Technology Integration Information Parents Meeting - May 2012

Scandinavian
School of
Brussels
Technology Information Meeting
May 24
18.00
Room 205
We prepare students for success back home and abroad

Let’s get started . . .
• What questions do you
wish to be answered in
this evening’s meeting?

• http://today.io/5tr9


Horizon Report 2012
• Executive summary
• Key Trends
• Critical Challenges
• Technologies to Watch


Key Trends
• work, learn, and study whenever and wherever

• cloud-based

• increasingly collaborative

• abundance of resources and relationships

• online learning, hybrid learning and collaborative models

• challenge-based and active learning


Critical Challenges
• Digital media literacy

• Appropriate methods of evaluation lag
behind the emergence of new forms of
authoring, publishing, and researching.

• Economic pressures

• rapid proliferation of information,
software tools, and devices is challenging
for students and teachers alike

Technologies to Watch

• Now – ebooks; mobile apps; tablet
computing (iPads)

• 1 – 2yrs – game based learning; learning
analytics

• 3 – 4 yrs – gesture based computing;
”internet of things”

Agenda:
- What has happened this year at SSB involving technology?

- What technology developments are planned for next year?

- What does 1-to-1 mean at our school?

- What type of computers will students need? hardware/software? skills
needed?

- What responsibilities do students have? do parents have? do staff
have?

- How does increased use of technology in the school environment
affect students at home?

- What are the expected results of this development and how will this
development be measured?


What do you think of when you
hear 1-to-1 technology/learning?

http://answergarden.ch/view/30101


At SSB, 1-to-1 means...

Every student and
teacher have access to
an individual device
when needed.

What has happened this year at
SSB involving technology?

• All teachers equipped with laptops
• All classrooms equipped with
projection/docking stations
• Tech team of teachers/peer coaches
• Professional Development for all teaching
staff
• Infrastructure strenthened; specific policies

What technology
developments are
planned for next year?

• All students in Classes 6 – Gym III will
learn in a 1-to-1 environment
• Upgrade of speed in network
• Further professional development focused
on E-Safety and multimedia in learning, as
well as subject specific skills


This implies:
• Students have the tools they need
• School network is strong enough to carry
all work
• Teachers are trained to implement new
learning tools
• Safety/security considerations are greater


What type of computers will
students need?
BYOL Borrow from school

Students can Loan during the
either ”bring their day, cannot be
own laptop” taken home


Laptop specs . . .
(suggested)

• Windows 7 or Mac OS X 10.5 or higher
• 13 inch screen
• 64-bit processor
• 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
• 120 GB hard drive
• Wireless 802.11n networking
• Office packet (available in student package)

Latitude E54-20
Leasing possibility

E54-20 – DELL

- 3yr leasing contract
- 3yr support
- approx 17 - 22€/month

Advantages:
- Fits our docking stations
- Same as school’s set


Security systems at SSB
Gateway Anti-virus
Detects and prevents You also need an updated anti-virus
malware program on your computer!

Intrusion Prevention
Detects and prevents
malicious activity

Content Filter
Blocks web pages that are
objectionable*

Anti-spyware filter
Detects and prevents
software that collects
personal information

Anti-spam filter
Blocks unsolicited email

* These categories are filtered:
pornography, weapons, cult/occult,
drugs/illegal drugs, illegal skills/questionable
skills, hacking/proxy avoiding systems

How does increased use of
technology in the school
environment affect students at
home?

Playing/socializing
mixes seamlessly
with learning


http://today.io/5tr9

What is appropriate?
-remember you are the parent
-create family rules (together)
-homework shouldn’t take longer
-are they really just consuming?
-we know what is best for them
-disconnecting doesn’t necessarily mean no
technology

Safety/security @ SSB
• Computers in public places
• No recreational use during ”working time”
• Filters
• Traffic monitored
• Constant discussion about the ”ethics” of
social networking

Facebook, iChat, MSN
• Twice as likely to be ”bullied” outside of
school
• We have to work together…
• Creation of school policy together with
students
• At school, the teacher determines when
social media has a learning benefit
• Parents need rules – You decide at home


What are the expected results of this
development and how will this development
be measured?

• Increased engagement/interest
• Better academic results – input vs output
• Increased user skill level
• Increased readiness for future learning and
working environments

• Surveys; assessments (pre- and post-);
observations

Advice for parents at 1-to-1 schools
• The Thinking Stick
• Middle School Parenting Tips – how to set
”tech” limits
• Norwegian IKT
• Swedish IT i Skolan
• Danish IT portal
• ThinkYouKnow
• Du Bestemmer

Further questions/comments
Q1. What is SSB’s vision? This plan does not seem so advanced?
A1. The current Strategic Plan stretches through 2013. The focus of this 3 yr plan was to ”catch up”
SSB and equip teachers with the hardware and skills needed to move forward. The 2013-2015
Strategic Plan will be developed in August 2012.

Q2. How will SSB create a balance between online/screen learning and freetime/outside play?
A2. The balance is tricky. We will focus on continuous dialogue between students/parents/staff to find
the right balance in each learning situation. SSB staff recognize that for our students there are not two
”sides” of life, but for us (adults) we have a different perspective – we recognize and acknowledge this.

Q3. Does the administration/school decide which technologies each teacher/class should use?
A3. No. According to our curricula and our beliefs, students and teachers decide together which
methods they will use to achieve the goals. These choices are published on our Period Plans and
montiored by pedagogical leadership.


Further questions/comments
Q4. Does SSB teach programing? Would SSB consider teaching programming as a Wednesday
Workshop option?
A4. Only slightly in middle school math courses through logic. Yes, that is possible.

Q5. Why did SSB choose to start with Class 6, why not start from Class 1?
A5. Originally, we started with a tradtional model focusing on older students because we recognized
that most of our older students have their own computers and we wanted to be able to fully use that
tool. We recognize there is a huge benefit for younger learners as well. We will be moving our
stationary machines to the Sports Hall for those students – they, too, will work in a 1-to-1 environment,
but will not carry laptops back and forth to school.

Q6. What other devices is the school considering for use?
A6. SSB will pilot a classroom set of iPads with younger learners. SSB will also pilot hybrid laptops
(with writing screens) for mathematics teachers in 2012-2013.


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