Whilst school budgets are not likely to fall within your remit in the early stages of your career, specifying and choosing resources may well fall onto your shoulders. At a time when all public sector funding is squeezed, ensuring best value in ICT procurement is essential, as is making the best possible use of the resources currently available. Some sort of technical support for ICT in schools is now common, and the management of this may well form part of your role. You reflect on the range and quality of technology available in the schools visited during your placements, making comparisons with national statistics. We consider a range of approaches to ICT hardware provision and consider some more economical approaches to ICT resourcing. We discuss criteria for selecting ICT resources and for obtaining best value. We look at approaches to supporting ICT in schools, and consider the role of the school network manager. READING Becta (2007). Quality principles for digital learning resources. Coventry: Becta. Becta (2009). Harnessing technology review 2009: The role of technology in education and skills. Coventry: Becta. Berry, M. (2010) An ‘open source manifesto’ to counter the ICT cuts. Fleming, R. (2010) Saving Money with ICT. Reading: Microsoft Ofsted (2011). ICT 2008-11. London: Ofsted.

1. Resources and Support
Leading Learning in ICT
Lecture 13, 30th
April 2013

2. This morning

3. Levels of provision
• Hardware
• Software
• The Web
• Support

6. BYOD

7. Ofsted on best value
• Approaching £2 billion has been spent on ICT in schools during the
past decade. As noted earlier, governing bodies are expected to apply
the four principles of best value in ensuring the school and the country
gets value for money from this significant investment. Local authority
financial procedures and auditing ensure that the principle of
‘Competition’ is well met. This is not always the case for the other
three principles which means that some schools do not obtain good
value for money.
• ‘Compare performance with others to see where improvements
could be made.’
• ‘Challenge why and how a service is being provided.’
• ‘Consult stakeholders’

8. Nesta

9. Task 1
• You’ve been appointed director of digital strategy for
a new, 200 pupils (ie one form) primary Free school.
• Outline your ICT strategy
• Specify initial capital expenditure (spend no more
than £300,000)

12. Ray Fleming’s
Money Saving Tips
• Virtualisation
• Power Management
• Lower energy devices
• Switch communications
• Remote access
• BYOD
• Stop photocopying and
printing
• Subscribe to rather than buy
software
• Outsource email
• Free / discount software for
students
• Keep using old computers
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/p/cost-saving.aspx

13. Miles Berry’s
Open Source Manifesto
• Don’t buy any software
• Make use of web-based
applications
• Use old computers
• BYOD
• Roll your own internet
• Use (or make) free content
• Don’t pay for CPD
• Empower your people
• Use volunteers
• Share your expertise
http://is.gd/EXjdAt

14. Becta
on quality
resources

16. Web 2.0 in the classroom

18. Webserver

19. OER

20. Webmakers

21. Task 2
• Produce a list of recommended software needed to
teach the new National Curriculum for Computing
in KS1 and KS2.
• bit.ly/comp2014
• Cost your recommendations.

22. Jonassen
on problem solving
Troubleshooting is among the
most commonly experienced
kinds of problem solving in
the professional world… the
problems that are most
completely and accurately
recalled are those that are
most difficult to solve,
because the problems solver
was more conceptually
engaged in the process.
• Identify the fault
• Construct a mental
model
• Diagnose the
problem
• Implement the
solution
• Record the results

23. The Internet

24. Networking 101

25. Models of support
• Full time
• Part time
• Managed service
• Contract
• Shared
• Volunteer
• DIY

26. Task 3
• Identify (and cost) how your school should provide
technical support for delivering your digital strategy.