends Computer tasks: 56% say they use a computer weekly for writing tasks; 50% say they use a computer for finding information.

18. Presenting the Facts ... and currently ... students spend on average 27 hours a week online at home but only an average of 15 minutes a week at school

19. An Investigation of the First Year of 1:1 Computing in New Hampshire Middle Schools Damian Bebell, Boston College, 2005 (400 7th grade students plus their teachers in 6 schools)

20. Make ‘IT’ Relevant

22. ICT & VELS Interdisciplinary Learning ICT for Visualising Thinking ICT for Creating ICT for Communicating

23. www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/04/key_question.html

24. Normalise the New

26. Normalising the new (Bringing the big picture closer to reality) Digital Natives v Digital Immigrants 21st Century Learning Students know technology Students & Teachers Contemporary learning Students are fearless users/adapters of technology who still need guidance

27. Change the perspective

29. The fear factor

30. The Teacher Uses: Communication Creating: Visualising Thinking

31. Uses: Communication Creating: Visualising Thinking

32. Uses: Communication Creating: Visualising Thinking Classroom teacher Student

33. Teachers & The Fear Factor You don’t have to know everything about it (ICT) but you do have to know what it can do. If you don’t have an awareness of what you can do with ICT, you’ll never plan for your students to use it. You don’t know what you don’t know.

34. Remove the excuses

35. Remove the excuses making it a priority at a ‘systemic’ or leadership level the modelling of best practice creating experiences / expectations - teacher conferences - student conferences - ICT network days - Educational briefings for school leaders - ICT Study tour

36. Remove the excuses

37. Make ICT PD personal

39. Strategies that have influenced 1. Start the conversation 2. Present the facts 3. Make it relevant/relate it to the curriculum and pedagogy 4. Normalise the new 5. Change the perspective 6. Alleviate the fear factor 7. Remove the excuses 8. Make PD/ICT personal INVOLVE LEADERSHIP

41. my details e: gmcmahon@ceosand.catholic.edu.au b: sandhurstictnetwork.globalteacher.org.au t: ceosandhurst d: mackas s: gmac74 i: mcmahong@mac.com