1) The document discusses planning for the Junior Cycle in Ireland while utilizing technology. It covers considerations for the planning process and how to unify planning across subject departments.
2) It then discusses delivering plans to students and involving them, as well as how planning can be an iterative process with assessment of students and evaluation.
3) The remainder of the document provides guidance on choosing technology, overcoming fears of change, and ensuring a closed loop of continuous improvement in the planning and implementation process.
2. Planning for the JC utilising Tech
• The planning process – some considerations (JC and Tech)
• Demo
• How to unify planning across the subject department to ensure a consistent and collaborative
approach
• Delivering your planning and involving students in the process through sharing
• How planning can be an iterative and organic process
• Assessment of students and of planning
• Closed loop and self evaluation
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5. Awareness is the greatest agent for change
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= Change+
We are here to stay!
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Awareness and Acceptance
(Turning Point)
STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Success
Plan (Steps to Success)
7. Want vs Need
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What do I want to do?
What do I have to do?
Shelf of shame
8. What is the end goal - what does it look like?
• What does a successful implementation look like?
• Picture it in your mind and describe it
• Work back from here
• Put the steps or milestones in place to get there (climb)
• What does a disastrous implementation look like?
• Picture it in your mind and describe it
• Work back from here
• Put the steps or measures in place to never let it happen
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9. Start with Why?
• Why are we doing this?
• How will we get there?
• What does success look like?
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Students
Me Dept / School
10. For tech’s sake!
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Move away from “just” using
tech to more “meaningful”
uses of tech in teaching and
learning
Dr. Ruben Puentedura's SAMR Model
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SUBSTITUTION AUGMENTATION MODIFICATION REDEFINITION
ENHANCEMENT TRANSFORMATION
Task RedesignFunctional
Improvement
No Functional
Change
New Tasks
Learning Outcomes Key Skills
Statements of
Learning
SLAR
Strands
Strand Elements
AfL/Formative
Assessment
CBA’s
SAMR - New Junior Cycle
Collaboration
Sharing
Involving Students
Planning
Resources
What works and you
know to be true
Summative
Assessment
Iteration / Constant
Change / Learning
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Diffusion of Innovation – will everyone use it?
Diffusion of innovation is a theory that seeks to explain how, why, and at what rate new ideas and
technology spread
13. NSPI 2017Thread New Paths Old Paths Grow Over Best Practice
New Junior Cycle / Tech Current Junior Cert / No Tech Success
14.
15. Take away the fears
• Sharing is caring (content, resources, knowledge and help)
• Just because you downloaded it doesn’t mean you own it
• You get out what you put in
• JCT Training and JC Co-ordinator (Steps and support to success)
• CPD and Peer Learning
• External sources but learning from each other works better
• Small steps but have a plan (“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!”)
• Remember what success looks like and work back from there
• Don’t loose anyone along the way
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16. Prepare for tech / platform
• Standard for everything – have one – it’s a must – it’s a must – it’s a must
• Learning Resources (Where, what, formats – have a standard)
• Choose your tech carefully (alignment, ease of use, relevance)
• Less is more (more is complicated – complicated does not scale/work)
• Tech should take tech out of the way (enabler vs replacement)
• Make sure your tech talks with each other
• Sticky plasters are not forever (just because it works does not mean it
works or will work for everyone / long term / scalable)
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18. Great work we are done – STOP!
Closed Loop
1. Design – Curriculum Planning
2. Deliver – Classroom and Students
3. Analyse – Progress and Performance
4. SLAR – Meaningful Dialogue
5. Improve – Make decisions
6. Control – Maintain Improvements
Design
Deliver
AnalyseDialogue
Improve
Control
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Me and SchoolWise
JC and Technology – We are an enabler and I am going to talk about them together
Use tech to help scaffold the JC – tech has meaning and purpose
The change process – how JC and Tech affect this
Make life easier | reduce stress and worry | give you back the time to do what you love doing | quality of time spent with students and teaching | help you along the way | improve going forward
Change is normal
Fact of life so get used to it
It happens whether we like it or not
So when we talk about the new JC and technology – the both introduce change
Change does not always have to be a bad thing
Aware that it is coming, its here, it happens – embrace and accept it allows you to move on - improve
Subject plans had to be done – but for what purpose – not to gather dust and never be used
I want to do it my way
I want to use my resources – their mine
I want to use my own plan
My way works
I have to do a plan for the inspectorate
I have to do the junior cycle
I have to….
When we plan for the new Junior Cycle and for technology – what does success look like (students – me – dept – school)
What are we trying to achieve
Why are we doing this?
Why are we doing this plan – outcome or result (What will students be able to do at the end of this)
Why are we bringing in this piece of tech – end goal – not just for the sake of it
Substitution – Acetate to a projector or paper to electronic format (book to tablet) | take attendance electronically instead of roll book
Augmentation – Interactive board or use video or hyperlinks in presentations – forms for quizzes
Modification – students record their work voice or video / subject electronic work which can be annotated or voice comments / Use a platform for centralising your resources as a department
Redefinition – Students group together using a virtual whiteboard to create work / you could do subject planning collaboratively via a platform and link interactive resources and use an online scheduler