Designing our schools

Frans SchouwenburgKennisnet

October 2010

programme

1. What is Kennisnet? - 5 minutes

2. Ambitions, research and developments - 25 minutes

3. Is your school "Four in Balance"? - 15 minutes

4. Model for a vision meeting - 15 minutes

• Founded in 2001: 140 FTE

• Funded by Ministry of Education

• Basic funding EURO 21 million

• Additional project funding EURO 15 million

• Key characteristics:

Innovative - Public – Independent -

Expert

Kennisnet – some facts

Products and services for schools

• Research, practical guides

• Co-ordination standards and agreements

• Networks for professional development

• Portals and platforms

Alfons ten Brummelhuis - Kennisnet - The Netherlands

Media

literacy

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Gifted

student

s

Alfons ten Brummelhuis - Kennisnet - The Netherlands

Digital

learning

materials

Alfons ten Brummelhuis - Kennisnet - The Netherlands

Teacher TV

Alfons ten Brummelhuis - Kennisnet - The Netherlands

portal site

KENNISNET.NL

Ambitions:

We must improve quality of learning

Develop talents Improve productivity

We must excell throughdifferentiation

Why ict in education?

Teachers want

• Flexibility

• Customized education

• Configurable materials

• Variety

Ict makes teaching and learning

• More effective

• More efficient

• More interesting

Only if…..

Four in Balance model

Vision

Vision

• Teachers need a vision with broad support within the school that was developed with teachers

• 74% of teachers find the planning and implementation of ict happens unco-ordinated

Expertise

• Teachers: operating skills: yes• pedagogical skills: no

• More than 40% of teachers feel that they are inadequately equipped to use ICT confidently in their lessons

Learning materials

• Demand for useful, practical digital learning materials.

• Needs are not met

Infrastructure

• Investments in broad band

and interactive whiteboards

• Laptops, laptops, laptops…

• Teachers think a 1 to 1 ratio is necessary

Conclusions

• Proven success rate largely ignored in schools

• Can we continue our permissive approach?

• Leadership is crucial

Outlook driven

Technology driven

Strategy and leadership

support for the early adopters

projects are not embedded

no activity to stimulate laggards

Current situation

developments

quality

registration

learning materials

techology

it-skills

Options in learning materials

eloCollections of resource materials, components,

lessons, etc

Options in infrastructure

Anyp

lace

, Any

time

with

Any

thin

g…

Options in teacher development

Teachers have computer skills, but..

• Should learn how to apply ict pedagogics in their subjects

• Should learn how to make their students literate with ict

Tpack - wet Bio

Is your school “4 in balance?”

Vision

If there’s stuff on google, why stuff it in your head?

4Model for a

vision meeting

Design planOur dream (flash presentation) Learning behaviour

Role teacherSchool

What do we have Strengths

What do we need To fullfill our dreamThink of: teacher development, infra structure, learning materials and concepts

Quick wins Where can we start right now?What other priorities do we see?

Process sheetDream 2020 4 in balance scores

What do we have?

What do we need?

Where do we start?

Designing the future

pedagogics

vision expertise

materials

infra leadership

transer of knowledge

Construction of knowledge

all methodsall primary sources

multi media adaptive