Guy Wright

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Guy Wright

• Head Teacher ICT Kingscliff High School

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Guy Wright

• Teaching Experience
• Taught in NSW DET high schools for 27 years
• Currently Head Teacher ICT, VET and Computer
  Coordinator at Kingscliff High School
• TILT Facilitator for TILT and Networking
• Microsoft Certified Professional (Networking and
  Office)
• Part Time Industry Experience (necessary for
  industry currency)
• 1997-8 NetMedia Gold Coast
• Corporate Trainer and Internet Developer (Clients
  included KPMG, Jupiters Casino, Dreamworld, Gold
  Coast City Council, Bond University)
• 2001 Futurekids Australia
• Professional Development training to QLD schools
• 2000-2005 Wright Multimedia
• Freelance Computing Services and consultancy
• (enables me to keep up to date for students)

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• Comprehensive country state high school
• Far north coast of NSW (south of Gold Coast)
• 1260 students
• 100 ATSI students
• Mature teaching
• staff

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Enhancing Teaching and Learning

• Our students are living in a wired society
• For some, stepping into school is like stepping
  back in time
• Need to create immersive learning environments
• Need to gather the best resources/ teaching
  strategies/ harness new technologies, learn from
  each other

Mobile phones, mp3 players, wireless internet,
MSN messenger
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Today Two initiatives

• Indigenous Bytes- Whole school initiative helping
  Indigenous students
• Microsoft IT Academy Program- My Classroom

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KHS Award winning school
Caltex Australia and the Rotary Club of Australia
Award Innovative teacher of the Year 2002
National Awards for Quality Schooling
2003. team of teachers David Walshe and Guy
Wright
National Awards for Quality Schooling 2004.
2005 Microsoft Innovative teacher Award
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Overview of my study tour
Full version of my Overseas Study Tour is located
at http//www.det.nsw.edu.au/media/downloads/deta
wscholar/caltex.pdf (The full version was sent
by Brendan Nelson to all his staff as a document
to read)
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Raffles Girls School(Interactive learning
environments)

• 1.6 Million spent in this room, very impressive
• They use Class server and Sharepoint Portal
  server
• KHS is now creating interactive learning
  environments

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Canberra Secondary School Singapore

• Less affluent part of Singapore
• Very forward thinking Principal
• National Awards for video work
• Epson, Smartcard (Ezylink) to deliver smartcard
  student sign on and cashless canteen (Same as
  used by Singapores Rail network).
• Built small lake and concreted part of playground
  for wireless remote controlled boats and cars

Industry partnerships are positive for school
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Ballard High School 2004

• Ballard is a leading ICT school
• Computers for the World Program
• (Belize, Guatemala)
• Many areas across Ballard High School had access
  to high end technology-
• Library
• Art Rooms
• Video production room
• Journalist room
• 600 PCs in school

John Keetly
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Indigenous Bytes
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Indigenous Bytes 2004

• Based on Ballard High School (Seattle)
• Targets indigenous students without a PC at home
• Computers donated by community
• 40 hours tuition on hardware/software
• Students built own PC
• Take PCs home (extended families)
• 12 months internet access
• Requirements
• 100 explained attendance
• Behave in school (no levels)

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Online learning portal

• Developed an Online learning portal using
  Microsoft Class Server

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Indigenous Bytes 2005

• Based on success of 2004 program
• February 2005 Canberra NAQS
• Visited Richardson
• primary school
• Partnerships with
• Commander
• IWBNet
• Microsoft
• Intouch Consulting
• DEST (BELS program)
• KHS PSPI (indigenous committee)
• DET North Coast ICT Unit (John Colthorp)

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Specifics of our Indigenous Bytes 2005 program

• Targeting indigenous students and boys in Years
  7,8 9
• Students with literacy and numeracy issues
• These classes include
• 21 indigenous students
• 47 boys
• 80 students
• Use the technology to engage the students in the
  classroom
• Provide stimulating engaging lessons to improve
  literacy and numeracy

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Support the learning at school with a wired home
environment for the indigenous students

• Provide a PC at home
• Internet access where needed
• Microsoft Learning Gateway
• Support parents and students at home during term
  4 (6000 provided)
• Communication with Parents, the AEA and teachers

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New interactive learning environments

• Interactive whiteboard
• Surround sound
• DVD player
• Computer
• Printer
• Scanner
• Access to digital camera
• Internet access
• Dataprojector
• Interactive software from across the globe
• The rooms are used as Digital Convergence Medium
• Focussing student attention to the front of the
  room

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Benefits of IWBs

• Teacher retains the traditional position at the
  front of the room
• Ease of use
• The technology is dragging our teachers into the
  21st century where their students are waiting for
  them

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Revitalised staff

• In all my years in IT and Education I have never
  seen this phenomenon before..
• Principals comment
• I have taught that many times in my career, but
  that was exceptional Principal talking about our
  newly skilled Head Teacher HSIE.

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Whole school transformation

• Teaching and learning is being transformed across
  the school.
• We are about to equip another 3 rooms.
• I am so excited when I walk past previously chalk
  and talk teaching rooms and see the internet or
  some other engaging activity in full flight.
• AND the kids love it.
• Technology LevySydney Girls (Wendy Herbert)
• Video Gaye Wightman

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Gaye Wightman
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Microsoft IT Academy
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Microsoft IT Academy program delivering
Certificate III in Network Administration

• KHS has been an IT Academy since 2000
• Microsoft Official Curriculum (Usually available
  only to commercial trainers)
• Certificate I in IT (Years 9 and 10)
• Certificate III in Network Administration (Years
  11 and 12)

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Microsoft Official Curriculum

• Ensures lessons are interactive
• HANDS ON
• To industry standard
• Students build Servers and network them
• Attracts local private school students
• Prepares students for future careers as IT
  Professionals
• Students sought after by local industry
• Eg. Pottsville CTC (Community Technology Centre)
  (3 weeks ago)

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2002 Graduates.Where are they now???

• All students in this photo have used the IT
  credential all have entered directly into IT
  employment or education.

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Gareth Spence

• Complete Business Degree UQ 2005
• Part time employment as network support on UQ
  network (due to networking course)
• Dual qualifications
• Very sought after

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Mark Skaines

• 2003 Graduate
• 18 months to complete IT Diploma at Gold Coast
  Tafe
• August 2005 employed at Wollumbin High as network
  support

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Partners in Learning Video

• All of my students were interviewed by Microsoft
  for the Partners in Learning video

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Students from my class

• Play Video

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What are your takeaways today

• National Awards Enter
• Indigenous Bytes Interactive classrooms, equity
  for students, including parents, need for
  Learning Management System
• Technology Levy (can it work at my school)?
• Certificate I II and III in IT
• Idea (You can learn 1 great thing from every
  school)
• Make it your journey