E-Learning Foundation Spring Conference 2015
FROM BASKET CASE TO SOMEWHERE
ELSE………
Chiswick School www.chiswickschool.org
Achieving transformational change utilising modern
technologies
Chiswick School www.chiswickschool.org
Achieving transformational change utilising modern
technologies
Introduction
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A quick introduction to Chiswick
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School profile and history
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Ave Pt. Score and FSM
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IT starting point – could not have
been much lower!
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Setting a clear vision to move from
Ofsted Satisfactory to truly
exceptional
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Why embedding technology is integral to this vision, end goal!
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The very start of the journey
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Honesty was essential, we were a mess!
Quick fixes were hard to find
Promise nothing that cannot be delivered
Find out what teachers want to use IT for,
but be prepared for the fact that they might
not have answers!
Communicate.................
All the majority of staff knew at this time was that
the use of Educational Technology would eventually
play a central role in our progress
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Importance of a whole school vision – Some key questions
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Just how important is it for all students to receive a digital education?
Are there skills that can now be ‘assumed’ or is this dangerous?
An absolute emphasis on Teaching & Learning – This alone will not make a
struggling teacher transform to good, but it can help a good one become
outstanding
What sort of education do you want your students to gain at KS3 (whether
2 or 3 years)?
If literacy and numeracy are the responsibility of every teacher....should
digital education be exactly the same?
If we agree with the above how will this be supported with relevant CPD?
Academic or vocational......BOTH!
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School Corporate Strategic Plan
We will be at the cutting edge of the use of new technologies to enhance
teaching & learning and will gain national recognition for its contribution to
student outcomes. Our teachers will be some of the best trained nationally and
will all confidently use appropriate technology as an intrinsic part of the
learning experience in their lessons. By the end of the academic year
2015/2016 every student at Chiswick will own his or her own roaming device
A bold statement and one that needed to be soundly backed!
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The China experience
Thomas Friedman – ‘Average is Over’
Chinese School system
English System
System Led - 50% teaching time
50% Lesson Preparation/Observation
of peers/CPD/Technology training
System emerging – High contact time,
hard to share planning or practice
OECD slipping in core areas
OECD Table toppers
Numbers - More top graduates than we
have students
Cultural - Parental engagement 30% of
family income minimum given to
education
Numbers – Record numbers of
graduates unemployed, 18-24 over
1Million now without work
Culture – Varied levels of parental
support
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There is a
mismatch
between what we
are teaching and
what business &
Industry needs
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A powerful learning
tool
Can make
learning easier /
more enjoyable
An easy way
to share key
information
Can give you an
educational
advantage
Information to hand
wherever you are
Can improve
literacy and
numeracy
A tool to promote and
enhance creativity
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“The number one benefit of information technology is that it
empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be
creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn
things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a
sense it is all about potential.“
Steve Ballmer (former CEO Microsoft)
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“Using mobile technologies in the delivery of the curriculum
to equip pupils to use computational thinking and creativity
to understand and change the world”
This brief begs two immediate questions……
What exactly do we
mean by computational
thinking?
How important is
creativity within our
school curriculum?
Computational Thinking (CT) is a process that generalizes a solution to
open ended and often complex problems
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WHOLE SCHOOL IT
VISION
(From the top)
A clear agreed
definition of the place
of digital technologies
within the school.
ICT Department should
feed into this but the two
are different.
Pedagogical agreement
as to how this will fit into
enhanced teaching &
learning across the
school
ICT DEPT VISION
Baseline assessment
from intake
Agreement on core user
skills and how to deliver
these
SUPPORT / CPD
Training will almost
always be required –
SLT to recognise and
support this
Time to plan essential
Merge skill acquisition
with enhanced creativity
at KS3
No ‘spoon feeding’
students of all abilities
to be stretched and
challenged
Clear pathways to
KS4/KS5 and beyond
Staff within the Dept.
encouraged to take
ownership for specific
skill sets
Be ambitious long-term
but realistic short-term
BUSINESS / INDUSTRY /
HIGER ED LINKS
Context is all sometimes
– find where the skills
taught are
found/needed in
Industry/Business and
make this explicit within
teaching
Seek out expertise and
bring it in to support
lessons (or bring students
to industry).
Link to Higher Ed courses
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Six stage process to embed IT in
Learning
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Review / Recovery
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Consolidation
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Building a vision
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Implementation of vision
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Embed technology within T & L
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Review / Evaluate / Re-Assess
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Buy in required from:
Students
Staff
Buy -In
Parents
Governors
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Finance (providing an affordable and sustainable solution)
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Finance based on both short- and long-term planning
Short-term:
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As part of 6 Stage Process focus on design and implementation of
infrastructure, trial of mobile devices, consultancy
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Breakdown of cost into IT Capital and IT Support
Close liaison with equipment providers
IT Capital determined as a percentage of school budget – Up to 2% (Hard to
maintain)!
iPad2/Minis – Initially £250 per device (incl cover, Apps)
- 200 students: £50k (cheaper this year)
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Long-term - Understanding the ongoing need:
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Desktop versus mobile technology – Key Stage requirement
Balancing IT support and equipment – 50/50 split
At Home Scheme - £60 per student/annum over 3-years
- Revenue £36k per Year Group (Year 8)
- Revenue Year 7 (£39K)
Insurance, Repair and Maintenance
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Various insurance options investigated; loss and theft of devices
Calculating an acceptable level of mobile device write-off – 11%
Pragmatic approach to repair and maintenance - £35 per mobile device
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Role of SIG Group
(Strategic Improvement Group)
Director of
Technology
ELearning Creativity
Lead ADE, Adobe +
E-Learning Manager
Apple ADE
9ine Technical
Chaired by
9ine
Business
Development
Manager (SLT)
Headteacher
(SLT)
IT Technicians
Media & Graphic
Design Manager
Middle leaders
drafted into SIG
group
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Current situation
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All staff have had iPads for almost three years
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Year 7 and Year 8 have their own iPads
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Over 40 Year 12/13 students have Samsung
Chromebooks
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Content created for Key Stages 3/4 and 5, a key
driver for the programme
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Parents and students completely on-side
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Google tools really starting to change the way
that staff communicate with students
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What have we achieved so far?
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Built confidence and trust
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Basics work and trust has been restored
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Technically secure and a confidence that we can
handle any situation
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Built a vision that all have bought into
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Perhaps most of all, we have created an
environment within which we can confidently
innovate and integrate IT seamlessly into
teaching & leaning
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Impact
 Every space is now a learning space
 Year 8 students are working differently.
they are inquisitive, more independent in
their approach to learning and we think they
are working harder
 Year 7 could not wait to join the programme
not one parent in opposition
 82% retention rate year 11 to Post 16
 Complete adaptability of spaces for
Post 16 learning
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In pursuit of WOW!
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Pursuit of Wow! – 1 minute hook (Disney Moment)
24 hours learning – bridge the gap between
home and school (Teachers available to their
student’s wherever and whenever)
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MAKE IT FUN!!
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Lesson content available in different formats
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Create independent learners
(prepare our students for their future)
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Empower students, staff, teachers, parents and
governors (focus on the user)
Want to be radical and revolutionary (ensure our
kids have the skills and personal attributes to be
truly successful)
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Any thoughts, observations or questions?
ary@chiswickschool.org
rlw@chiswickschool.org
@oldmead
@lawrencerenaldo
Tony Ryan Headteacher
Renaldo Lawrence ELearning /
Creativity lead
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