Established in 1997 by the DoE

Established in 1997 - by the DoE

• Established in 1997 - by the DoE

• Funding from IDRC

• Telkom & Thintana schools - 1999

• Intel® Teach programme - 2003

• Microsoft Partners in Learning - 2005

• Vodacom, Oracle, Multichoice, SITA and Provincial Education Departments

ICT in Schools – the context

• ICT in Schools – the context

• National Policies – teacher ICT competences

• Professional Development pathways in ICT

• Considerations for leaders

“From 2008, all students leaving higher education for the teaching profession should have reached at least the adaptation level.”

• “From 2008, all students leaving higher education for the teaching profession should have reached at least the adaptation level.”

• Can universities claim to be producing teachers of quality - if they are unable to integrate ICT in their teaching?

Intel® Teach

• Intel® Teach

• Getting Started

• Skills for Success

• Elements: Project-Based Approaches

• Thinking with Technology

• Essentials (Teach to the Future)

Teachers improve their understanding and application of project based approaches in the 21st Century classroom.

• Teachers improve their understanding and application of project based approaches in the 21st Century classroom.

Visual Ranking

• Visual Ranking

• for ranking items in order of importance and justifying their ranking

• Seeing Reason

• investigating cause and effect results in in-depth analysis of underlying issues

• Showing Evidence

• gathering and evaluating evidence in response to an argument – learners have to cite sources and justify how they relate to the claim

Rigorous – 40 hours

• Rigorous – 40 hours

• How to plan

• effective projects

• Target higher

• order thinking

• skills

ICT Skills for Teachers

• ICT Skills for Teachers

• ICT Skills for Principals

• ICT Leadership for Education Managers

• One Step Further – ICT integration

• WebQuests - ICT Integration

• Peer Coaching

• Deploying Student Technical Support Solutions (Helpdesk)

2 – 3 days for managers in a cluster

• 2 – 3 days for managers in a cluster

• Equips management with skills and knowledge for developing sound ICT policy for school

• Teaches ICT skills for education managers

Designed to support teachers in their ICT use

• Designed to support teachers in their ICT use

• Champion teachers become peer coaches

• Then support others and conduct staff development

• 5 Training sessions over 9 months

• Leadership in the uses of ICT

• Supporting teachers in ICT use

• Management of ICT resources

• Stages of ICT readiness – ICT maturity

• School ICT Policy

National ICT policies are sound and in place

• National ICT policies are sound and in place

• The situation on the ground is different

• The missing link is professional development

• In ICT integration – NOT in computer literacy

• Innovative teachers are those who have changed the way they teach

Creating communities of teachers and learners using ICT to enhance learning

• Creating communities of teachers and learners using ICT to enhance learning

• We are using computers to learn – not learning to use computers