Low Tech Solutions for High Impact Results Nerissa Day and Marie Adams Meopham School

Who are we? Nerissa Day – AHT and AST (18 years teaching experience in secondary schools) Marie Adams – Head of Department, Kent Teacher of the Year (6 years teaching experience)

New Breed of Student On the phone Text messaging Internet Chat room Listening to music Watching TV Doing homework Homo Zappiens

CONSIDERATIONS  Every Child Matters  Individual Learning Plans  Students taking responsibility for their own learning  Motivated students  24/7 access to the curriculum  Monitoring and assessment  Non-specialist teachers  Internal department auditing to inform SEF

LIMITATIONS  Time to generate materials  Cost of producing materials  ICT programs available  Staff ICT expertise  ICT resources

SYSTEMS ESTABLISHED  Department Intranet  All schemes of work created on Intranet  All staff save created worksheets to relevant section on Intranet  PowerPoint used as vehicle for students to access whole schemes of work  School web site

SUCCESS CRITERIA  GCSE results (2004 – School 36% and department 61%, 2005 – School 33% department 53%).  10% less drop out of college students completing a GCSE course.  Confidence and skill acquisition of non-specialist teachers – Lesson Observations before: 20% poor, 60% satisfactory and 20% good now 60% satisfactory and 40% good.  Department audit –  Student evaluation –  Curriculum covered -

Where next?  All courses offered within the department to be delivered in this format.  All subjects within the school to adopt this format.  Enhance presentations through Flash multimedia program.  Set up Cluster website for Gravesham schools to share resources.  Interactive resource available on CD Rom.

Interactive Resources GCSE BCS GCE Applied Business Student interviews Department Intranet Web Site

What we have begun to achieve.  Students responsible for their own learning (personalised learning);  24/7 access to learning resources;  Motivated learners;  Best learning tool for the job – not ICT for the sake of it;  Independent learners;  Acquiring skills for learning for life.  More effective use of ICT suites.  School web site – parental contact.  Curriculum accessible at home. Teacher Student Primary Dependence HE Independence Time Control of Learning