Smart_VET FIT County Wicklow VEC IVEA City College Norwich TELLConsult EnAIP Friuli Venezia Funded through the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU County Wicklow Vocational Education Committee Coiste Gairmoideachais Chontae Chill Mhantáin

Work Packages 1Project Management and MonitoringOngoing 2Quality Assurance and EvaluationOngoing 3Research and Workshops (Needs Analysis)Complete 4Development of Training Programme on Interactive WhiteboardsPublished in draft format 5Development of CPD MaterialsOngoing 6Testing and piloting* - County Wicklow VECCurrent 7DisseminationOngoing 8Exploitation of Results – presentation in regional, national and international fora Ongoing

Needs Analysis All schools and centres in County Wicklow targeted – 200 responses

Needs Analysis Report Recommended: – Development of generic modules covering the basic IWB features and those that support general cognitive activities(ordering, structuring, comparing), and specific instructions on the use of tools for two most popular brands. – Design of training materials as modular as possible, designed to support an eclectic approach – Train teachers to improve selection of resources – Select the subject content to reflect more popular subjects mentioned. – Foster discussion and awareness on the added value of IWBs in education – Combine training with general pedagogical principles and topics – Increase and improve access to existing IWBs

Training Programme Focus – Enhancing teacher expertise – Developing collaboration Target – groups of teachers in some centres; transfer to other teachers both in these centres and in other CWVEC centres and schools; transfer to other providers throughout Ireland Aims: training in core IWB skills, including: – Technical Skills – using the IWB functions; maintenance issues – Pedagogical Skills – teaching aspects; designing lessons; moving towards interaction and collaboration in the classroom Training approach – Action research – Collaborative Learning – Community of Practice – Peer tutoring – Cognitive apprenticeship – participating in a real, but supported environment – Blended Learning

Schedule for training (piloting) October 2012Seminars 1+2Learning about the technology November 2012 Seminar 3 Workshop 1 Developing projects December 2012 Pilot testing – delivery by teachers in the classroom Delivery of chosen lessons January 2013 February 2013 Workshop 2 March 2013 Teacher Reports April 2013Workshop 3 May 2013 June 2013Champions’ final Workshop and Reports Possible conference/dissemination by teachers and champions of the experience

Champion Tasks Participate in activities planning workshop (May 2012) Participate in preparation seminar (Sept. 2012) Train the teachers – 3 seminars and 3 workshops Support teachers in their use of the IWBs Collect feedback Participate in preparation of final report from teachers Identify most interesting experiences Participate in final workshop

Learning manual Advantages of IWBs for effective teaching Pedagogical approaches – Exposition – Enhancing interaction Teaching and Learning with IWBs – Designing learning activities Tools and features of IWBs Educational application (examples) – Teacher-centred lessons – Multimedia lessons – Interactive lessons – Collaborative lessons Individual learning differences – Learning Styles;Cognitive Styles; Multiple Intelligences

Digital natives Adult Education and Andragogy – Andragogy vs Pedagogy – Principles of andragogy – Criticism of the theories Teaching Methods – Active Learning – Case Studies – Problem based learning – Project based learning Co-operative Learning – Jigsaw – Think, pair, share Mind mapping – Drawing mind maps Concept maps – Meaningful learning – Constructing good concept maps

Smart_VET County Wicklow VEC Schedule of teacher Seminars and Workshops to be delivered by Smart_VET champions. Seminar 1Seminar 2Seminar 3Workshop 1Workshop 2Workshop 3 Blessington FEC5 th October th October, th November 2012 Tbc: February (Week1/2) Tbc: April (Week 2) Bray Adult Education Centre tbc Tbc: February (Week1/2) Tbc: April (Week 2) Bray Youthreach 8 th October, th October, 2012 Tbc: February (Week1/2) Tbc: April (Week 2) Bray Institute of Further Education tbc Tbc: February (Week1/2) Tbc: April (Week 2) Arklow FECYR: 4 th October, 2012 VTOS/ABE: 8 th October, 2012 YR: 4 th October, 2012 VTOS/ABE: 8 th October, 2012 tbc Tbc: February (Week1/2) Tbc: April (Week 2)

Technical Support (County Wicklow VEC) Wendy O’Sullivan Tom Coleman Kathleen Dunne Audit of equipment Repair and replacement of equipment Development of technical maintenance checklist Additional support and training Champion workshop for Co-ordinators?

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