2. WHY ICT in our schools
1. Equip learners for their future Educational
• educational responsibility component
• competitive necessity
2. Support the needs of the school
• computer systems for accounts,
marks, library, portal,
communication etc
Admin component
3. Enable growth – sustainability
• communication
• marketing
Collaborate!
3. WHY ICT in our schools
1. Educational component = priority 1
2. Admin and marketing
Support the needs of the school – accounts, HR,
marks systems, library systems, parent communications,
past pupil initiatives
4. At the heart:
Pupil and parent information
Academic System
Intranet / Libwin / Pencil Box
Dev Office
Operations
PASS / Intranet
Intranet
ODU
Culture Intranet / Pass
Intranet
Central
Database
Marketing
Fees / Finances Intranet / Internet
Pass / Intranet
Sports
Staff Noticeboard Internet / Intranet
HR
Intranet Web site
Internet VIP / Pass
5. Strategy
Schools need
• up to date central database
• up to date news / communications
• at affordable prices
• without employing more staff
• with security and privacy
Therefore
• Store information centrally
– PencilBox / Libwin / schoolTOOLS / Pastel Accounting
• Link systems using Web interface
– schoolMAGIC also feeds your website with news, fixtures and results
This
• Gives staff the tools to allow them to easily manage all aspects of their jobs
– Including communication and marketing
– And more time to focus on teaching and learning
6. Strategy
• Buy affordable industry (school) standard
software that integrates with other software
– Limit duplication
– Ease of use
– In collaboration with other schools
7. Communication and Marketing
Parents
Teachers
Headmaster
Past learners Learners
Potential
Parents
Coaches
Marketing
I’m delighted to be able to share with the people who manage the finances at schools some of the major ICT challenges that we face in South Africa and also to share what is happening internationally in schools. Thanks for this opportunity.I spent 3 weeks in July visiting schools in Sydney and Brisbane. It was fabulous to have to time to concentrate on the educational and exciting part of my job and I’m very grateful to ISASA and Bishops for the opportunity! I chose Australia as they have loads of experience with 1-1 programmes and ICT integration. I tried to see a variety of schools – with different technology integration models – and different technology funding models. Those with 1-1 programmes faced familiar challenges.Supporting technology and running increasingly complex IT infrastructures is an expensive business.
Want newsWant fixtures and resultsWant communication – give them the tools – how do we do it with sport and culture?If they don’t do it then who is going to do it?
Want newsWant fixtures and resultsWant communication – give them the tools – how do we do it with sport and culture?If they don’t do it then who is going to do it?
A colleague recently commented that with education one isn’t sure until significant time has passed as to whether a particular method or technology has been successful or not. We therefore need to experiment, to try new things and to keep asking the question as to whether what we do adds educational value.
