Microsoft School Discussion
Monday, 09 June 2008 @ 13:26 GMT
Focus on what we need to provide pupils with that will equip them for the world of work.
- Skills;
- communications;
- negotiation.
- multitasking online Sky News site having lots of snippets of information;
- adaptability with regard to the technology and life;
- Use of mobile phones as a resource in lessons;
- ICT literacy - equipping pupils the skills to use ICT wisely
- Students need to become socially responsible surfers
The use of mobile phones in the classroom was a hot topic and it was widely agreed that they are very powerful tools within the classroom when used appropriately.Learning should be fun with an underlying deep learning that equips pupils with the skills they need to acquire for later life.KS3 Skills curriculum is a hot Potato at the moment along with Staff buy in and managed change.
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Microsoft Peer Coaching
Monday, 09 June 2008 @ 12:45 GMT
Vision for the classroom that was discussed included;
- Simple and ease of use
- Personalised experience for the user
- teaching and learning comes first and the ICT is an enable.
We then looked what barriers that would prevent a school achieving these goals included;
- Different pedagogical backgrounds
- Evidence to prove it improves teaching and learning
- technical barriers
- Continuously changing
Questions raise:What is effective use of ICT across the curriculium?Peer coaching is running through partners in learning. The Coach - initial training
- 3 - 4 days of training
- develop coaching plan
- develop communication
- improved lesson design
- 6 months requires a follow up training
- supported online
A school will have a team of Coaches that will be working with other teachers within the school to support and progress the use of ICT.How could this help to embed the use of Effective ICT within a school? How would you choose who became a coach and who needs coaching?
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Microsoft Innovative Schools and Teachers Event
Sunday, 08 June 2008 @ 21:28 GMT
This event has several objectives:
- To bring together Microsoft sponsored Key schools and innovative Partner schools into a community, to share best practice and learn from one another
- To provide me with an online community that I can use for communication and collaboration with other schools after the event
- To introduce me to some free curriculum, resources and practical advice that you can begin using right away
- To use my expertise and leadership to help grow our new Innovative Teachers Network and Programme
Innovative teachers Programme
- will be used as a communication portal creating an online community.
Introductions
- lots of the schools at present are grappling with integrating share point and the learning gateway. Some schools are using share point effectively for administration, but not with students. There are a wide range of experiences and view points ranging from management through to teaching and to technical.
Innovative Schools
Kirsten Weatherby Academic Programme Manager
- Holistic school reform
- roadmap for technology
Currently there are 12 innovative schools around the world, issues that these schools shared in common include:
- getting staff to buy into the education vision
- curriculum
The 6 i process is a way for schools to evaluate themselves.
- introspection
- investigation
- inclusion
- innovation
- implementation
- insight
http://innovativeschoolsonline.com
http://microsoft.com/education/innovativeschools
Innovative Teachers Programme
Is designed to help create CPD programme, online communities, and an innovative virtual classroom.There are 3 phases of an innovative teachers programme
- Teacher - Self Evaluation
- Creator - Creating resources
- Developer - becoming a coach
Innovative Teachers Forum could be a great platform for promoting the use of web 2.0 technologies within the classroom.
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