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ICT and the teacher in Ireland

• Some reflections on a digital decade.

uTeach SeminarVenice 4 9 October 2004
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Where weve been...

• Early 1970s.
• DES involvement in courses since 1971.
  University involvement since 1973.
• 1980s saw a series of unconnected but innovative
  school-set projects
• Primary Curriculum Unit IT project,
• Secondary Computer Studies
• Vocational IT programmes - Euro TecneT

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The watershed?

• 15 December 1994 Netscape Navigator.By
  mid-1996, millions of people were accessing the
  Web, thousands of companies were serving it, and
  the press was writing about it constantly.
  Internet Service Providers (ISPs) sprouted
  everywhere Computer jocks in small towns around
  the globe started putting up their own homepages,
  and soon enough offered to do the same for
  businesses, the local shop, and individuals.'
  Berners-Lee (2000 117)
• EU Action plan, 1996-8 Learning in the
  Information Society.

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So, what did we need mid- to late-1990s?

• Imagination vision leadership
• Time to plan
• Significant investment in cutting-edge people and
  projects.

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And what did we get?
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And what did we get?
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And what did we get?
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And what did we get?
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And what did we get?
Schools IT 2000
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Basically...
A man.
a plan.
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The Full Details

• Schools IT 2000 A Policy Framework for the New
  Millennium (DES 1997)

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What was Schools IT 2000?

• A four year plan (1997 - 2001) to put in place a
  permanent schools IT infrastructure not just
  the machinery but also the teacher skills to use
  it.
• The biggest single investment in living memory in
  any educational initiative in Ireland.

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Whats the driving purpose behind it all?

• Schools IT 2000 was intended to place ...our
  pupils and teachers at the cutting edge of
  international innovation and development in
  education and help to secure important skills
  necessary to our future economic well being.
  DES 19973

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Three core elements

• Technology Integration Initiative (TII)
• Teaching Skills Initiative (TSI)
• School Support Initiative (SSI), incorporating
  the School Integration Project (SIP), and
  ScoilNet.

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The TII

• 60,000 multimedia computers in Irish schools by
  the end of 2001
• The NCTE helped schools in building up their ICT
  equipment infrastructure during the course of the
  initiative
• The Telecom Eireann machine (Gateway)
• The purchase grant

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The TSI

• The development of a complete ICT skills
  programme to ensure teacher progression from
  novice to expert
• IT Skill development for at least 20,000 teachers
  nationally (and to at least one teacher per
  school)
• Phase courses / Front Line Maintenance
• Primary /second level differences

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The SSI - ScoilNet

• A Web site to publish Schools IT 2000 advice
  sheets, guidelines and curriculum materials to
  assist ICT integration in the classroom. ScoilNet
  support staff to provide expert advice to schools
  via e-mail. Curriculum materials to be developed
  in partnership with educational organisations and
  teacher groups. Curriculum resources produced by
  ScoilNet to be made available to every school.

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The SSI - SIP

• A schools project to lead to the identification
  of policy, training and support models,
  pedagogical strategies and classroom resources
  for ICT adoption in Irish schools.
• A core group of 40 schools to be involved in
  piloting various models of ICT integration.

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The SSI - ICT Advisory

• ICT Advisors have been appointed to a number of
  Education Centres (22) in order to provide local
  advice, guidance and leadership to schools.

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www.teachnet.ie.
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www.netdayseurope.org
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www.netdaysireland.ie
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eschola.eun.org
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www.sligoseashore.com
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www.thinkquest.org
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www.spinaweb.ie
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