Smart_VET

FITCounty Wicklow VEC

IVEACity College Norwich

TELLConsultEnAIP Friuli Venezia

Funded through the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU

County Wicklow Vocational Education CommitteeCoiste Gairmoideachais Chontae Chill Mhantáin

Work Packages1 Project Management and Monitoring Ongoing

2 Quality Assurance and Evaluation Ongoing

3 Research and Workshops (Needs Analysis) Complete

4 Development of Training Programme on Interactive Whiteboards Published in draft format

5 Development of CPD Materials Ongoing

6 Testing and piloting* - County Wicklow VEC Current

7 Dissemination Ongoing

8 Exploitation of Results – presentation in regional, national and international fora

Ongoing

Needs Analysis

•All schools and centres in County Wicklow targeted – 200 responses

Needs Analysis Report

• Recommended:– Development of generic modules covering the basic IWB features

and those that support general cognitive activities(ordering, structuring, comparing), and specific instructions on the use of tools for two most popular brands.

– Design of training materials as modular as possible, designed to support an eclectic approach

– Train teachers to improve selection of resources– Select the subject content to reflect more popular subjects

mentioned.– Foster discussion and awareness on the added value of IWBs in

education– Combine training with general pedagogical principles and topics – Increase and improve access to existing IWBs

Training Programme• Focus

– Enhancing teacher expertise– Developing collaboration

• Target – groups of teachers in some centres; transfer to other teachers both in these centres and in other CWVEC centres and schools; transfer to other providers throughout Ireland

• Aims: training in core IWB skills, including:– Technical Skills – using the IWB functions; maintenance issues– Pedagogical Skills – teaching aspects; designing lessons; moving towards

interaction and collaboration in the classroom• Training approach

– Action research– Collaborative Learning – Community of Practice– Peer tutoring– Cognitive apprenticeship – participating in a real, but supported

environment– Blended Learning

Schedule for training (piloting)October 2012 Seminars 1+2 Learning about the technology

November 2012

Seminar 3Workshop 1

Developing projects

December 2012

Pilot testing – delivery by teachers in the classroom

Delivery of chosen lessons

January 2013

February 2013

Workshop 2

March 2013Teacher Reports

April 2013 Workshop 3

May 2013

June 2013 Champions’ final Workshop and Reports

Possible conference/dissemination by teachers and champions of the experience

Champion Tasks

• Participate in activities planning workshop (May 2012)

• Participate in preparation seminar (Sept. 2012)• Train the teachers – 3 seminars and 3 workshops• Support teachers in their use of the IWBs• Collect feedback• Participate in preparation of final report from

teachers• Identify most interesting experiences• Participate in final workshop

Learning manual• Advantages of IWBs for effective teaching• Pedagogical approaches

– Exposition– Enhancing interaction

• Teaching and Learning with IWBs– Designing learning activities

• Tools and features of IWBs• Educational application (examples)

– Teacher-centred lessons– Multimedia lessons– Interactive lessons– Collaborative lessons

• Individual learning differences– Learning Styles;Cognitive Styles; Multiple Intelligences

• Digital natives• Adult Education and Andragogy

– Andragogy vs Pedagogy– Principles of andragogy– Criticism of the theories

• Teaching Methods– Active Learning– Case Studies– Problem based learning– Project based learning

• Co-operative Learning– Jigsaw– Think, pair, share

• Mind mapping– Drawing mind maps

• Concept maps– Meaningful learning– Constructing good concept maps

Smart_VETCounty Wicklow VEC Schedule of teacher Seminars and Workshops to be

delivered by Smart_VET champions.

Seminar 1 Seminar 2 Seminar 3 Workshop 1 Workshop 2 Workshop 3

Blessington FEC 5th October 2012 12th October, 2012

5th November 2012

5th November 2012

Tbc: February (Week1/2)

Tbc: April (Week 2)

Bray Adult Education Centre

tbc tbc tbc tbc Tbc: February (Week1/2)

Tbc: April (Week 2)

Bray Youthreach 8th October, 2012 8th October, 2012

30th October, 2012

30th October, 2012

Tbc: February (Week1/2)

Tbc: April (Week 2)

Bray Institute of Further Education

tbc tbc tbc tbc Tbc: February (Week1/2)

Tbc: April (Week 2)

Arklow FEC YR: 4th October, 2012VTOS/ABE: 8th October, 2012

YR: 4th October, 2012VTOS/ABE: 8th October, 2012

tbc tbc Tbc: February (Week1/2)

Tbc: April (Week 2)

Technical Support (County Wicklow VEC)

• Wendy O’Sullivan• Tom Coleman• Kathleen Dunne

• Audit of equipment• Repair and replacement of equipment• Development of technical maintenance checklist• Additional support and training• Champion workshop for Co-ordinators?

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