How ICT can help personalise

learning and engage your

Students
Dai Thomas
 Personalisation through ICT
works:

“ I am no technical expert but I can see what

ICT can do for the children’s enthusiasm
and enjoyment of learning”
Kathleen Higgins
Headteacher
Altwood C of E School,Maidenhead
 Where Are We Now?
A typical school…..
• Uses ICT inside an ICT suite
• Uses ICT on an immobile device
• Delivers content
• Encourages independent study but limits ICT
access
• Establishes a culture of 9-4,only here learning
(Is your school typical or are you further
towards e-confidence?)
 Changing Times
• New uses of Internet (bi-directional tools)
• Media based society breeding a new
generation of media centric users
• Low cost solutions (open source)
• Increasing range of smarter products at a
cheaper price
• 14M ipods sold in the last quarter (23.5 m
2006)
 Personalisation through ICT
works:

“The pace of lessons has improved because of the

way in which teachers are able to switch from
one resource to another, call up images and
interact with different software to exemplify a
different way of looking at something”
Bob Sawyer
Headteacher
All Saints Catholic High School,Sheffield
 Elements of Personalisation
• Interactivity:Interactive teaching,interactive
learning,catering for preferred learning styles
• Deeper Learning: by making connections, ICT
enables us to do this across all kinds of
groups,crosses boundaries
• Student Voice:Through student voice, bi-
directional communication and support networks
• Concurrent Activity:By concurrent engineering of
learning experiences for/by learners
 Ideas for Innovation
• A podcast story for disaffected boys
• The Learning Platform
• A vidcast revision example for quadratic
brackets
• A online peer discussion group on divorce
using anonymous avatars
• E-mentoring
• Safari Hunt Game Play
• Field work with a difference
 Where Should We Be?
An e-confident school…..
• Uses ICT throughout the campus
• Uses ICT on mobile devices
• Delivers content and receives (content,
feedback, support, ideas)
• Encourages independent study through “open
access” ICT systems
• Establishes a culture of anytime, anywhere
learning
 Personalisation through ICT
works:

“There have been whole ranges of factors which have

influenced an improvement in standards within the
school. One of those factors clearly is the use of
ICT and e-learning as a motivating factor for
students: this has also led to an enhancement in
the professionalism of the staff”
David Turrell
Headteacher
The Sir Bernard Lovell School,Bristol
 Hurdles: Technological and
Otherwise
• Change management issues
• CPD issues
• Cost implications
• Cultural step shift
(What will be your biggest hurdle?)

“People don’t mind problems they can’t solve

but hate solutions that they don’t understand”
Eric Bonabeau
Starting the Personalisation with
ICT Conversation….
 Think Big…Start Small!
• Digital Native or Digital Immigrant? (Which
category do you or your SLT fit in?)
• Use your Digitally Native converts to
champion small projects(who are these
key team members?)
• CPD and advice streams
• Family schools and network support
systems
 Personalisation through ICT
works:

“The way in which staff are running with the

technology is great but of course it’s the
students who are really the driving force
because they know how to use this stuff better
than some staff do”
Mark Lloyd
Headteacher
Barking Abbey School,Essex
Stepping Stones to Success
• Your planning and
discussions (Think
big..start small)
• Your personalisation
project?
• Support networks
and advice
Continue the Conversation…..
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Personalisation Through ICT
• Personalisation: Education has always taken a
personal role at times but perhaps the technological
tools are now available to make it easier to manage
• Personalisation: Deeper learning: by making
connections, ICT enables us to do this across all
kinds of groups,crosses boundaries
• Personalisation: Through student voice, bi-
directional communication and support networks
• Personalisation: By concurrent engineering of
learning experiences for/by learners
 ICT: A Change Catalyst

V
“Any colour - so long as it's black”

Personalisation/Customisation

Mass Production to Customisation

Change Process

People
Tim Rudd Becta