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Technology visit 22nd jan 2014
1. Pheasey Park Farm Primary School and Children’s Centre
Demonstrating Impact – A technology based approach to school improvement
2. Pheasey Park Farm Primary - a background
Walsall - In the centre of the UK - 6 miles from
Birmingham
On the border of three authorities; Sandwell,
Birmingham and Dudley
One of the largest Primary schools in the country
With over 700 pupils, 40 Teachers and 20 support
staff
Headteacher and senior management change
from January 2013
Has ambitious plans for using technology to raise
standards for its pupils
3. We want our school to be a place that other schools will
want to learn from….
“Requires Improvement” to “Outstanding” – Our quest to transform teaching and learning
4. We hope to share with you ...
- Our vision for learning through collaboration
- Key elements of this technology implementation
- Our Change management strategy
8. What are the questions we asked
What should the learning now look like?
What technologies should we invest in?
How does technology fit with traditional assessment?
How can we get value for money?
How can we train our staff?
9. Key priorities in our Vision for Technology Enhanced Learning
Empower
Leadership
Improving
teaching &
learning
through
ICT
Safe and
responsible
users of
ICT.
a
Fit-forpurpose
digital
infrastructure
Developing
the
workforce
Engaging
learners
and their
families
10. Pheasey Park Primary School Aims.
To prepare and equip children with the
necessary knowledge, skills, values
and attitudes to become responsible
adults and citizens of the future
To develop the natural curiosity that children
exhibit about themselves and their world. And
use this to foster positive attitudes to learning
12. Essential ingredients
New
scenarios for
learning
Student Voice
Equity
Staff
Training
Changed
approach to
teaching &
learning
Leadership
Vision and
Strategy
Technology
Infrastructure
Sustainability
Pheasey
Park Primary
Technology
Transformed
Learning
Monitoring &
Evaluation
13. Creating a vision for learning for leadership “Buy in”
• The school’s overall vision clearly identifies the distinctive
contributions of ICT and their potential to enhance all aspects
of the school’s work.
• Clear vision for the role of Technology in teaching and learning
• Priority for staff development
• Focus on Teaching - OFSTED
14. Changed approach to managing teaching and learning
( Teaching first - Learning will follow)
•
All staff harness the full potential to enhance and
extend learning and teaching
• Staff to use SMART Technologies to enhance their
teaching to at least “GOOD”
16. New scenarios for learning
• Staff provide opportunities for creative and independent learning
that extends pupils’ capacity to learn within and beyond the
school.
• Creation of the SMART Collaborative Classroom (One of only 4
in the UK)
• Focus on collaborative learning
• Prototype approaches to learning for later use by whole school
20. Changed Pedagogy
- Children work together in small groups on collaborative technology
- Differentiated activities working towards the same learning outcomes
Learning through discussion, communication and collaboration
- Collaboration on themed project activities
Collaboration
Interactive Projector
Teacher
introduction
Collaboration
Flat Panel
Collaboration
IWB
Collaboration
SMART Table
Teacher
Plenary
Work at
Home
21. Student Voice
• The main role of the Digital champions (pupils)
is to promote and support the innovative use of
ICT.
• This includes giving opinions and feedback on
the choice of and use of technology
22. Key comments from our students.
I’d like to take more digital pictures and use
them in our work – Cerys (Y6)
Use online games to learn. Megan (Y5)
I would like to use the computer to find out
about things – Joshua - Reception
I would like to use i-pads in my lessons
and make movies to help with my learning
– Charlie (Y4 )
I prefer to read on my i-Pad rather than in a
book – Paul (Y6)
During my lessons I’d like to go up to the
fromt and work on the interactive
Whiteboard – Victoria (Y3)
23. Student Voice - Learners as creators
• Having a range of personal
devices to choose from
• Use the digital imaging on the
device to capture an image, video
or a sound recording
• Utilising media in simple
presentations: PowerPoint /
SMART Notebook
• Using devices to plan as well as
present ideas:
24. Staff training
• It is so important that teachers get the technology before
students and that they have ownership
• Developing capacity with in the school is key
• A team of Digital Leaders to lead innovation in the school,
specifically in their year groups. To ensure technology use in
classroom, integrating with SMART Notebook and other
technologies
• Underpinned by systematic training for teachers to use
devices in lessons as appropriate to enhance teaching &
learning.
• SMART Accreditation – All Digital Leaders will be
accredited by Easter 2013
25. Technology – Infrastructure and Sustainability
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• The hardware is only one part of the puzzle. It is about
being connected. ( Wi-Fi )
• Standardised technology across all classes
• Everything needs to work as easily as switching on the
lights in the classroom.
• Having reliable immediate “Tech Support” is essential to
the day to day running of our school
• External Technology consultants
• School based employed technician
26. Monitoring and Evaluation - Outcomes
• Classroom observations – OFSTED (Outstanding)
“ The use of technology in the Collaborative Classroom led to high levels of interest and engagement by all pupils. This
enabled all groups to make rapid progress during the lesson. “
• Check against our strategic plan
Regular update on progress to governors meetings. Parents are kept informed through the Website and Newsletters
• Academic research Case Study (Don Passey – Lancaster University)
How this development has been, and is, managed, and the perceived and measurable impacts it has on school
improvement.
Meeker says that mobile Internet usage is ramping up substantially faster than desktop Internet usage did, a view she and her team arrived at by comparing the adoption rates of iPhone/iPod touch to that of AOL and Netscape in the early 1990s. According to Meeker, adoption of the Apple devices is taking place more than 11 times faster that of AOL, and several times as fast as that of Netscape. Helping to drive this is 3G technology,
E Strategy Diagram with 6 priorities in
How do we bridge the gap – 15 min discussion What are your thoughts?????
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Meeker says that mobile Internet usage is ramping up substantially faster than desktop Internet usage did, a view she and her team arrived at by comparing the adoption rates of iPhone/iPod touch to that of AOL and Netscape in the early 1990s. According to Meeker, adoption of the Apple devices is taking place more than 11 times faster that of AOL, and several times as fast as that of Netscape. Helping to drive this is 3G technology,