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keywords: description:Blogging about education, technology and PoliticsI had the oppatunity to chat to Joe from Browser Media about technology and education this week. It was a great chat which you can watch below. I have included an extract from the original article as well as a direct link to the interview.
For episode 10 of The Digital Brew, I went back to the classroom.
To be more specific, I was chatting to Matt Britland, Director of IT and Digital Strategy at the impressive Alleyn’s School, about the impact that digital technology has had in education. Digital technology has changed all our lives but I was interested to explore how education has evolved during the digital revolution.
I really enjoyed chatting to Matt and we clearly failed to hit our target of 20-25mins for our chat, but there was still a lot that I was hoping to discuss that we didn’t find time for.
Grab a brew, turn up the volume, sit back and enjoy Matt’s words of wisdom:
Link to article: The Impact of Digital in Education
Big thanks to Joe for getting in touch.
Share this:ShareTweetEmailPrintLike this: Loading...I worked at LEH for 4 1/2 half years and was responsible for digital strategy. A large part of what I did whilst I was there was implementing LEHs 1:1 iPad mobile learning solution.
We worked very closely with Western Computer who not only supplied the devices but supported us through the process.
Western Computer produced a great video about our journey.
Share this:ShareTweetEmailPrintLike this: Loading...Watch the video above to learn more.
Since I started our 1:2:1 iPad journey we have searching for digital textbook platform to provide digital books to our students and teachers.
We were lucky enough to be introduced to Classoos last year. After seeing the product we decided it was the platform we had been searching for. They have been able to provide an excellent solution that has enabled us to use one platform across the school.
Digital textbooks can have layers of information added to them by teachers or students. These layers can be text notes, web links or video. Each textbook can be customised to the needs of each teacher and students. If a teacher add a video to their book, they can choose to send it to their class so the students get the video added to the copy of the book on their iPad. These layers can also be shared with other teachers.
Classoos uses information from the schools MIS to populate classes saving a huge amount of time for teachers and the IT department. I use Firefly as our learning platform and Classoos has set up a single sign on to make logging in quick and easy. Time spent distributing and collecting books should be reduced and we know that we will have the most up-to-date books as the digital copies up date with out the need to buy new paper books.
Teachers also have the ability to upload their own resources to the platform. They appear to students like any other digital books and layers can be added in the same way.
Photocopying and printing costs schools a huge amount of money and the Classoos platform can help reduce that by distributing resources digitally.
Classoos Is an excellent solution for any school wanting to adopt a digital textbook platform.
Classoos: www.classoos.com
Share this:ShareTweetEmailPrintLike this: Loading...I wanted to design a Computing room that moved away from the traditional layout. For decades IT rooms in schools have been arranged with rows of computers and have tended to be a very uninspiring rooms to learn in.
The Student Gateway development has given us an excellent opportunity to create an innovative, exciting and inspirational room that will wow students, teachers and parents alike and be an excellent learning environment. It will show Computing as a creative subject that will give students a chance to work in somewhere similar to that of technology companies or universities.
It will contain different areas to provide flexible learning spaces for students to work individually and collaboratively using a range of technologies.
At the front of the classroom is where students will sit to work on their PCs. All students will be able to see each other as well as the interactive flat screen. This will give the room more of an inclusive feel. Student are also able to sit on the soft furnishing at the front for teacher demonstrations and class discussions or to work on their iPads.
At the top left is a breakfast bar style piece of furniture facing a flat screen. This can work as both a collaborative place for students to work as well as a place for the girls to sit and work individually. Students can sit and work on their iPads, work in groups as well as being able to mirror their device to the flat screen to show work for example.
The area in the top right is for physical computing and soldering, several students can work on this table at the same time. The table also splits in two to giver the space area more flexibility. The flat panel display in this section can be used to connect computers or iPads to.
Share this:ShareTweetEmailPrintLike this: Loading...Using the CoSpaces website and Google Cardboard students in Year 9 will create a virtual reality gallery to showcase their graphic design/Photoshop project.
The video below is a tutorial on how they will create the gallery.
Share this:ShareTweetEmailPrintLike this: Loading...This article was originally published by Winters International School Finder website.
When you go on school visits its good to be primed on some of the cutting-edge developments in technology that you might encounter. In this article Matt Britland, Director of ICT at The Lady Eleanor Holles School, takes Winters readers on a whistle-stop tour of some of the ways that schools are embracing the future
Technology is an integral part of any schools teaching and learning strategy. It is continually developing and helping to support and improve the ways teachers and students work. It can sometimes be hard to keep on top of the ways technology is being integrated into schools so I have compiled a list of some of the latest tech developments.
One-to-one devices
Many schools are using class sets of iPads or other tablets to support, enhance and transform teaching and learning. Class iPads are fantastic and they are a very useful tool. However, to get the most out of tablets a one-to-one strategy is best. According to a recent survey from Tablets for Schools, in 9% of UK schools there was an individual tablet for every student.
Tablets have become classroom toolsMore and more schools are taking advantage of the exciting opportunities that tablets and other devices offer. In Apple’s new iOS 9.3 release they have built in classroom tools for the teacher, making it even easier to manage the iPads their students are using. With a well thought-out digital strategy one-to-one devices can revolutionise teaching and learning in schools.
Coding
Many students are more than comfortable using technology, which is fantastic, but often pupils lack the underlying knowledge of how applications are created or how computers are programmed. Coding is now becoming popular in schools, as not only does it teach twenty-first century skills but it also teaches students problem solving skills, collaboration skills and critical thinking.
Websites like CodeAvengers and Codecademy are helping teachers and students to learn to code in a fun and engaging way. These websites are great to use in a classroom or at home, and enable students to work independently and to learn and progress at their own pace.
Cloud storage / online documents
Online services like Google Drive are giving schools the opportunity to take advantage of ‘the cloud’. Google Drive enables schools, teachers and students to not only store documents, video and other files online but to create documents online too. These documents are then available across devices and accessible from anywhere with an internet connection.
Documents created and stored in ‘the cloud’ allow users a greater degree of collaboration. For example, multiple students can work on a document together in real time from multiple locations. It is a very powerful tool! The best news for schools is that it is free and education institutions get unlimited storage. Microsoft have also released their own product called Office 365.
The cloud allows for greater collaborationRobotics
According to the BBC 35% of today’s jobs are at risk of being automated over the next 20 years. The increasing role of robots in the future is being recognised by schools and we are seeing robotics taught more and more.
Building robots using kits like Lego Mindstorms EV3 can be a rewarding as well as educational activity. Combine this with programming and students are able to create bespoke robots that can carry out a whole range of tasks autonomously using a variety of sensors. These robots can even be programmed using an app on a tablet device. The low-cost Sparki kit is based on the popular Arduino platform and is equipped with sensors, motors and outputs, enabling students to control the hardware with either graphical or command line software. Robotics can be used to teach students the important skills of problem-solving and programming.
To read the rest of the article head over to Winters International School Finder.
Share this:ShareTweetEmailPrintLike this: Loading...This article was published on the Your Ready Business website on 22nd March 2016.
Digital technology doesn’t have to completely replace established teaching methods to improve how lessons are taught, projects are managed and children organise their work, argues Matt Britland, Director of ICT at The Lady Eleanor Holles School. Digital technology instead should be utilised to compliment, enhance and support not necessarily replace traditional learning methods.
Technology is a great enabler for people throughout society and nowhere does it have more potential to improve the way we do things than in our schools. I’m currently investigating ways to blend technology with traditional teaching structures to facilitate new, more efficient ways of working with young people.
Despite what you hear occasionally in the media, there really is no such thing as a “digital native” – everyone, regardless of whether they are a baby boomer, Millennial or the next generation sometimes referred to as “Gen Z”, must start from somewhere.
Today, when children arrive at secondary school they might have a grasp of the basics of social media and they might own a PlayStation or Xbox, but this doesn’t equate to them having the sort of sophisticated digital skills required in the workforce.
Being able to update Instagram or playing video games online is not the same as using technology holistically and it doesn’t necessarily give younger people a general technological edge.
But youngsters of 11 and 12 do have the advantage of having been born into the digital era, and so they see working with technology as normal. But increasingly teachers are becoming responsible for refining that instinct into practical skills in research, communication and creativity.
Education should be social, and digital platforms can help to deliver education programmes and organise them in a way that is more accessible to children. There are many good examples of where this is happening in schools right now.
For example, at The Lady Eleanor Holles School, every student and teacher will have their own tablet computer. With help from broadband and the cloud this grants universal access to information not just in the classroom but from anywhere with an internet connection.
Technology is creating lots and lots of different ways in which children can learn, whether it is collaborative documents, video, interactive e-books, apps or websites to work from. The opportunity is to provide a more engaging and varied experience than we and our parents received.
School children can learn in their own way. They can work on documents collaboratively without having to be in the same room and they can select learning resources immediately, unlike the previous generation who had to wait for a book to become available in the library.
Free software such as Google Apps for Education are enormously useful for collaborative study that connects different students and teachers in real time. A side benefit, of course, is that there is no need to print work out, so less wasted paper and no margin for the age-old excuse “my dog ate my homework”.
I started a project at our school in which students create their own app. It involves some coding and other technical skills, so I also created some supporting guidance in the form of a video series. As adults we often watch “how-to” videos to find solutions to problems, so why not at school too?
Students have access to the full eight-week course from day one. They don’t have to wait for me and can progress right to the end at their own speed. The 11 and 12 year-olds that I teach absolutely love it and they get a lot more out of the process than if I was simply dictating from the front of the class. The students feel empowered and more in control of their own learning.
There are few understandable objections to technology in schools. Some people are concerned that because information is immediately accessible students don’t have to develop memory skills, while others fear the death of the art of handwriting.
To these I say that digital channels are there to complement, support and enhance existing learning methods and not replace them completely. It’s also possible that future examinations could be split between on-and-offline modules: one testing research skills and the other the ability to recall facts.
Technology will have a greater or lesser influence depending on its relevance and where it can genuinely add value to the learning experience.
It will not replace the teacher, who is the central piece of the education puzzle. People learn best from people and teachers will always be needed to guide lessons, facilitate discussion and of course to apply discipline when necessary.
People are wrong when they say either that the future should be all technology or all traditional methods. The two can go hand-in-hand. The world of work will always need people who can remember things and come up with solutions to problems without recourse to Google.
We should take the bits that work and leave out the bits that don’t, keeping an eye-out for potential downsides such as shortening attention spans or impatience with processes that take longer than a two-minute YouTube video.
If it’s done right, technology will be an incredible asset in schools. I would encourage the use of technology as long as it is planned, teachers are trained and the network infrastructure can support it. If we can achieve this then the next crop of graduates will be a major credit to the UK workforce.
The future of technology in education is an exciting one. There are several emerging technologies that I believe can really benefit students.
Virtual Reality (VR) technology such as Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Samsung Gear have been recently launched to the public and open the door to more immersive learning experiences. Imagine being able to put on the VR headset and exploring a historically accurate ancient Rome with class mates. You could journey though the inside of the human body similar to films like Fantastic Voyage or Inner Space or even join a lesson from home and feel like you are actually sat in the class. It is very exciting.
Similar to VR is Augmented Reality (AR) which was bought to public attention by Google with their ‘Glass’ project. Microsoft have developed their own AR technology called HoloLens. Using a headset it overlays high definition holograms over what the user is looking at. For instance if it was used in an education context a wearer could view a 3D model of building when looking at a set of blueprints or look at an object and have information display on top of it. It could even be used to bring extinct animals back from the dead and have them appear in holographic form. This will really bring the classroom and learning alive.
The future of technology in education is an exciting prospect.
Share this:ShareTweetEmailPrintLike this: Loading...This article was published on the Barclays Life Skill website in March 2016.
You might have seen the news that the BBC micro:bit is now being sent out to all year 7 students. The aim of these mini, programmable computers is to inspire students to develop creative and digital skills through coding, and get more young people interested in science, technology, engineering and maths. It is clear from this alone that coding has become the hot topic for technology in the classroom, having been made a part of the curriculum as of September 2014 [1]. With over 12 million people in the UK unprepared to fill the looming digital skills gap, it’s no surprise that coding has been highlighted as such an important aspect of current and future teaching models [2]
Though coding may seem very technical and sometimes daunting to tackle, confined to the realms of the computer labs, I’d like to dispel this myth. Granted, the digital skills learnt from coding are a major benefit to the changing needs of the labour market; in today’s digital world, it’s not enough for the next generation to know how to use programmes and software – they also need an appreciation for how these things are developed and how coding is used to produce them. But we shouldn’t consider it a teaching practice exclusively designed for computing lessons.
Read the rest of this article on the Barclays Life Skills website.
Share this:ShareTweetEmailPrintLike this: Loading...This article was published in the June 2015 edition of Education Executive.
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