Support+&+Cultural+Change

· Make a structured ICT component of your school's unit planner template · Encourage staff to share successes and the not so successful aspects of initiatives to improve learning. · Introduce new hardware, software and peripherals in the context of the ways they can be used in the classrooms, show people how to use them, give them sandpit time to use them and then share how they used them in their classrooms. · Support the person (s) providing technical support. It is a thankless task continuously solving problems. · Set a long term goal to move from the opt-in stage by keen staff, to integrating ICT in everyday learning, to building pressure for all teachers to integrate ICT in the curriculum so that ICT becomes an integral part of the school’s everyday learning culture || [|unit-planning-template] || · Create opportunities to celebrate and share innovative practice across the school · Encourage collegiate support and collaboration in PLT and staff meetings, by providing time for elearning mentoring, peer coaching and just in time support. · Teachers share ideas, links, tech troubleshooting tips via an in-school online discussion forums · Create an easily accessible database or blog where staff post a summary of any ICT PD attended and supply support materials for other staff · Ensure that professional learning opportunities are focussed on actual classroom practice with opportunities for staff to observe each others’ practice || School website, School intranet Staff meeting Assembly LCD Monitor / Display screen at school reception Staff meeting agenda PLT meeting agenda Sharepoint Wiki Zoho Creator Blog Sharepoint || · Teachers create screencasts / video tutorials for other staff demonstrating 'how-to' use a variety of ICT tools · Conduct a survey according to staff interest/professional learning goals and offer differentiated ICT workshops in small groups to cater for different abilities · Create “sand pit” projects for teachers to experiment with the use of new approaches and technologies to embed ICT in student learning. If the “sand pit” projects are successful, plan and support processes to scale up the approach across the school || Camstudio Jing Survey Monkey PD Sessions Staff meeting Curriculum Day || · Facilitating a student mentoring program where teachers/technicians/students train up other students in general tech troubleshooting issues. Have 'Tech Crew' available on demand/on a roster/via an in-school yellow pages directory (listing tech crew names and their areas of expertise). Establish a tech crew e-mail address - help desk support. || ||
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