DLTV SOUTH EASTERN STUDY TOUR
3/03/2014@ St. Mark’s Primary School
Anthony Speranza
St. Mark’s Primary School, Dingley
Senior Teaching & Learning / ICT Leader
E: anthony.speranza@gmail.com
B: anthsperanza.global2.vic.edu.au
This presentation can be found on my blog:
Background info
St. Mark’s is a co-educational Catholic Primary School in Dingley, in Melbourne’s south eastern suburbs. The school was established in 1974.
Approximately 450 students enrolled in 19 classes P - 6 with around 35 staff.
Since 2007 the school has undergone significant reimagination of spaces and pedagogies for teaching and learning.
3 HIGHLIGHTS
QLA continuum
TECHNOLOGY
Progressing through the E-Smart framework
3i’s - Our School Rules (SWBPS)
3i’s Learning Areas (expected behaviours)
3i’s: Online (expected behaviours)
Multimedia and Kidsnews program
Rationale:
The aim of Kidsnews is to improve the literacy, communication and collaboration skills of our students through the production of a short news broadcast across the school.
One-to-one laptop program
Research and planning 1:1
Research:
-Literature reviews
-School visits
-Action research
-Small scale research project
Planning & engaging key stakeholders
http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/showcase/1_to_1_devices
Working together
Students
Teachers
Technology
Parents
Information evenings
Laptop Learner’s Licence
No longer sufficient to
only teach file and
directory structures
of traditional platforms!
What our students have said
What our parents have said:
What is the TECHWIZARD program?
TECHWIZARDS are students who are passionate about ICT and helping people to do amazing things with technology. It will appeal to people who have an interest in technology and are willing to help grow our school community. TECHWIZARDS will be recognised as school leaders, particularly in technology, and are responsible for promoting digital tools at school.
What will TECHWIZARDS do?
· Support the Technology Captain and teachers to promote the smart, respectful and safe use of technologies at school by example.
· Assist and encourage students and staff with their use of technology.
· Lead and co-ordinate extra-curricular activities involving technology (blogs, kidsnews, filming, taking photos, 1:1 laptop program, use of IWBs, Technology Clubs).
· Trial and assess new technologies
GAFE @ St. Mark’s
Genius Hour
Getting serious about educational technology
10 questions for every pre-service and in-service teacher in relation to their practises with educational technology:
https://twitter.com/anthsperanza/status/400190703667380224
1) Are you serious about educational technology?
2) Are you willing to incorporate technology in the classroom so that it accurately reflects the reality of students’ lives?
3) How much of your planning will be be geared towards developing learning with technology, and with the student in mind?
4) How will you foster your students as collaborators, in a physical and digital sense?
5) How will you utilise the power of digital resources, for fellow staff and students alike?
6) How will you utilise technology to personalise learning experiences?
7) How will you teach your students to read and author via digital means?
8) Are you prepared to model and explicitly teach relevant technological literacies to your students?
9) Are you preparing your students for life and is there a “so what?” to teaching and learning with digital tools?
10) Are you willing to let students have a digital learning device in their hands, and what will will you do to ensure that it happens?
DLTV SOUTH EASTERN STUDY TOUR
3/03/2014@ St. Mark’s Primary School
Anthony Speranza
St. Mark’s Primary School, Dingley
Senior Teaching & Learning / ICT Leader
E: anthony.speranza@gmail.com
B: anthsperanza.global2.vic.edu.au
This presentation can be found on my blog:
http://bit.ly/1gKaY35