DER and CNA – What does this mean for Townsville Catholic Education? Townsville DER Wiki: PowerPoint: Discussion: Recommended Viewing: Focus on learner;Focus on learner In a Web 2 world, the tool doesn’t define the learning… The learner defines the tool.tool doesn’t define the learning Personalisation of learning is not about individual programs.is not about individual programs Who learns what with whom, where and when. W 5W 5

It can be different things to different people depending on readiness……. We give you computer access at school We give you computer access 24/7 File storage, , and collaboration services are delivered by the school File storage, , and collaboration services are in the ‘cloud’. Students are responsible for setup, maintenance, and backup. We control it. Learner controls it.

…. Where you sit on the continua depends on your readiness. Focus on rules Class sizes matter; Containment; Control; Safety; Fear; Risk averse; Closed; Private; Exclusive.. Focus on responsibilities Creativity; Human agency; Love; Collaboration; Passion; Risk Management; Transparent; Open; Inclusive; Participative. Who learns What With Whom When and Where?

Any ICT strategy will fail if it makes students the enemy….

6.2 L: School has an ICT Committee with P&F representation. 6.3 TC: School to develop and support on-going professional development of teachers to enhance their capacity to manage rich, connected learning environments. 6.4 TC: Classroom practice must reflect collaborative planning and learning and be supportive of students accessing resources and collaborative spaces 24/ All students (Years 4-12) must have the facility to create and maintain an online workspace with communication tools that include file storage, mail, blogs, wikis and chat I: All users must have access (based on group membership) to centrally hosted services via any connected device. (Services include mysuite, Kiosk, Scootle, DataJug, and a collaboration and creativity space of some description eg igoogle, windows live, etc). TCEO ICT Audit How much do we force as a system?…. How much do we intervene? And to what degree do we sit back and watch and celebrate what emerges from schools? The ICT audit is a good place to identify the top down expectations.

2010 will be a year where we engage in conversation, get people aware of the possibilities and profile different models of utilisation. But we do have a strategy to push things along….

Our PD PlanOur PD Plan – A four pronged approach 1.All Executive Leadership Team Make our selves available to celebrate innovative practice by commenting on the work of schools via blogs or video chat as well as physical visits; Utilise Video Conference facilities to conduct our business; Provide the policy framework so school personnel can feel supported in the use of online collaborative spaces; Guide and support schools as they engage with their communities (through forums or P&F meetings) about the opportunities and threats posed by ICTs. 2.School Based Innovators Profile the innovators. Have them share their stories via Blogs and have the facility for others to peer into these narratives and leave comments and feedback.

Our PD PlanOur PD Plan – A four pronged approach cont… 3.School Based ICT Lead Teachers Support schools to access local ICT leaders for delivering staff PD opportunities. If the school down the road has the resident blogging expert or electronic whiteboard expert, access them and TCEO will pay for the release. 4.Target “Expert Teachers” who are reluctant ICT users What models of ICT Integration can be introduced to engage non-it ‘Expert Teachers’. How do we help the “cream” in our system to rise to the top in this ICT rich classroom? It is not an accident that the entire PD strategy targets ICTs across KLAs not ICT as a discipline.

Our Infrastructure Plan Encourage students, teachers and ELT to sign up for an iGoogle account. This gives all learners 24/7 access to an online collaboration and communication suite that provides Mail; storage; Wikis; blogs; video chat….In 2010, this runs in parallel with MySuite and Exchange accounts. Provide good connections in school to these “cloud” based or centrally deployed resources. Support the central store of commoditised, digital responses to the syllabus and where possible make this material available 24/7; Ensure networks and bandwidth can support new delivery models such as Video Conferencing; Desktop video chat, blogs, online forums to enable more penetration into learning environments and more collaboration and participation within these environments.

Our current strategy is built on: ◦ ADSL connections in all primary schools; ◦ 10M:10M in secondary colleges (By April 2010); ◦ 20M:20M shared between TCEO office and Ryan College ◦ 1:1 in years 9-12; ◦ 1:3 in P-8. Be prepared to upgrade our infrastructure and support extra devices in primary schools if teachers are coming board with this revolution…..

Acknowledgements: Various segments of video have been used from ‘Learning for Today’s world’. A special thank you to Greg Whitby and the student speakers Tanuj, Addison and Bei. There are also links to You Tube where you can see Greg Whitby speaking in the UK. All video materials owe its thanks to the Diocese of Parramatta.