ICT in Teaching

1. ICTin Teaching Andrew Withey awithey@plymstockschool.org.uk www.plymstockschool.org.uk

2. Why is this Important to you? • ICT competency is integral to the NC • Education has to be relevant to the real world & that means teaching ICT • As you are no doubt aware its can be embarrassing how much the students know • It really can revolutionise so many aspects of our work • Underestimating it could be foolish……

3. Predicting The Future “Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?” Warner Bros. Founder 1920 “I think that there is a world market for maybe five computers.” Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM 1943 “This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication.” “The device is inherently of no value to us.” Western Union Memo 1870

4. The Digital Revolution We all know the numbers • The Web doubles every 90 days • Internet use is going up at the rate of about 140 persons a second and almost 72 million a year • The processing power of computers doubles every eighteen months

5. The Digital Revolution How long to reach 50 million subscribers? 4 14 17 38 Years

6. The Digital Revolution • C4S Convergence: Computers, Communication, Consumer Electronics, Content, Services • By 2008 an average adult will daily consume • 2700 calories of food • 3 litres of fluid • 30 GB of digital information 12 • Unlimited bandwidth: 6.4 Terabit/s (10 ) over a single sub-fibre (= all the TV programmes of the world plus all voice communication) • Soon bandwidth will exceed computer power! • Processors: 2X in 18 months • Bandwidth: 2X in 9 months

7. “There’s nothing worse than feeling left behind - when everyone is talking about something but, for you, it just doesn’t gel. ICT has had this effect over the last few years. Everywhere you look. Virtual this, cyber that. But, unless you have been connected, you are probably still in the dark. Getting to grips with ICT can be daunting but it’s a short (though steep) learning curve.” Steve Lepper, The Internet for Beginners.

8. ICT In The Classroom • There are three ways to view ICT: • ‘ICan’t Teach using this *#*@! Machine!’ no longer an option • ‘ICan Teach using this wonderful technology because I’m a smart arse!!’ • ‘ICanTeach and just get by ….. Because now I have to and it might just help me’

9. Why Use ICT In The Classroom? • For the last 15 years, the Western world has experienced future shock. • An ICT Revolution has taken place which has changed the computer from: • a toy - do you remember the Atari Consoles? • to a tool - the word processor • to a medium for life

10. It encourages experienced staff to experiment with new teaching styles & to share good practice. The multimedia effects can add style, pace and fun to a lesson. ICT can bring teaching alive

11. National Grid for Learning • In response to these changes the government set up the National Grid for Learning. NGfL’s specific targets for 2002 include: • every school to be linked to the Internet • 50% of pupils to have Internet and e-mail access • 75% of teachers to have Internet and e-mail access • Communications with Schools by Government agencies and LEA’s to be predominantly electronic http://www.ngfl.gov.uk/

12. National Grid for Learning • It has overseen basic ICT training for all teachers (SFE & RM Training) • Initiate a focus on the Internet to make the UK ‘preeminent in its provision’ • It also includes within its remit the policy of life long learning. • In Schools it is to encompass both curriculum and administration use.

13. Using I.C.T. - A Practical Approach We all feel the pressure to use ICT in the classroom but, think before you act: • What are the advantages/disadvantages of using I.C.T for the student? • What are the advantages/disadvantages of using I.C.T. the teacher? • How much do you know & how much do the students know?

14. I.C.T. at MY SCHOOL What is on offer to be used & some examples of what can be achieved?

15. ICT suites capable of sitting an entire teaching group Faculty suites with around a dozen terminals in each ICT literate students Interactive White (Smart) Boards RM Easy Link/Web Mail CD’s/MP3 DVD’s Quizdom Microsoft XP Approx. 275 + networked terminals with Internet access Multiple CD Rom server Shared Work Area An evolving Intranet Broadbandtechnology Technical support Digital Cameras Digital Video Recorders Portal Digital Photocopiers I.C.T. at MY SCHOOL

16. Technical support &ICT literate students These should always be your first port of call when tackling any ICT problems that you may have. As a teacher, the natural tendency maybe to steer away from admitting your ignorance, but ICT moves so quickly you can’t expect to keep abreast of all the changes. Students are a great resource of talent regarding ICT that should be tapped into.

17. Half way house between the Lecture Theatre & the Interactive Whiteboard Overcomes the problem of students independence with computers at the start of the lesson. Separate programs are available for each of the computer suites. RM Tutorial Software Students + PC’s -Does this intimidate you?

18. Microsoft Office Softwaresome ideas... • Word - get students to type their work • Power Point - an alternative presentation tool/revision guides • Excel - spreadsheets and databases • E-mail -students to send answers/complete SWA documents/set homework

19. Word Worksheets that can be typed on, printed off, e-mailed etc

20. PowerPoint

21. Harold Army forms a shield Wall William’s Archers Fyrd: Part Time Soldiers William’s Spearmen & Foot soldiers William’s Horsemen The Battle of Hastings, 1066 Harold’s Housecarls Unsuitable for horsemen

22. Excel Used as a teaching or administration tool

23. E-Mail Communication between teachers Communication between class & home with worksheets attached

24. C D ROM'ssome ideas…. • Most schools have a multi CD ROM server. • New CDs can be installed by request. • Students can be tutored through them using the RM Tutorial software. • Worksheets can be developed to support research tasks. (e.g. KKK) • A support to existing research methods (e.g. MofUK overview lesson)

25. Worksheets developed to support research tasks

26. Shared Work Areasome ideas... • All material is ROM. • Easy to manage. • A location for all types of resource e.g. RS texts, History worksheets • £££ consumables £££ • Can stop the paper chase • Can be used in conjunction with e-mail. • Resources are easy to produce • Can be easily differentiated for both students and staff

27. The 20th Century Shared Work Area

28. USE OF CD’s\MP3 Files You may regard this as the broadest definition of ICT but with modern PC’s having both CD and DVD technology one can enhance lessons through the use of music to compliment teaching An empathetic exercise conducted with or without music. You decide which is the most effective.

29. USE OF DVD’s Most modern PC’s can play DVD’s making cueing footage very easy and transitions smoother. Both DVD and CD and another dimension to your teaching

30. Video to DVD

31. Digi - Keys

32. RM Easy Link/Web Mail • RM Easy Link/Web Mail enables you to use the Internet to access files on a network/your e-mail from a computer that is not a network workstation • In plain English, you can access your work files in school from any computer in the world via the Internet

33. Smart Boards/Projectors At Plymstock the History Department has just gained one of these tools, plus two projectors. It is particularly effective with PPT Presentations, Online Lessons & interactive web pages + it reduces the paper that gets magnetically drawn to your desk

34. Digital Photography What was advanced technology 3 years ago is now commonplace and easily accessible. It can enhance your teaching, display work and serve as a motivational tool for students. Here it is shown being used for recording exemplar material in my teaching and students learning

35. DIGITAL Video This term we have been given a Digital Video Reorder and an I-MAC computer. The possibilities are really only limited by your imagination. We are now looking at filming our best lessons, because done well, they are better than what you can get professionally. Please use our home page to find out more.

36. Digital Photocopiers • Entire book chapters of text scanned into word documents • Printed only when students require them

37. Quizdom • http://www.quizdom.com/

38. The SWGfL Portal • https://portal.swgfl.org.uk/login/login.aspx • http://www.swgfl.org.uk/learning/portal/portalsub.asp?page=support

39. External Hardrives • Essential in making a complete back up of all your work • Networks fail • Work gets accidentally deleted

40. Internet • The Big Unknown! • In English alone, estimated 700 billion pages of information. • An excellent research tool in disciplined hands • Can be complicated for less able/young children/bewildered teachers. • However, a source of excellent materials for the classroom (teacher and student)- e.g. BBC Bitesize, SchoolsHistory.

41. Useful Internet Sites See handout

42. Useful Internet Sites For more useful links go to www.plymstockschool.org.uk

43. Intranet • An in-house Internet - designed by teachers for teacher-student use. • Quicker access to material. • Vetted material. • Massive scope for development

44. The History Intranet

45. Use of Intranet in the History Department Designed to …… • a site fully integrated with the curriculum taught by the Department across Key Stages 3,4, & 5. • a site that would be easily accessible to all students following the same course structure as they are taught in school. • A site to be used as a complementary tool for school learning i.e. a location for differentiated materials, additional research, exemplar material and teaching presentations.

46. Use of Intranet in the History Department Designed to…… • A site that could house the expanding support materials found on the Internet. • A site that would fulfil some of the NGfL’s criteria ie. A site of use to staff as well as students. • A version of our Intranet site to be placed on line and accessible on the Internet. • A site with flexibility so that it can be changed and adapted e.g the new A level specifications