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Collaboration Webs& Mobile Tools
Before.....Now..…and..…Next?
2004 May 2006
Online Applications & Collaboration
Time to adoption for collaboration webs: 1 year or less [Horizon Report, 2008]
Accessing WIDER and RICHER SOURCES of information…
…using Mobile Devices
Time to adoption for mobile tools: 2‐3 years [Horizon Report, 2008]
The Current Problem
Not enough computers
Unreliable infrastructure
By promoting the use of ICT’s we exacerbate the problem
Build more computer rooms? COST WAIT
A possible solution?
Facilitate a shift to student owned mobile devices & online web access during class with
Mobile Tools & Connected Learning
2012 Whole School? Y9‐10 now covered + Extend across school?
Tools made availableInfrastructure is made more reliableTeacher Professional Development is occurring
2009 Start SR1 Laptops 5‐6 Teachers Whole Year
2010 Grow 4 – 6 sets Mini Laptops Expand PD, Share Ideas
2011 Grow & Transition Y9 Stationery List + 4 – 6 more sets
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Vision:Effective users of communication toolsMembers of communitiesInternational citizensActive seekers, users, and creators of knowledge (p.8)
Competency:Confidently use ICT to access and provide information and to communicate with others (p.12)
E‐learning may:• Assist the making of connections by enabling students to enter and explore new learning environments, overcoming barriers of distance and time
• Facilitate shared learning by enabling students to join or create communities of learners that extend well beyond the classroom
• Assist in the creation of supportive learning environments by offering resources that take account of individual, cultural or developmental differences
• Enhance opportunities to learn by offering students virtual experiences and tools that save them time, allowing them to take their learning further (p.36)
Schools should explore not only how ICT can supplement traditional ways of teaching but also how it can open up new and different ways of learning
The New Curriculum & eLearning