A strategic ICT integration guide for leaders of teacher education institutions
Angela Schaerer
Academic Programme Manager
April 2010

Access to technology and skills
Transform education through 21 st century skills development
Enable jobs and economic growth
• Global programme in 112 countries, reaching over 10 million teachers world wide
• In South Africa:
• … since 2005
• … working in collaboration with partners and DoBE (National and Provincial) to assess needs and roll out localised programmes
• … including access to software and tools; teacher training on ICT integration (almost 25 000 teachers trained to date); communities for best practice and sharing through the Innovative Teacher Forum and
Partners in Learning Network; holistic approach to innovative schooling
• … and now focussing on support for pre-service teacher training

Teachers are most motivated to innovate and adopt new practices when they are in pre-service / year 1 of teaching
3 years
25% leave*
5 years
50% leave*
Commitment to Teaching
Source: Ingersoll, R.M. (2001). Teacher turnover and teacher shortages. American Educational Research Journal, 38.
Kavita Mittapalli, doctoral dissertation “What Makes Public School Teachers Stay, Leave or become Non-teachers? An In-depth
Understanding of their Personal Characteristics, Beliefs and Perceptions 2008, George Mason University.
* US data

The current opportunity for ICT in education lies in encouraging teachers to integrate technology directly into teaching and learning
Most educators are using technology for productivity purposes
To support learning outcomes, technology must be integrated into curriculum and pedagogy
Stage 1: Digital
Literacy
Stage 2:
Productivity
Stage 3: ICT aligned with
Curriculum and
Pedagogy
Stage 4:
Pedagogy,
Curriculum and
Communities supported by ICT

International Advisory Committee for Pre-Service
Advisor
Dr. Ian Gibson
Dr. Deirdre Butler
Tim Tarrant
Dr. Chris Dede
Dr. Stephen Kerr
Dr. Gajaraj
Dhanarajan
Pierre Saurel
Affiliation
Macquarie University College of Education
St. Patrick’s’ Teaching College
Head of ICT at Training and Development Agency
Harvard University School of Education
University of Washington College of Education
Director, Institute for Research and Innovation
Wawasan Open University
Professor of ICT and Intellectual Property
Country
Australia
Ireland
UK
US
US
Malaysia
France

Pre-Service Teacher Programme Elements Address Key
Barriers to Adoption of ICT by Teachers
Key barriers are lack of….
ICT Skills to
Support
Pedagogy
Mentors &
Collaboration
Skills
Up to
Date/relevant
ICT
Resources
Communities of Practice
Microsoft Pre-
Service
Programme addresses them with…
Online
Content
Modules
Workshops
Peer
Coaching adapted for Pre-
Service
MS (and other) products and tools with support for how to use them in teaching
Partners in
Learning
Network &
Forums

Deans and Faculty
• Strategic Planning Workshops &
Toolkit
• Online course modules to complement curriculum:
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking,
Assessment, Organisation
Pre-service teachers
Pre-Service Teacher Training –
•
Workshops
•
Online training
•
Project work
•
Access to tools and applications
•
Participation in innovative teacher communities and forums

• Provide a set of tools for the needs and situation analysis of the state of ICT use in teaching, learning and administration in pre-service teacher training institutions
• By doing so, the institutions will be better positioned to develop a strategic plan (long term planning towards the organisation’s vision &
mission) to build their capacity for ICT integration in education.
• 6 strategic dimensions:
1.
Vision and Philosophy
2.
Programme: Curriculum, Assessment & Practicum
3.
Professional Learning of Deans and Teacher Educators
4.
ICT Infrastructure, Resources and Support
5.
Internal and External Communication and Partnership
6.
Research & Evaluation

Scenario-based content framework: Modular approach allows faculty to select, customise and use the pieces required
Introduction
Scenarios/
Skills
Creativity
Case Studies
(in progress)
Lessons
Our Environment
Critical Thinking
Collaboration
Assessment
(in progress)
(in progress)
(in progress)
Global Health
Human Rights
Cultural Diversity
How-Tos
Examples
How-Tos
Examples
How-Tos
Examples
How-Tos
Examples
How-Tos
Examples
Organization
Whitepapers:
PDFs that include educator scenarios, tools, and examples
(in progress)
Case Studies:
1-pg PDFs that illustrate educator success stories within the classroom
The Media
Lesson Plans:
Word docs with
2 primary school lessons +
2 secondary school lessons

Incorporation of modules into pre-service teacher training
Key elements:
Full day hands on workshop for teacher students and faculty
Pre-service students and faculty learn how to incorporate 21 st century skills, specifically communication, collaboration, critical thinking and technology literacy skills into high quality teaching and learning. Pre-service teachers will leave workshop with tools and skills they can use in teaching pracs.
On-line follow-up module
After the workshop, participants independently complete an interactive, online module reinforcing what they learned in the workshop.
Participation in communities of learning
Join an on-line community of innovative teachers eg Partners in learning
Network, who share best practices and resources for using technology in the classroom to strengthen teaching and learning.
Follow-up student projects
Transfer what was learned in the workshop to R-12 setting.

www.cpd21.com
Topic 1: Collaborative Learning
Topic 2: Collaboration and 21st Century Skills
Topic 3: Collaboration Strategies
Topic 4: Project Based Learning
Topic 5: Assessment of Collaboration and Project Based Learning
Topic 6: Collaboration Tools in the Classroom
Topic 7: Tools for Peer Collaboration
End of Module Quiz

• This programme is being piloted across the world and in
South Africa in 2010
• A day seminar will be held for Deans of Schools of Education alongside the WW Innovative Education Forum in October
2010 to introduce the Teacher Education Institution (TEI)
Toolkit
• From 2011, Microsoft and our partners will be supporting interested Universities/Teacher Training institutions in running workshops on: using the TEI toolkit, evaluating current status and planning implementation for moving along the continuum
• modelling use of the pre-service teacher training courseware
• opportunity to adopt, customise and collaborate to contribute content to the pre-service TT courseware

Thank you v-angels@microsoft.com
www.partnersinlearningnetwork.com
www.school.za/PILP