Western Cape Education Department WCED e-Vision for e-Education 24 January 2014
WCED e-VISION
WCED Vision for E-Education
Step One Western Cape Broadband Initiative Also Wide Area Network (WAN)
WCED Vision for E-Education Step Two Western Cape LAN Initiative (Local Area Network)
WCED Vision for E-Education Step Three Classroom Technology
WCED Vision for E-Education Step For(ward) Skills and Utilization
WAN, LAN, Classroom Technologies, e-Resources etc are no longer far off on the horizon
… it has entered the harbour, ready to dock
UPDATE January 2015 Status: Wide Area Network (WAN) 340 Site surveys completed. Firm dates for 831 sites. May/ June 2015 for the Metro sites. Wireless rollouts to follow 10mb/ 100mb/ 1gb (30 seconds for a dvd)
UPDATE January 2015 Status: Local Area Network (LAN) Specifications have been reviewed Tender to be tabled 28 January 2015 Envisaged award in March 2015 Roll-out June % Wi-Fi coverage, +hostel open spaces
WAN roll-out in project mode (site visits, April 1 st school ON) LAN tender pending (closing 3 February 2015) CAT/IT refresh cycle approved (121 this year) 126 general ICT labs refreshed this year classrooms in at least 248 schools SMART classrooms UPDATE January 2015
STATUS: Professional Development Training in using the technology Development in integrating technology in your teaching Developing skills in creating own content
UPDATE January 2015 STATUS: Professional Development Cyber-safety/ethics course being developed What is needed within your subject?
UPDATE JANUARY 2015 STATUS: Professional Development No quick fixes Drip feed approach
UPDATE January 2015 Status: E-Content Content Tender Content repository Tender E-Catalogue
UPDATE January 2015
Digital Repository Osman Sadeck August 2010
Videos for QA Maths – Video Clips Grade 4 to Grade 12 Already sorted by Grade, Term and Topic CAPS aligned by service provider Sourcing the Grade 12 Maths videos in isiXhosa
Hits – to date MonthFETGETAndroid AppsTotal January February March April May June July August September October November December Total
Freedom Toaster Maintenance and update contract renewed for one year ( September 2015) Telematics 2014 were uploaded Past NSC Grade 12 papers and memos uploaded Usage report will be generated by service provider
UPDATE January 2015 E-Systems Learning Management System (LMS: Moodle) Create assessments, surveys etc Curriculum Website E-Catalogue
Docking soon!!!
UPDATE January 2015 Wide Area Network (WAN) Local Area Network (LAN) Technology roll-outs Professional Development E-Content E-Systems E-Administration
Vision
Key to everything… A S KA S K
A sk, S omeone K nows
Challenges … innumerable challenges, but if we do nothing… …deal with IT as each presents itself