Who Dares, Wins

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Who Dares, Wins
de Ferrers Specialist Technology College
Easy ways to succeed using Learning Platforms
Greg HughesConsultant Deep Experience
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DEEPEXPERIENCE
NEW TECHNOLOGIES PERSONALISED CURRICULUM
IMPROVED ENGAGEMENT
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• NEW TECHNOLOGIES team
• Assistant Principal Deep Experience (JSL)
• Leadership Consultant Deep Experience (GH)
• New Technology Development Leaders (NTDLs)
• - DT (DB)
• - ICT (SJ)
• - Maths (CB)
• - Science (SG)
• Web Designer ICT/Reprographics (TW)
• Monthly meetings of Management group for New
  Technologies team (MY, JSL, GH, CB).
• NTDLs conduct ICT pilot projects, support staff
  training and advise on future developments.

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Different types of VLE
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Once you learn to drive a car, you can quickly
get used to a different make. How we use the VLE
to support learning is more important than being
an ICT expert.
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Phase 1
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VLE my ae!
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Phase 2
Id love to use the VLE more but its making me
tear my hair out!
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Phase 3
VLE? Lets really get stuck in.
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SIMS
De Ferrers TV
CLIPBANK
MY DOCUMENTS
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• Learning Platform developments VLE
• Several years experience already admin fully
  electronic no paperwork! Staff trained to use
  VLE for communication, notices, QA, cover
• All subjects now covered with pages resources
  at KS5, most at KS4 and some at KS3 system
  makes it hard to track use map out everything
• Expanding more into KS3/4 to pick up other
  subjects, more clubs and groups
• Increased diversity of activities being used by
  various staff, including support staff
• Developing new VLE (Frog) for September 2009
  will allow parental access to data more
  creativity.

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E-Mentoring
D T
Relevant links for independent learning.
Class vote on topical subject.
Pod casting Download
Live topical design news from the young designers.
Class journal for E-mentoring
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E-Mentoring
D T

• Year 10 present Pod cast and post on the VLE
• Year 13 view Pod Cast through the VLE
• Year 13 leave feedback for Year 10
• Pupils communicate through the class journal

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D T
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D T

• Students develop their experience of different
  areas of DT and use relevant ICT tools and
  software for each area.
• Work is uploaded to VLE and peer-assessed.
• Supported by video role-play

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Physics
File boxes with notes from class quizzes.
Link to Past Papers Mark Schemes
Student Discussion Forums
Student Discussion Forums
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Physics
Votes on topics.
You Tube video
Assignments (ELFs)
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Physics
Y12 IBDP Physics survey
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Talking Point!
Art RSS feed
Resources for students
Sixth Form ART
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10 good ways to use the VLE to support learning
de Ferrers Specialist Technology College

• Add past exam papers mark schemes
• Upload podcasts / podquizzes
• Make use of forums to start discussions get
  students to help each other
• Add weblinks/webtrails to direct them to broaden
  deepen their studies
• Use votes surveys to get student views

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10 good ways to use the VLE to support learning
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6. Submit mark homework online 7. Track
research for projects using ELFs 8. Save class
notes/IWB charts/quizzes in file boxes 9. Use RSS
news feeds to point them at current news/events
in your subject 10. Display movies from You Tube,
Clipbank, and class presentations
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• SOME FURTHER IDEAS
• Staff surveys Support/CPD resources
• ILPs
• Clubs Groups blur home/school boundary
• Self-assessment quizzes eg, Hot Potatoes
• Clipbank
• Flash learning games/projects

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Staff e-learning survey
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SECTION 1 Confidence in using ICT for
e-learning 4 very confident, 3 quite
confident, 2 OK, 1 Never really used it

• Most staff seem much more confident using the ICT
  resources they have.
• Key priorities for 2008 2009 are
• Interactive Whiteboard training, especially for
  faculties that havent had them before
• More training in using My Classes, in and out of
  lessons
• Some sessions on SIMS?

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Staff e-learning survey
de Ferrers Specialist Technology College
SECTION 2 How well could ICT support
Personalising Learning in your area? 1
strongly disagree, 2 disagree, 3 unsure,
4 agree, 5 strongly agree

• There were very few staff who felt these ideas
  were not of some use. The most popular areas were
  use of games, quizzes concept maps.
• Key priorities for 2008 2009 are
• Further training on using Hot Potatoes to
  produce revision/review quizzes
• Training on using free concept mapping software
  Real Smart
• Look at purchasing/making ICT learning games for
  staff to use in lessons with students

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Staff Support
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• Individual Learning Plans (ILPs)
• Last year trials with Y7/Y10/Y12
• This year phased in for Y8/Y9/Y11/Y13
• Templates devised by AG staff
• NTDLs help put them onto VLE
• Students access templates and fill in during
  sessions in morning tutorials
• Filled-in templates saved displayed in an
  online portfolio for form tutor to access/add
  reflections to, as needed

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Individual Learning Plans (ILPs)
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Individual Learning Plans (ILPs)
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Sign Language Club
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Fill in the blanks exercises
Matching pairs
Puts activities together in bulk
Mix up sequence sentences
Multiple choice quizzes
Create crosswords
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CLIPBANK
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Learning Games
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• Flash e-learning games activities produced in
  house by a web designer
• Students use them in lessons and at home to
  support active learning and self-assessment
• Multimedia-rich and interactive
• Export games to the learning platform

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• Why do we need a new VLE?
• Current system not developing quickly enough
• de Ferrers wants to stay ahead of the game
• Limited support
• Current system is slow, it limits large file
  downloads, not very user friendly
• We need real-time editing links to learning
  resources
• More exciting system get student engaged more
  better AFL opportunities - creativity
• Parental engagement and reporting

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FINAL THOUGHTS
de Ferrers Specialist Technology College

• SATURATION - Offer students a wide choice of
  resources to learn from Blitzkrieg approach!
• DRIP FEED - Keep chipping away at staff to
  encourage use, suggest ideas, experiment
• Develop a TEAM to support all staff in setting
  up pages learning tools booster sessions?
• ENCOURAGE staff to share ideas at meetings
• ASK students what do they want? Get them
  involved Demand ? Supply

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de Ferrers
Specialist Technology College
Greg HughesConsultant Deep Experiencee-mail
hughesg_at_deferrers.mg4l.net Skype Twitter
deepexperience1 Website www.deferrers.com
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