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Tech Integration in AISA Tech Integration in AISA Schools – Challenges & Schools – Challenges &

SolutionsSolutionsSantha Kumar

Director of Technology - ISD

IntroductionIntroduction

Random ThoughtsAISA ICT Survey & responsesAreas of ChallengeKey StrategiesRecommendations for AISA ICT Strategy

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Major Shifts in TechnologyMajor Shifts in Technology

Web 1.0 to 2.0 to 3.0

Connectivity

Cloud Computing

Virtualization

Information Age

GenomicsNanotechnologyBio-informatics

GeneticsGenetics

will be the dominant language of this

century. Those who can ‘speak it’ will acquire

direct and deliberate control over all forms of life.

But most countries and individuals remain illiterate in what is rapidly becoming the greatest single driver of the global economy.

Consider what will happen when:Consider what will happen when:

Your genetic code can be digitally imprinted on an ID card

you can eat genetically modified broccoli to protect yourself from cancer.

Cloning will be as common as in vitro fertilization

Creating wealth no longer requires many hands.

Lone individuals are giving birth to entire new industries that rapidly become bigger than the economies of most countries on earth, but create very few jobs.

In the near future…In the near future…

Nanotechnology holds promise for◦bloodless microsurgery◦rebuilding nervous systems devastated by

disease◦allow people with spinal injuries to walk again

and ◦to reverse-engineer dozens of human

processes gone bad

TEEN BRAIN EXPOSED

Visual Cortex is 15% larger than the previous generation

READING PATTERN

COLORS

Key QuestionsKey Questions

What do we teach in schools?How do we teach them?Do we have enough time to teach all of

these?How to make the teaching-learning more

authentic and useful?

Key QuestionKey Question

How to make the teaching-learning more authentic and useful?

Next Thought

TTWWADI

It is easy to change the course of the history than to change a history course.

Lou Salsa

Curriculum Today

Preamble about monkeys

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That’s a TTWWADIThat’s a TTWWADIThey are everywhere. Think about TTWWADIs

in education!Watch this video

Share experiences of your own schools and /or schools that you are familiar with.

How can we expect something How can we expect something new, when we haven’t changed new, when we haven’t changed

our ways of doing it?our ways of doing it?

Fundamental QuestionFundamental Question

For what world are we preparing our kids?

Do we prepare them for the world of tomorrow, or yesterday?

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Next ThoughtNext Thought

Is it ok to be technologically Is it ok to be technologically illiterate?illiterate?

Read & Share your thoughtsRead & Share your thoughts

Tech CultureTech CultureSource: AALF

If a teacher today is not technologically literate - and is unwilling to make the effort to learn more - it's equivalent to a teacher 30 years ago who didn't know how to read and write.

Next Thought

Creating a true “Learning Creating a true “Learning Organization”Organization”

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Two forms of KnowledgeTwo forms of Knowledge

Explicit and TacitExplicit Knowledge

◦Easy to write down or record and easy to pass on to other people

◦Shows how things are doneTacit Knowledge

◦Deeply embedded and while we might understand ourselves, we find it difficult to pass on to others

◦Is very important cannot be neglected◦Explains why they are done

Three processes of Knowledge Three processes of Knowledge ManagementManagement

Knowledge Creation◦Two ways

Learning from others Being creative and inventive and coming up with new ideas

Knowledge Storage◦Not everything that we learn, is immediately

relevant or useful. It takes years before use is foundKnowledge Use

◦Where our ideas and learning are found to have applications in the real world

◦Where learning translates into action

Learning OrganizationLearning Organization

An organization that knows how to acquire and create knowledge, how to store it and how to use it

It might seem that creating a genuine learning organization is difficult

In reality, it is not – every organization learns

People in every business are always learning

Learning OrganizationLearning Organization

The point is how to find ways of discovering, organizing and exploiting the knowledge that is already latent within the organization◦Find out what others around you know◦Organize and systematize that knowledge◦Think of ways of putting it to use

Share your thoughtsShare your thoughts

How good are you (your school) as a LO?Share your thoughtsShare experiences of your own schools

and /or schools that you are familiar with.

Survey Responses

Survey Responses

Session II: Areas of ChallengeSession II: Areas of Challenge

Vision & LeadershipPlanning & BudgetingTech access, Support & resourcesCurriculum, Instruction & practiceTraining, PD & Community Outreach

Key Questions to think aboutKey Questions to think about

Does survey outcome reflect the reality (in your opinion)?

If not, what do you think is the reality?How did you (as a school) handle this?Share experiences of your own school and

/or schools that you are familiar with.

Session III: StrategiesSession III: Strategies

Identify support strategies that could help schools find solutions to their challenges

Back to five groups – same areas – come back with strategies

AISA’s roleAISA’s role

How do you think AISA can help?

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