Development,+Trends,+and+ISB

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 * ==__**Developments and Trends**__== || ==__**Implications for ISB**__== ||
 * **Development/Trends in Learning and Teaching:**
 * students have different expectations
 * project based learning
 * tech used to solve problems
 * constructivism
 * anytime, anyplace learning
 * learning as you need it
 * //"google it"// - less emphasis on memory, more on skills
 * closer communication with parents
 * range of learning styles, past experiences, and skill levels.
 * Teachers take the role of facilitator in the classroom
 * Standards based learning- aligning initiatives with learning goals
 * Moving away from drill and practice towards problem solving
 * Importance for teacher of professional development
 * Learning communities
 * Teaching skills appropriate to situation
 * Increased need for distance education and education through the use of the internet
 * students multitasking when outside classroom - 'singletasking' inside classroom - disconnect?
 * discovery based
 * student centered
 * collaboration & teamwork integral
 * lateral & creative thinking/ cross-disciplinary thinking
 * On-line learning will become more and more important and this will extend to more subjects and lower grades
 * Curriculum content will diminish. Singapore has reduced its content by 33% in the last five years
 * Skills will emerge as more important than knoweldge. || * Provide more content that students can access from web. Support in class lessons with online opportunities.
 * Differentiation (we heard Tom mention that a few times didn't we) is important.
 * Provide more timely, detailed information on student progress and tools for parents to help their children academically.
 * More PD for teachers
 * Training for teachers in regard to appropriate technology integration.
 * Availability of online courses to help as resources for kids to study.
 * Identify and define ICT literacy and proficiency at ISB.
 * Student, Parent and Teacher access to school technology resources.
 * Project support.
 * Choices regarding software/instructional design.
 * Teaching not only how to use technology but how to use appropriately and integrate.
 * Skills, skills and skills ||
 * **Developments/Trends in ICT**:
 * things becoming more web based
 * rapid change
 * mobile phones/hand-held/wearable devices
 * blanket wireless with seamless mobility/bluetooth
 * use of games, simulations and virtual worlds
 * podcasting, blogging, wikis (user created content)
 * social bookmarking
 * more information delivered via the network
 * Web 2.0
 * distance education
 * VOIP
 * Multimedia can be found online in Google, and Youtube.
 * ICT is no longer technical skills, but the application and critical thinking.
 * Issues of 1 to 1 learning
 * internet use without crippling restrictions
 * multi-tasking a norm
 * IM (Instant messaging)
 * integration of technologies
 * interactive whiteboards
 * quick response devicies
 * portable ICT devices +
 * visualization tools
 * laptops for all || * our bandwidth needs will increase
 * rapid change will necessitate regular on-going professional development for faculty and staff
 * need to identify and support "pioneers" who are making an effort to implement new tech initiatives. (also for next category)
 * find ways to expose staff to new technologies and applications of technology.
 * need to be able to identify new technologies or applications of tech that might be useful to our students AND have a system for evaluating their effectiveness once we implement them.
 * useful lifespan of equipment becoming shorter, faster adoption (yearly purchasing cycle too slow?), more money, more support staff.
 * needs for a 1 year, 5 year and 10 year plan
 * the need for better warehousing and managing of digital content
 * Instead of re-purchasing new equipment, why not upgrade?
 * curriki.org
 * Bandwith and Hardware speed will be crucial elements
 * All audiovisuals delivered through one medium/channel ||
 * **Development/Trends in ICT in Learning and Teaching:**
 * integration--teach with technology not just about technology. Focus on curriculum, teaching and learning.
 * Good teaching with technology increases student achievement.
 * Students are leaders and partners in learning. Not just the teacher directing the entire learning process. Blurring lines between who's the student.
 * Second Life - Virtual learning environments.
 * Access to tech for students is not an option, it's a requirement. Issues of digital divide have not gone away.
 * Access to information and experts in any particular field has never been greater. How will we use this?
 * Testing and assessment
 * Other subject areas need to adopt more use of technology ie PE
 * Instructional models needed - technology literacy activities, integrating activites and innovative activites.
 * Essential conditions for effective technology integration
 * Kids are getting tech savvy much younger & faster
 * Linking tech skills with higher level thinking and problem solving
 * User created content
 * Social networking
 * Virtual worlds?
 * Educational gaming?
 * One to One Computing
 * Digital Audio and Video
 * Teacher becomes more and more a fascillator. Spends less time teaching and more time responding elecronically || * Need to move to a fully integrated model
 * regular systematic PD
 * ICT technical support MUST be willing to support new initiatives fully and work with teachers who are trying to develop them.
 * Examine the policies regarding whether we allow access and streaming. Do we need to block sites? Which sites? Who decides what to block? How do we "open" things up?
 * Tech competency requirement of new hires and current faculty?
 * ICT director's involvement with teachers and curriculum (not just equipment). Are there problems with the management heirachy?
 * Use technology ONLY when appropriate. Sometimes it may seem redundant and pointless, and students get bored.
 * Technology to be viewed as teaching and learning tool. Lesson planning should focus first on content and classroom strategies, then on ways in which technologies to enhance the lesson.
 * Challenge to "tech" teachers to be able to teach content, within the context of new and improving technologies...keeping ahead of the curve.
 * Continuing development of school/classroom webages?
 * Web publishing of teacher work / student work?
 * Online teacher collaborations
 * Onlilne learning collaborations
 * Better computer assisted instruction (drill and practice software)
 * Fast Forward - brainbased research
 * Educational gaming? ||