interactive forum/workshop

TOPIC
SMART CLASSROOM &
TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION


VENUE: NORTH CAROLINA & ASSOCIATES
TRAINING CENTER
LAGOS NIGERIA.

DATE: MANDAY, 16
TH
JUNE 2014


Integrating ICT and eLearning into the
Annual Implementation School Plans
Smart/Clever Classrooms

Class room of 30 desks, 30 chairs, a white board at the front,
educators table and chair, small cupboard etc.
VISUALIZE THE
TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM
VISUALIZE THE
TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM
Classroom of the futureSMART
CLASSROOMS!
A TRANSOFRMATION
The Future: Furniture, technology, diversity,
creativity, innovation, flexibility, productivity


Clever Classrooms!
Think Smart. Build Smart.
THE DIGITAL
SMART/CLEVER CLASSROOMS!
The Digital
Classroom

In our fast-paced world with technology
constantly progressing beyond the
realms of science fiction, it is not
surprising that some of this advanced
technology is being utilised in our
education sector

Each passing year sees the creation of
new and improved learning material.
Providing quality, accessible education
that stimulates and intrigues young
minds is the key to further development.


Smart Classrooms
Smart Classrooms are technology enhanced
classrooms that foster opportunities for
teaching and learning by integrating learning
technology,
such as
computers,
specialized software,
audience response technology,
networking(Wired and Wireless), and
audio/visual capabilities
With traditional teaching methods to form an innovative,
advanced, flexible learning environment.

Smart Classrooms Planning Cycle
The Smart Classrooms Planning Cycle
provides schools with a mechanism for:
1. Planning
2. Measuring
3. Reporting
on their progress towards making ICT and
eLearning integral to teaching and learning. It
is an important part of the Whole School
Strategic Plan.
Three key elements that make up the
planning cycle.
1. The School ICT eLearning Audit/Census
This is a periodic/annual data collection
survey of schools eLearning resources
both hardware and software that helps
establish school ICT eLearning inventory
level and informs strategic planning
processes.

Three key elements that make up
the planning cycle contd...
2. The School ICT eLearning indicator
measures the level of e-maturity and e-
confidence that schools have developed
across the curriculum to ensure that ICT
and eLearning is integral to facilitate
learning in school.

Three key elements that make up the
planning cycle contd...
3. The School Plan and Annual Implementation
Plans (AIP)
This should include key aspects of ICT and
eLearning. Through the schools detail their action
plan areas for both school and departmental
priorities and how to allocate resources to meet
individual targets in each of school curriculum,
teaching process, principal leadership and school
capability, school and community partnerships
and other school focus areas.

Smart Classrooms Planning Cycle
The Smart Classrooms Planning
Cycle is used to:
gather and analyze data collected from
School ICT eLearning Audit/Census returns
Provide the School ICT eLearning
Inventory Report
report on the integration of ICT into
curriculum delivery
Collect information on a range of school
strategic planning and resourcing issues.

The Smart Classrooms Planning
Cycle Main objective
To support educators, decision
makers and school community
to develop and sustain an
eLearning culture.


Schools are encouraged to form a school ICT
Strategic/leadership group, which may include
the principal, deputy principal, head educators,
heads of department, heads of curriculum and
development department, heads of special
education and other school leaders.

This group will work in cooperation with the
school-driven ICT eLearning central steering
committee.

The terms of reference for the ICT
Strategic/leadership group includes:
analyze and reflect on previous years ICT
eLearning performance areas and
achievements

analyze and reflect on its School ICT
eLearning Index Report
analyze and reflect on data collected by its
last School ICT eLearning Audit/Census
return.

Its best practice for the group to meet
regularly. This helps to ensure that all
group members drive the action areas
they are responsible for.
Also, the group should regularly
consult the community, school staff
and students. This helps the entire
school community to value and own an
eLearning direction.


Every school is required to
have a Whole School Plan as
set out by the Education Act.
The Whole School Plan is a statement of the
educational philosophy of the school, the overall aims
of the school and how it proposes to achieve them.

It deals with effective implementation of the school
curriculum and the organisation of the schools
resources in pursuit of this objective.

The e-Learning Plan is developed in the context of the
Whole School Plan, taking into account the level of ICT
resources available to the school and the confidence
and readiness of teaching staff to integrate ICT into
their practice.

Similar to the Whole School Planning
process, developing the e-Learning Plan
involves the key stakeholders, including
the board of management, teaching staff,
support staff, parents, students and the
school local community.
The e-Learning Plan outlines how a school will
improve and develop the level of integration of ICT
under five Planning process headings:
1. Establishing a ICT strategic group
2. Gathering supporting information
3. Reviewing and reflecting
4. Visioning
5. Planning

E-Learning School development Plan
Contd
Identify staff involved in planning ICT eLearning
Formalise the team processes and expectations:
schedule meetings and develop timelines
establish shared purpose
negotiate roles and responsibilities
develop common language
articulate expected outcomes

Establishing a strategic group


Gather key school planning documents:
oprevious School Plan
oprevious Implementation Plan
oTeaching and Learning Audit report and
response
oSchool ICT eLearning Index Report
oprevious School ICT eLearning Plan

Gathering supporting information
Reviewing and reflecting
Review the previous School ICT eLearning Plan, reflecting on
achievement of measures of attainment
Review the School ICT eLearning indicator Report, identifying
areas of strength, those that have shown movement and those
needing further improvement
Consider targets, goals, and associated strategies identified in
the above documents and how these need to be modified to align
with the priorities of the school plan
Assess the schools capacity to accommodate future purchases,
considering professional learning, software, connectivity,
security, electrical needs, facilities and technical support


Does the whole school vision encompass eLearning?

How is the vision articulated and embedded in school
planning and operations?

Further develop your eLearning vision by working
collaboratively with staff, students and parents to
articulate the schools sense of purpose and how this
can be achieved through ICT and eLearning

Visioning
For key priorities and initiatives, identify
how ICT is integrated, paying attention to:
operformance and focus areas
okey activities
oresources
omeasures of attainment
oanticipated budget

Planning
What is e-Learning actually?
e-Learning is simply learning which takes
place with the assistance of digital
technology. The use of computers and
other digital devices together with online
learning tools and materials are the
fundamentals for e-Learning to take
place.
When digital technologies are
successfully integrated with the
appropriate pedagogies to meet the
objectives of the curriculum it can be
said that a form of e-Learning takes
place.
What is e-Learning actually? Contd
For example:
e-Learning may involve
using digital video
technologies and editing
software to make a local
history documentary,
conducting research on
the history of the school
and the local area,
communicating with a
historian online to gather
more information or
publishing the project on
the school website.

Advantages of e-learning
systems are attracting more
and more users every day.
There are many different
users, e.g. schools,
medicals, human resources,
companies, different groups
of people, students or just
individuals.
:
1. students learning needs remain central to all
e-Learning developments

2. technology is confidently used by all staff
members

3. a range of ICT devices are available for use
throughout the school

4. there is ease of access to networked ICT
facilities for staff and students

5. there is distributed access to broadband
internet
6. collaborative learning is promoted
7. there is provision of learning spaces for
ICT-enabled learning

8. a pathway for professional development of
educators in the integration of ICT is
planned and promoted


9. there is wide-ranging use of ICT across all areas
of learning and teaching

10. where possible, self-directed and personalised
learning is facilitated and supported

11. there is a willingness to use new digital tools
and resources for learning and teaching
activities

12. students have the opportunity to acquire digital
literacy skills and to adapt safe and ethical use
of digital technologies in their daily lives
1. Eliminate wasted time and money.
With traditional training, the more people
being trained and the more geographically
dislocated they are, the greater the
training costs. With e-Learning, the cost
stays the same whether your training 100
people or 1,000 people.

2. Improve Consistency & Effectiveness
When the same lesson session using the
same curriculum is offered on multiple
occasions, the delivery will not be
consistent. With e-Learning, you can be
sure that all of your learners are getting
the same message every time the
information is presented.
E-Learning provides opportunities for
measuring learners understanding and
retention of key points. You can pre-test
your learner easily to see what training is
actually needed. Then you can follow up
training with a post test that measures
exactly what they have learned.

3. Evaluate learning retention
E-Learning simulations can help you
train educators/staff how to avoid
common pitfalls by letting them learn
from their mistakes in a virtual
setting.
4. Provide risk-free simulations

An e-Learning Plan describes a series
of actions that a school will take to
integrate ICT into its learning and
teaching activities over a specific
timeframe.


need to consist
eLearning Plan
Six Assessment Top Tips
1. student-friendly targets
2. Models of strong and weak work
3. Continuous descriptive feedback
4. Authentic Tasks
5. Teach self-assessment and goal setting
6. Teach self-reflection - portfolios
7. Teach peer assessment and reflection
E-Learning School Plan cycle
Identify
technology
strengths
Program
Review
Revise Goals
Determine how
technology can
help satisfy those
goals
Determine how
technology will be
implemented
Determine budget
Evaluation -what
constitutes success
Plan for the next
phase
Working digitally is a reflection of how
schools use digital technology as a way
of moving from traditional to
transformational ways of working.
Introduce electronic submission of learner/pupil
assessment
Trial the use of mobile learning devices to support
learner/pupil learning

Develop digital portfolios of learner/pupil work
particularly related to Core learning priorities

Investigate how learners/pupils are currently using
computers for learning and identify additional ways
to enhance this particularly in relation to Core
learning priorities
Student/Learner focus point
Support collaboration between educators for their planning,
teaching and assessment
Develop the school Portal team site to better meet the
needs of educators
Audit digital file management for staff (incorporating
shared drives, web hosting, Portal and the Learning Place)

Embed Learning Place applications such as learning
pathways, staff blogs into school operations

Update staff knowledge of the policies and procedures
relating to ICT operations (e.g. legal issues, copyright and
Internet use) refer to the Education Policy and Procedures
Register
Educator focus point
Review and update procedures for educator access to technical
support
Integrate school operations with School Enterprise
Administrative Software
Utilise electronic communication with parents
Evaluate community access to school and curriculum information
Review processes to maintain currency of online school
information
Update internal electronic communication procedures
Introduce an electronic facilities and resource booking system in
the school Portal site
School Administration focus point
For Training or workshop In Education, Technology and
Academic Learning Support Consultancy work please
contact me.
Amb. Isaac-Joseph Olanrewaju Oluyemi
Special Envoy, ICT Institutions in Nigeria
Center for Computer Logistics People Association-Worldwide (Nigeria Chapter)
2348023630040, 2348069118480
Ictcoordinator.yemmy@gmail.com, contact.ncassociates@gmail.com