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Marlborough Girls’ College ICT Proposal

A Technology Rich Future



Lewis Perelman, author of School's Out(1992). Perelman argues that schoolsare out of sync with technological

change: ...the technological gapbetween the school environment and the‘real world’ is growing so wide, so fastthat the classroom experience is on theway to becoming not merelyunproductive but increasingly irrelevantto normal human existence (p.215).



Seymour Papert (1993) “In the wake of the startling growth of science andtechnology in our recent past, some

areas of human activity have undergonemegachange. Telecommunications,entertainment and transportation, aswell as medicine, are among them.School is a notable example of an areathat has not”(p.2).



1. The Proposed Plan

2. The Future of Education and ICT inNew Zealand Schools

3. The Current Situation at MGC

The Proposal



A major upgrade in the ICT capabilities of the school.

This means:• the replacement all existing computers in B3, B5,B6, the library and the staff area with new computers.

• These computers will be capable of runningsophisticated, high end software.• It also means the filtering in of data projectors overa period of time

The specifics of this will be given once the board hasapproved (Friday this week)

The Plan



The next few years are a watershed time in

secondary education and that ICT will play amajor part in this. Students will be thecentre of the learning process and access toadequate technology will be vital.

The Future of ICT and Education in New Zealand



Personalised Learning

The Ministry have releasedtheir vision for the future of education – PersonalisedLearning

But what is it?

Student centred learning Learning tailored to meet the

needs of each individual student Active Learning Learning to learn

Technology will play a majorpart in facilitating this type

of learning



The New Draft CurriculumICT plays a key role in the newdraft curriculum. Technologyhas the potential to transformclassrooms:

It can overcome barriers of

distance and time Create communities of learners

that extend beyond the classroom Can customize learning to suit the

needs of the individual

In summary technology opens up

new and innovative ways of learning.

The ICT cluster is about buildingthese ways of learning intoteachers pedagogy



The current situation in MGC allows for little true

innovation in ICT, from either teachers or students. If we want our students to be the thinkers and doers,the creators and innovators then we must give themthe necessary tools. The 21st century and 21st century learning will be all about connectivity.

The Current Situation at MGC



What are students ableto do? Microsoft Office Applications Word

PowerPoint

Excel Create and use databases

Frontpage (website design)

Publisher Inspiration



What do we want them tobe able to? Film, create and edit movies using sound and

video software such as Moviemaker A class to be able to access and watch multiple

movie / video footage

Use software of a graphical nature Video Conference Use digital imaging and photography software Use music editing software

Use publishing software

We want students to be able to access high endsoftware that enables them to think, create anddo.



Characteristics of the 21st Century Teenager Media Driven – television, movies,

DVD

Uses technology for communication

Cellphone is a vital part of everydaylife

Used to call, text, access email, listento and watch music

Music driven – has an ipod, MP3 /MP4 player

Has a computer at home withaccess to the internet

Uses the web 2.0 internettechnology

Chatrooms

Blogs

Wikis

Mypace

Bebo

Youtube

Rae is hardly alone. Technology is sointegrated into teens' lives that it'sdifficult to measure where their offline life

begins and their online life ends.

Their daily routines buzz with cell phonesringing with the latest tunes, pings fromtheir IM accounts and daily computer runsto see if they've been "friended" onMySpace or "Facebooked." On average,teens say they spend almost three hoursa day on the Internet on a typical day,

according to a CBSNews.com poll.

For many teens, checking MySpace orFacebook is the first and last thing theydo each day. In our poll, nearly half of teens said they post something on theseWeb sites at least occasionally. "MySpaceallows you to talk to your friends at anytime; it's never too late," Rae says.. (CBS

News June 17th 2006)



The Loop

The future of ICT

The Loop is a vibre optic cable that runsfrom Nelson to Marlborough.

It provides high speed broadband,

but more importantly it providesconnectivity between schools and other

communities. Through the Loop we will be able to

access resources such as KAREN (KiwiAdvanced Research and EducationNetwork)



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