2. Meeting Agenda
• What is Contemporary
Learning?
• Effective Learning Spaces
• The place of technologies
in learning
• 1 to 1 iPads at St
Catherine’s
• Questions?
3. Trends in Educational
Theory
Current advocates of education reform:
Dr. Alan
November
Prof. Stephen
Heppell
Sir Ken
Robinson
Dan Pink
Next slide: Sugata Mitra Video (3.5 mins)
4.
5. If you do what you’ve always done,
you’ll always get what you always got.
Anthony Robbins
7. Hi, my name is Sam.
• I’m in year 4. I’m Generation Z.
• I’ll finish school in 2022.
• I’ll most likely retire in the 2070s.
• I will probably live to see the next
century; my children certainly will.
• I will hold an estimated 17 jobs in my
lifetime, most of which haven’t been
invented yet.
• Do you know what I need to learn?
• Can you to equip me to live in my
world?
9. What sort of
world were
students
prepared for?!
!
!
!
!
What knowledge
and skills were
required to be
successful?
10. The principal goal of
education is to create
men and women who are
capable of doing new
things, not simply
repeating what other
generations have done.
!
Jean Piaget
13. Australian Curriculum
• Focus on inquiry, multimedia
communications and digital
literacy
• Student-centred
• General capabilities: ICLT
capability is mandatory
24. • Handwri(ng
–
skill
deteriorates
with
over
use
of
iPads
• Security
risk
–
possibility
of
the
iPad
being
stolen
from
a
car
• Tidy
tray
access
–
crush
of
people
at
certain
;mes,
it’s
bad
when
you
have
to
get
up
to
get
books
you
need
• Losing
work
/
app
not
saving
–
in
reference
to
2
apps
only
• Distrac(ng
–
if
classmates
are
using
their
iPads
at
inappropriate
;mes
• Spelling
–
suffers
with
reliance
on
spell-‐checkers
Comfort
–
Being
comfortable
makes
me
too
relaxed
so
I
don’t
concentrate
• Flat
ba=ery
–
if
the
iPad
runs
out
of
charge
it’s
harder
to
complete
work
• Tables
–
Not
enough
room
if
the
whole
class
is
wri;ng
Cau;onary
feedback:
25. What does the data say?
Year
3
to
Year
5
:
Percentage
of
students
with
Effect
Size
>
0.8
26. Between
March
&
October
!
Average
Effect
Size
=
0.41
!
!
• 66%
had
a
posi;ve
ES
!
• 22%
below
0.4
but
posi;ve
!
• 14%
had
ES
=
0
!
• 20%
had
a
nega;ve
ES
What does the data say?
84%
of
these
were
BELOW
Class
Avg
on
Test
1
!
80%
of
these
were
Above
Class
Avg
on
Test
1
!
83%
of
these
were
on/above
Class
Avg
on
Test
1
!
67%
of
these
were
on/above
class
Avg
on
Test
1
27. Learning in 2015 must…
• Teaches students not what to think
but how to think
• Values divergent questioning over
definitive answers
• Develops higher order skills for
deeper understanding
• Encourages control to the students
• Differentiates & personalises
learning for individuals
• Is real and relevant
• Engages and motivates
• Retains teaching of core skills
28. Why 1 to 1?
• Need for greater access to digital tools
• Allows personalised learning
• Greater autonomy for students
• Offers more ways to create,
communicate and assess
• Potential to build active learning
communities
• Learning opportunities expanded
beyond the classroom
• Equity of access
• Benefits have been demonstrated
29. Why now?
• Students reaching age where
engagement and motivation tend
to diminish
• Growing need for digital
citizenship skills
• Students are capable of greater
responsibility for own learning
• Wider range of learning needs at
this level - need for differentiation
30. Program Support & Planning
• School investment in building
capacity for teachers
• Professional learning
opportunities
• Observation of successful 1 to 1
programs and contemporary
learning spaces
• Support from BCE Education
Consultants
• Release time for planning and
review now and throughout 2015
31. Evaluating the Program
• Cognitive: Data from academic
testing - literacy and numeracy
assessment
• Affective: Surveys about attitudes
to school, homework and learning
• Behavioural: Students’ approach
to learning, goal-setting, capacity
for resilience
32. Why “Family Funded”?
• Sustainable, replicable,
scalable
• Allows personalisation of
device
• More potential for developing
ICLT management skills
• More equitable from whole
school perspective
33. Why iPads?
• Portable, mobile, light
• Instant access (no login)
• 10+ hours battery life
• Security of the OS
• Robust, no moving parts
• Supports collaboration
• Offer all essential functionality for
this age level
• Value for money
34. Which iPad?
• iPad 2 or later
• Full size
• 16GB adequate
• Wi-Fi only (no cellular / 3G
sim)
• Battery must last through a
school day
35. Purchasing options...
• Lease iPad through school:
levy per term (with option to
pay out when your child
leaves the school)
• Use an existing home iPad
• Purchase a new iPad outright
36. Apps?
• Consent to an Apple ID for your
child (form will be sent to you)
• Pay app levy through booklist
• School purchases apps through
Volume Purchasing Program (half
price) and sends codes via email
to students
• Install FREE apps from the list
provided
37. Support for Parents?
• School wireless certificate
• Parent Night for setup and
managing home use
• Blogs
• Handbooks
• Apple Education Support
38. Handbook
• Rationale
• School Policy
• Conditions of use
• Acceptable Use Agreement
• Program Guidelines
• Consent Form (a separate copy will be
sent home to be signed and returned
before wireless certificate is installed)
