ICT & The Primary School Today

EPGP 701/2 Lecture 1

Oliver Quinlan
oliver.quinlan@plymouth.ac.uk 01752 585395 @oliverquinlan www.oliverquinlan.com/blog #epgp702

EGP 701 / 702 The facts

5 x 1 hour lectures 6 x 2 hour workshops Assessment: Interview relating to case studies Module handbook

What is ICT?

What is ICT?
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A Story...

Kramer, M. and Mirlacher, T (2007) 'Learning in the Age of Ubiquitous Computing: Exploring the Impact of Mobile Technologies on Individual and Collaborative Learning Practices', in Conference ICL2007, September 26 -28, 2007,Villach : Austria (2007). Available at: http://telearn.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/25/71/62/PDF/ 287_Final_Paper.pdf (Accessed 24th September 2012)

Start with why

TED (2010) Simon Sinke: How great leaders inspire action [Video]. Available at: http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html (Accessed 21st Sept 2012)

Start with why

TED (2010) Simon Sinke: How great leaders inspire action [Video]. Available at: http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html (Accessed 21st Sept 2012)

Where are we now?

Where are we now?

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Where are now? s there wa was we what we found

absolutely no evidence of impact on student achievement. Actually, what we found was there was evidence of no impact on student achievement. There were as many schools where putting in whiteboards had made things worse, as there were where they made things better. Dylan Wiliam

Wiliam, D (2007), Assessment, learning and technology: prospects at the periphery of control. Available at: http://www.scribd.com/doc/44566598/null( Accessed 24th September 2012)

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Image: 4OQs Blog

Spot the ICT...

Sarehole Mill Radio Plays, 4OQs blog

Some history

The National Curriculum

Knowledge, Skills & Understanding Finding things out Developing ideas and making things
happen

Exchanging and sharing information Reviewing, modifying and evaluating work

as it progresses

Breadth of study
DfE (2012) The School Curriculum: Primary Curriculum Subjects: ICT. Available at: http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/teachingandlearning/curriculum/primary/ b00199028/ict

EYFS

http://ictearlyyears.e2bn.org/planning.html

The Rose Review (2009)

Along with literacy, numeracy and personal development, ICT should therefore be at the core of the primary curriculum and be taught both discretely to capture its essential knowledge and skills and through its application across the whole curriculum.
DCSF (2009) Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum: Final Report. Available at: https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/ Primary_curriculum-report.pdf (Accessed 21st September 2012)

The Cambridge Review (2009)

Hopkin, N. (2009) Reecting upon the Cambridge Primary Review Neil Hopkins Blog. Available at: http://neilhopkin.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/reecting-uponthe-cambridge-primary-review/ (Accessed 24th September 2012). Alexander, R. (2010) Children, their World, their Education: Final report and recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review. London: Routledge

Then...

Then...

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Then...

Meanwhile...

Image: Heatheld CPS Blogs

2009: 9% Level 5s 2010: 60% Level 5s

Average progress: 2 years in 1 year

iDHSB.co.uk
Quinlan, O. (2012) Empowered Mobile Learning: iDHSB, Oliver Quinlans Blog June 21st 2012. Available at: http://www.oliverquinlan.com/blog/2012/06/21/ empowered-mobile-learning-idhsb/ (Accessed 25th September 2012)

BBC News (2011) Penzance school buys iPads for 900 Pupils. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-15590024 (Accessed 25th Sept 2012) Wheeler, S. (2012) iPad or iFad?, Learning with es 23rd May 2012. Available at: http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/ipad-or-ifad.html (Accessed 25th Sept 2012)

Images: 4OQs Blog / ClustrMaps

Image: The hole in the wall project

http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/

Visualizing Friendships, Paul Butler (2010)

CC BY SA Gisela Giardino

theguardian (2011), Eric Schmidts McTaggart Lecture- Full text. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/interactive/2011/aug/26/eric-schmidtmactaggart-lecture-full-text (Accessed 25th September 2012)

You invented computers in both concept and practice [...] Yet today, none of the world's leading exponents in these elds are from the UK.
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theguardian (2011), Eric Schmidts McTaggart Lecture- Full text. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/interactive/2011/aug/26/eric-schmidtmactaggart-lecture-full-text (Accessed 25th September 2012)

Were not going to tell you what to do.

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DfE (2012) Michael Gove speech at the BETT show 2012. Available at: http:// www.education.gov.uk/inthenews/speeches/a00201868/michael-gove-speechat-the-bett-show-2012 (Accessed 26th September 2012)

Makers
Papert, S. (1994) The Childrens Machine: Rethinking School in the age of the computer. Basic Books.

CC BY SA Richard Masoner

scratch.mit.edu

webmaker.org

Information Technology Information Computer Communication Digital Computing Enhanced Coding Literacy Technology Science Technology Learning
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TED (2007 )Kevin Kelley - The next 5,000 days of the web. Available at:http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web.html (Accesed 25th September 2012)

BezanDarro: Donald Rumsfeld - Unknown Unknowns! [YouTube] Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiPe1OiKQuk (Accessed 24th September 2011)


There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know.

Donald Rumsfeld

The Rumsfeld model for Learning (Yeomans 2007)

Known Knowns

Known Unknowns

Unknown Unknown Unknowns Unknowns

Who is responsible for the shift of knowledge?

ICT and learning

Deep Shallow
Learning

Passive

Pupil engagement

Active

NCSL(2007) Strategic Leadership in ICT, Nottingham, SLICT

e-condent learner
has a wide range of generic ICT skills is able to learn new skills as needed can select the appropriate tool for the task can talk about the way ICT can enhance their learning knows when ICT can assist learning has a high level of information literacy is prepared to explore and experiment in the use of ICT uses ICT to learn away from school

NCSL(2007) Strategic Leadership in ICT, Nottingham, SLICT

e-condent staff
identify potential new approaches for the use of ICT in their teaching or subject use ICT effectively at a personal and professional level use the technology to learn online are condent to judge standards use ICT effectively in their own teaching envision the future of an ICT-rich education for pupils are prepared for pupils to know more than they do about ICT encourage pupils to make choices about their use of ICT build on their knowledge of pupils ICT capabilities for effective learning have high levels of information literacy

NCSL(2007) Strategic Leadership in ICT, Nottingham, SLICT

So what is this course about?

Learning how to keep children e-safe Building your condence in using ICT professionally Enabling you to develop your digital wisdom Learning how to use ICT to support learning in Maths, English & Science

Being Critical is Critical

4OQ (2011), Writing by hand or on the computer?, 4OQs Blog May 17th 2011. Available at: http://4oqblog.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/writing-by-hand-or-onthe-computer/ (Accessed 25th September 2012)

4OQ (2011), Writing by hand or on the computer?, 4OQs Blog May 17th 2011. Available at: http://4oqblog.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/writing-by-hand-or-onthe-computer/ (Accessed 25th September 2012)

Start with why

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