Has the brave vision of the digital revolution materialised in your classroom? 6 ways to bridge the gap between vision and reality.

1. The ICT disconnect in our schools
The elephant in the
corner of the room

2. Where is the digital revolution?
• The promise:
– high engagement
– deep learning
– real world connections
– critical thinking
– powerful networks
• The reality:
– slow uptake
– hardware hassles
– safety concerns
– diluted learning
– significant expense

3. • Baby-boomers
– technology as a necessary evil
– learn via instruction and following patterns
– grew up in an era when people asked “do you
have the phone on at home?”
– rule followers, not rule breakers
– they ask “what was wrong with the way we were
doing things?”
Who is delivering tech-mediated
learning?

4. • Generation Y
– no such thing as technology
– learn via goal-directed play and via relationships
– grew up in an era when people asked “why do you
have the phone on at home?”
– Only follow the rules they can rationalise
– they ask “why should I do it your way?”
Who is receiving tech-mediated
learning?

5. How can we be ready for Gen Z?

6. 1. Teacher self-concept
2. Real student engagement
3. Managing the reality of hardware
4. Managing the risks
5. Training time, training budget
6. A good reason for using ICT
The issues

7. • Build clever teams:Build clever teams:
– Project focused, mixed ability,Project focused, mixed ability,
well resourced, clear parameterswell resourced, clear parameters
• Celebrate small successesCelebrate small successes
• Show and tellShow and tell
• CertificatesCertificates
• FoodFood
1. Teacher self-concept

8. 2. Real student engagement

9. • Gen Y approach
– Real world problem with a clear rationale
– Range of tools available
– Quality, ethical instruction
– Working together
– Goal-oriented play
– Fast, colourful with built-in rewards
– - let them create the media
2. Real Student Engagement

10. • Nothing is simple
• Nothing is cheap
• Every decision must move the school towards
its strategic goal
• Use the support available
• Under promise and over deliver
3. Managing the reality of Hardware

11. • Acceptable Use Procedures!! Test and review
• Communicate with parents regularly
• Educate parents and teachers
• Change classroom teacher behaviour
4. Managing the risks

13. • Never enough time!
• Project based or not at all
• In house experts
• Give and take
• iPods – anywhere – anytime
• Del.icio.us (smc_professional)
5. Training Time – Training Budget

15. • Match strategies to outcomes and to kids
• Don’t shift delivery methods – shift thinking
• Broader audience for review and affirmation
• Collaboration with experts (skype, blog)
• Critical writing and response (interschool blog)
• Quality research (not google search)
• Manage learning over time (google
docs, del.icio.us, wiki, e-portfolio)
6. A good reason

16. There is a gulf which is widening between
teachers and their students as their worlds
drift apart. Situating learning and assessment
within a student’s world is a first step to
bridging that gulf. Presenting a research task
as a PowerPoint show is not part of the
answer.
6. A good reason

18. not a luxury…