interactive forum/workshop

TOPIC
SMART CLASSROOM &
TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION


VENUE: NORTH CAROLINA & ASSOCIATES
TRAINING CENTER
LAGOS NIGERIA.

DATE: MANDAY, 16
TH
JUNE 2014


Integrating ICT and eLearning into the
Annual Implementation School Plans
What is your understanding
about Smart/Clever Classrooms?
Interactive session
Class room of 30 desks, 30 chairs, a white board at the front,
educators table and chair, small cupboard etc.
VISUALIZE THE
TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM
VISUALIZE THE
TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM
Classroom of the futureSMART
CLASSROOMS!
A TRANSOFRMATION
The Future: Furniture, technology, diversity, creativity,
innovation, flexibility, productivity

Sketch or Draw a simple Smart
and Clever Classroom
Clever Classrooms!
Think Smart. Build Smart.
THE DIGITAL
SMART/CLEVER CLASSROOMS!
The Digital
Classroom
Introduction
In our fast-paced world with technology
constantly progressing beyond the realms of
science fiction, it is not surprising that some
of this advanced technology is being utilised
in our education sector

Each passing year sees the creation of new
and improved learning material. Providing
quality, accessible education that stimulates
and intrigues young minds is the key to
further development.

Introduction contd
What is Smart Classrooms?
Smart Classrooms are technology enhanced
classrooms that foster opportunities for teaching
and learning by integrating learning technology,
such as
computers,
specialized software,
audience response technology,
networking(Wired and Wireless), and
audio/visual capabilities
With traditional teaching methods to form an innovative, advanced,
flexible learning environment.
Smart Classroom Features
Smart Classrooms Planning Cycle
The Smart Classrooms Planning Cycle
provides schools with a mechanism for:
1. Planning
2. Measuring
3. Reporting
on their progress towards making ICT and
eLearning integral to teaching and learning. It is an
important part of the Whole School Strategic
Plan.
Three key elements that make up the
planning cycle.
1. The School ICT eLearning Audit/Census
This is a periodic/annual data collection
survey of schools eLearning resources both
hardware and software that helps establish
school ICT eLearning inventory level and
informs strategic planning processes.

Three key elements that make up the
planning cycle contd...
2. The School ICT eLearning indicator
measures the level of e-maturity and e-
confidence that schools have developed across
the curriculum to ensure that ICT and eLearning
is integral to facilitate learning in school.

Three key elements that make up the
planning cycle contd...
3. The School Plan and Annual Implementation
Plans (AIP)
This should include key aspects of ICT and
eLearning. Through the schools detail their action plan
areas for both school and departmental priorities and
how to allocate resources to meet individual targets in
each of school curriculum, teaching process, principal
leadership and school capability, school and
community partnerships and other school focus areas.

Smart Classrooms Planning Cycle
The Smart Classrooms Planning
Cycle is used to:
gather and analyze data collected from School
ICT eLearning Audit/Census returns
Provide the School ICT eLearning Inventory
Report
report on the integration of ICT into curriculum
delivery
Collect information on a range of school
strategic planning and resourcing issues.

The Smart Classrooms Planning
Cycle Main objective
To support educators, decision
makers and school community to
develop and sustain an eLearning
culture.

Achievement of the objective
Schools are encouraged to form a school ICT
Strategic/leadership group, which may include the
principal, deputy principal, head educators, heads of
department, heads of curriculum and development
department, heads of special education and other
school leaders.

This group will work in cooperation with the school-
driven ICT eLearning central steering committee.

The terms of reference for the ICT
Strategic/leadership group includes:
analyze and reflect on previous years ICT
eLearning performance areas and
achievements

analyze and reflect on its School ICT eLearning
Index Report
analyze and reflect on data collected by its last
School ICT eLearning Audit/Census return.

Note
Its best practice for the group to meet
regularly. This helps to ensure that all
group members drive the action areas
they are responsible for.
Also, the group should regularly consult
the community, school staff and students.
This helps the entire school community to
value and own an eLearning direction.

What is Whole School Plan
actually?
Every school is required to have
a Whole School Plan as set out
by the Education Act.
The Whole School Plan is a statement of the educational
philosophy of the school, the overall aims of the school and
how it proposes to achieve them.

It deals with effective implementation of the school
curriculum and the organisation of the schools resources in
pursuit of this objective.

The e-Learning Plan is developed in the context of the
Whole School Plan, taking into account the level of ICT
resources available to the school and the confidence and
readiness of teaching staff to integrate ICT into their
practice.
Whole School Plan
Similar to the Whole School Planning process,
developing the e-Learning Plan involves the
key stakeholders, including the board of
management, teaching staff, support staff,
parents, students and the school local
community.
Whole School Plan
The e-Learning Plan outlines how a school will improve
and develop the level of integration of ICT under five
Planning process headings:
1. Establishing a ICT strategic group
2. Gathering supporting information
3. Reviewing and reflecting
4. Visioning
5. Planning

E-Learning School development Plan Contd
Identify staff involved in planning ICT eLearning
Formalise the team processes and expectations:
schedule meetings and develop timelines
establish shared purpose
negotiate roles and responsibilities
develop common language
articulate expected outcomes

Establishing a strategic group


Gather key school planning documents:
oprevious School Plan
oprevious Implementation Plan
oTeaching and Learning Audit report and response
oSchool ICT eLearning Index Report
oprevious School ICT eLearning Plan

Gathering supporting information
Reviewing and reflecting
Review the previous School ICT eLearning Plan, reflecting on
achievement of measures of attainment
Review the School ICT eLearning indicator Report, identifying areas of
strength, those that have shown movement and those needing further
improvement
Consider targets, goals, and associated strategies identified in the
above documents and how these need to be modified to align with the
priorities of the school plan
Assess the schools capacity to accommodate future purchases,
considering professional learning, software, connectivity, security,
electrical needs, facilities and technical support


Does the whole school vision encompass eLearning?

How is the vision articulated and embedded in school
planning and operations?

Further develop your eLearning vision by working
collaboratively with staff, students and parents to articulate
the schools sense of purpose and how this can be
achieved through ICT and eLearning

Visioning
For key priorities and initiatives, identify how
ICT is integrated, paying attention to:
operformance and focus areas
okey activities
oresources
omeasures of attainment
oanticipated budget

Planning
What is e-Learning actually?
e-Learning is simply learning which takes
place with the assistance of digital technology.
The use of computers and other digital
devices together with online learning tools and
materials are the fundamentals for e-
Learning to take place.
When digital technologies are successfully
integrated with the appropriate
pedagogies to meet the objectives of the
curriculum it can be said that a form of e-
Learning takes place.
What is e-Learning actually? Contd
For example:
e-Learning may involve using
digital video technologies
and editing software to make
a local history documentary,
conducting research on the
history of the school and the
local area, communicating
with a historian online to
gather more information or
publishing the project on the
school website.
Who is using e-learning?
Advantages of e-learning
systems are attracting more
and more users every day.
There are many different
users, e.g. schools, medicals,
human resources, companies,
different groups of people,
students or just individuals.
:
1. students learning needs remain central to all e-
Learning developments

2. technology is confidently used by all staff members

3. a range of ICT devices are available for use
throughout the school

4. there is ease of access to networked ICT facilities
for staff and students

5. there is distributed access to broadband
internet
6. collaborative learning is promoted
7. there is provision of learning spaces for ICT-
enabled learning

8. a pathway for professional development of
educators in the integration of ICT is planned
and promoted


9. there is wide-ranging use of ICT across all areas of
learning and teaching

10. where possible, self-directed and personalised
learning is facilitated and supported

11. there is a willingness to use new digital tools and
resources for learning and teaching activities

12. students have the opportunity to acquire digital
literacy skills and to adapt safe and ethical use of
digital technologies in their daily lives
1. Eliminate wasted time and money.
With traditional training, the more people being
trained and the more geographically dislocated
they are, the greater the training costs. With e-
Learning, the cost stays the same whether
your training 100 people or 1,000 people.

E-Learning lets you :
2. Improve Consistency & Effectiveness
When the same lesson session using the
same curriculum is offered on multiple
occasions, the delivery will not be
consistent. With e-Learning, you can be sure
that all of your learners are getting the same
message every time the information is
presented.
E-Learning provides opportunities for
measuring learners understanding and
retention of key points. You can pre-test your
learner easily to see what training is actually
needed. Then you can follow up training with
a post test that measures exactly what they
have learned.

3. Evaluate learning retention
E-Learning simulations can help you
train educators/staff how to avoid
common pitfalls by letting them learn
from their mistakes in a virtual setting.
4. Provide risk-free simulations

An e-Learning Plan describes a series of
actions that a school will take to integrate
ICT into its learning and teaching
activities over a specific timeframe.

What is an e-Learning Plan?
eLearning Plan need to consist
eLearning Plan
Six Assessment Top Tips
1. student-friendly targets
2. Models of strong and weak work
3. Continuous descriptive feedback
4. Authentic Tasks
5. Teach self-assessment and goal setting
6. Teach self-reflection - portfolios
7. Teach peer assessment and reflection
E-Learning School Plan cycle
Identify
technology
strengths
Program Review
Revise Goals
Determine how
technology can
help satisfy those
goals
Determine how
technology will be
implemented
Determine budget
Evaluation -what
constitutes success
Plan for the next
phase
Working digitally is a reflection of how
schools use digital technology as a way of
moving from traditional to transformational
ways of working.
Introduce electronic submission of learner/pupil
assessment

Trial the use of mobile learning devices to support
learner/pupil learning

Develop digital portfolios of learner/pupil work
particularly related to Core learning priorities

Investigate how learners/pupils are currently using
computers for learning and identify additional ways to
enhance this particularly in relation to Core learning
priorities
Student/Learner focus point
Support collaboration between educators for their planning,
teaching and assessment
Develop the school Portal team site to better meet the needs of
educators
Audit digital file management for staff (incorporating shared
drives, web hosting, Portal and the Learning Place)

Embed Learning Place applications such as learning pathways,
staff blogs into school operations

Update staff knowledge of the policies and procedures relating to
ICT operations (e.g. legal issues, copyright and Internet use)
refer to the Education Policy and Procedures Register
Educator focus point
Review and update procedures for educator access to technical
support
Integrate school operations with School Enterprise Administrative
Software
Utilise electronic communication with parents
Evaluate community access to school and curriculum information
Review processes to maintain currency of online school information
Update internal electronic communication procedures
Introduce an electronic facilities and resource booking system in the
school Portal site
School Administration focus point
For Training or workshop In Education, Technology and
Academic Learning Support Consultancy work please
contact me.
Amb. Isaac-Joseph Olanrewaju Oluyemi
Special Envoy, ICT Institutions in Nigeria
Center for Computer Logistics People Association-Worldwide (Nigeria Chapter)
2348023630040, 2348069118480
Ictcoordinator.yemmy@gmail.com, contact.ncassociates@gmail.com