John Oxley - Director of Information Services and TechnologyApril 2012

Case studies of the delivery of curriculum and assessment using IT in a secondary setting

Session Outline

• About MBC• Our 1-to-1 Program• ICT Curriculum Delivery• Assessment using ICTs

About MBC

• P-12 Uniting Girls School• Established 1901• 1200 Students• 160 Staff• Located in Manly West

Goal

• MBC is committed to enabling each student to reach her full academic potential, considering her individual needs and abilities. To this end the College aims to underpin all learning at the College with key learning principles, supported by state-of-the-art digital technology in a digital school environment.

e-learning: A four part approach

4. Portal solutions3. Pedagogy

2. LMS - Moodle1. Digital

Tools

Our 1-to-1 Program

• Two years of preparation• Second year of implementation• Currently

– Year 4– Year 6– Year 8– Year 9– Year 10

• By 2014 the program will include Years 4 - 12

ACER 1830T Notebook

• Intel Core i5 470UM(1.33G/3MB/64-bit) • 11.6" WXGA HD LED LCD (1366 x 768) • 4GB DDR3-1066 Memory • 320GB 5400rpm SATA • Multi-in-1 card reader • Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 6205 - 802.11a/b/g/n • 6-cell Li-ion battery pack • Acer Crystal Eye webcam with 640 x 480 res • USB Ports - Three • Windows 7 Professional • Weight - 1.4Kg • Dimensions -285 (W) x 204 (D) x 25.7/28 (H) mm • Warranty - 4 Year NBD with 4 Year ADP and 4 Year

Battery Cover

Software Included

• Microsoft Office 2010– Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access,

Publisher, OneNote• Adobe CS5 Design Suite

– PhotoShop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat• Adobe CS5 Web Suite

– Flash, DreamWeaver, Fireworks• Inspiration 9• McAfee Virus Protection

Extra Features

• Targus Tanc Notebook Bag• MBC branded Tekskin• 4 year warranty • 4 year accidental damage insurance

– First claim excess free– Further claims attract a $250 excess

• 4 year battery warranty

1-to-1 Preparation

Infrastructure – ICT Centre

• BER → new Primary Library• Old Primary Library → ICT Support Centre• ICT Support Centre

– Service desk and waiting area– Permanent help desk technician during school

hours– Battery swap facility

Infrastructure – Wireless Network

• Establish a wireless network to cover all classrooms and administration areas at MBC

• 2010 – wireless network has been rolled out

• 2012 – high density wireless installed in major areas– OHH– Auditorium– Libraries– Music Centre Auditorium

Infrastructure - Internet

• Increase MBC Internet ‘pipe’:

Down link Up link2007 3Mbps 0.5Mbps 2008 4Mbps 4Mbps2011 100Mbps 100Mbps2012 1000Mbps 1000Mbps

Infrastructure - IWBs

• Establish fixed data projectors and IWBs or fixed data projectors into all MBC classrooms

Digital Content – Online Resources

• Clickview – videos online• Online databases

– eLibrary– Encyclopaedia Britannica– History Resource Centre– Opposing Viewpoints– Dynamic Learning Online– Expanded Academic

• Library Catalogue• TASS portal – Student Café• Learning Management System - Moodle

Teacher Professional Development

• Intensive ICT workshops offered all year– Coffee and Cake model in the afternoons

• External workshops on 1-to-1 learning• Key staff have engaged in school visits to current 1-to-1

schools• Presentations to staff from current 1-to-1 practitioners• Internal workshops involving departments/year level

staff – curriculum focus• Publications

– iConnect weekly email newsletter– Moodle courses: iConnect and The PIT

Curriculum Delivery Tools

• Moodle– Learning Management System– OpenSource

• Microsoft OneNote– Electronic notebook– Planning and organisation

Curriculum Delivery- Moodle

• 2008 – Moodle chosen as the LMS• 2008 – 8 teachers developing courses• 2009 – 32 teachers developing courses• 2010 – Courses being developed in all subjects

Moodle Interface

Moodle Interface

Moodle ResourcesResource Description

File picture, document, spreadsheet, sound file, video file

Folder folders help organize files and one folder may contain other folders

IMS content package

add static material from other sources in the standard IMS format

Label can be a few displayed words or an image used to separate resources and activities in a topic section, or can be a lengthy description or instructions

Page the student sees a single, scrollable screen that a teacher creates

URL you can send the student to any place they can reach on their web browser

Moodle Activities

ActivitiesAssignments JournalChat LessonChoice QuestionnaireDatabase QuizFeedback SCORMForum SurveyGlossary WikiHotPot Workshop

Curriculum Delivery- MS OneNote

• Used in our 1-to-1 program

• Provides electronic notebooks for our students

• Great for organisation and planning

• Provides notebooks, sections and pages

Assessment using ICTs

• Assessment Tasks Incorporating ICTs– 9 English : Digital Short Story– 8 Japanese : My Friends Voki

• Assessment Tasks Conducted with ICTs– 10 English : Shakespeare Screenplay– 12 HPE– 8 Religion : Term 3 Test– 9 French : Term 1 Diagnostic Tests

9 English : Digital Short Story

ICT : Moviemaker

8 Japanese : My Friends Voki

ICT : Voki

10 English : Shakespeare Screenplay

In Class Test : MS Word

8 Religion : Term 1 Test

9 French : Term 1 Diagnostic Tests

ICT Assessment Considerations

• Robust infrastructure is essential• Test everything ahead of time• Have a ‘backup’ plan• Work with the IT department• Provide plenty of support

– Curriculum– Technical

• Show the ‘value adds’ of ICT assessment

Contacts

• Email: oxleyj@mbc.qld.edu.au• Twitter: oxleyj• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/oxleyj• SlideShare: