Where we sit as a School

Where we sit as a School

Virgilio C. Boado, MA Ed. MVirgilio C. Boado, MA Ed. MPrincipal IIPrincipal II

Cuenca National High SchoolCuenca National High School

•Developing an initiative and

innovation to facilitate meaningful, evidence based change towards desirable outcomes.

Studies show that:• The planning process is vitally

important, the plan that results from this process is only one of the outcomes.

• A successful plan includes a defined set of educational outcomes and a proposed pathway to try to get there.

• A successful plan is not a shopping list or a budget, it involves much more than buying things.

Studies show that:Change in attitudes and thinking from planning can be more important than the ICTs themselves.

Good plans are developed by consensus and collaboration.

Good plans involve the whole community and are owned by them.

Good plans stress application across the whole curriculum.

Successful planners make informed decisions based on examining best practice elsewhere.

•21st Learning Curriculum

Partnership for 21st Century Skillshttp://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=254&Itemid=120

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•Focus on Personalised learning

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5 Stages of Embedding ICT

■Familiarisation

Teachers are becoming increasingly aware of ICT, and may have attended some training, but often lack confidence and therefore reluctant to use it in their classroom teaching.

■Utilisation

Teachers are increasingly aware of the benefits of technology, and begin to incorporate it into teaching, often replacing former activities with ICT alternatives. This begins to have a beneficial effect on teaching and learning.

■Integration

Teachers are becoming increasingly familiar with appropriate use of ICT, and can integrate it into many aspects of their ongoing teaching. Teaching and learning are becoming significantly enhanced.

■Reorientation

The potential of ICT is now exploited to enable approaches which could not easily be replicated by traditional means. Teaching and learning begin to be significantly transformed.

■Evolution

The creative possibilities of ICT are being fully explored. ICT is developed in response to learners’ needs. Teaching and learning are significantly transformed.

Different Possible Ways to Assess Impact

In-class observationsTeacher/ student surveysMonitoring of planningEvidence of student achievement

and learningInformal and formal discussions

with staff/ students.