Professional Development in ICT Integration Janet Thomson - SchoolNet SA

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Professional Development in ICTIntegration Ja
net Thomson - SchoolNet SA
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SchoolNet SA - brief background

• Established in 1997 - by the DoE
• Funding from IDRC
• Telkom Thintana schools - 1999
• Intel Teach programme - 2003
• Microsoft Partners in Learning - 2005
• Vodacom, Oracle, Multichoice, SITA and Provincial
  Education Departments

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Presentation - Outline

• ICT in Schools the context
• National Policies teacher ICT competences
• Professional Development pathways in ICT
• Considerations for leaders

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ICT Policies in SA Education

• Framework for ICT since 2000
• E-Education White Paper 2004
• Guidelines for teacher training for ICT 2007

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White Paper on e-EducationICT integration is
the focus
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Teacher Development Levels
Appropriation level. The teacher has a holistic
understanding of the ways in which ICT
contributes to teaching and learning. He/she has
an understanding of the developing nature of ICT,
and an awareness that it is integral to the
structure and purposes of the NCS. He/she has the
experience and confidence to reflect on how ICT
can influence teaching and learning strategies,
and to use new strategies.
Innovation level. The teacher is able to develop
entirely new learning environments that use ICT
as a flexible tool, learning becomes
collaborative and interactive. ICT is integrated
as a flexible tool for whole-school development
through redefining classroom environments and
creating learning experiences that leverage the
power of technology.
Entry level. The teacher is computer literate and
is able to use computers. However,
frustrations and insecurities are common in the
introduction of ICT. At this level, teachers are
likely to lack confidence.
Adoption level. The teacher is able to use
various ICT, including computers, to support
traditional management, administration, teaching
and learning, and is able to teach learners how
to use ICT.
Adaptation level. The teacher is able to use ICT
to support everyday classroom activities at an
appropriate NCS level, assess the learning that
takes place and ensure progression. He/she is
able to reflect critically on how ICT changes the
teaching and learning processes and to use ICT
systems for management and administration.
Productivity increases at this level.
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National Policy Standards

• From 2008, all students leaving higher
  education for the teaching profession should have
  reached at least the adaptation level.
• Can universities claim to be producing teachers
  of quality - if they are unable to integrate ICT
  in their teaching?

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All practising teachers who have access to ICT
should be trained to the adaptation level, as a
minimum, by 2010.
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Partnership courses

• Intel Teach
• Getting Started
• Skills for Success
• Elements Project-Based Approaches
• Thinking with Technology
• Essentials (Teach to the Future)

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Intel Teach - Getting Started21 Century
Skills and ICT Basics
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Intel Teach - Skills for Success
Plan It
  Make a map that shows visitors how to get to the sports venues in your community. Look at the following example Map Example
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Elements Project Based Approaches

• Teachers improve their understanding and
  application of project based approaches in the
  21st Century classroom.

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Intel Teach Thinking with Technology

• Visual Ranking
• for ranking items in order of importance and
  justifying their ranking
• Seeing Reason
• investigating cause and effect results in
  in-depth analysis of underlying issues
• Showing Evidence
• gathering and evaluating evidence in response to
  an argument learners have to cite sources and
  justify how they relate to the claim

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Visual Ranking Tool
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Research Question Why is the infection rate of
teenage girls five times higher than amongst
teenage boys in some areas ?
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Showing Evidence
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Intel Teach Essentials

• Rigorous 40 hours
• How to plan
• effective projects
• Target higher
• order thinking
• skills

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Teachers Engage online community
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Partnership Courses Microsoft Partners in
Learning

• ICT Skills for Teachers
• ICT Skills for Principals
• ICT Leadership for Education Managers
• One Step Further ICT integration
• WebQuests - ICT Integration
• Peer Coaching
• Deploying Student Technical Support Solutions
  (Helpdesk)

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ICT Leadership for Education Managers

• 2 3 days for managers in a cluster
• Equips management with skills and knowledge for
  developing sound ICT policy for school
• Teaches ICT skills for education managers

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Peer Coaching a quiet conversation

• Designed to support teachers in their ICT use
• Champion teachers become peer coaches
• Then support others and conduct staff development
  
• 5 Training sessions over 9 months

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Peer Coaches
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ThinkQuest Winners
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Microsoft Innovative Teachers Microsoft
Innovative Schools
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Microsoft Partners in Learning Network
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Innovative Teachers Forum
Intel Teach Essentials
Thinking with Technology
ICT Integration (WebQuests)
One Step Further
ICT Skills for Teachers / Principals
ICT Leadership Peer Coaching Learner Helpdesk
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Helpdesk
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ICT Skills for Teachers / Principals
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One Step Further
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ICT Integration (WebQuests)
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Intel Teach Elements
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Thinking with Technology
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Intel Teach Essentials
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Peer Coaching
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Innovative Teachers Forum
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Overall
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ICT Leadership in schools in SA

• Leadership in the uses of ICT
• Supporting teachers in ICT use
• Management of ICT resources
• Stages of ICT readiness ICT maturity
• School ICT Policy

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Innovative Teachers Victor Ngobeni
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Hlengiwe Mfeka
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Sarietjie Musgrave
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Conclusions

• National ICT policies are sound and in place
• The situation on the ground is different
• The missing link is professional development
• In ICT integration NOT in computer literacy
• Innovative teachers are those who have changed
  the way they teach

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• Creating communities of teachers and learners
  using ICT to enhance learning
• We are using computers to learn not learning to
  use computers

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Questions and comments
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Janet Thomson (Executive Director, SchoolNet
SA) janet_at_schoolnet.org.za