A discussion about where we are in relation to the use of technology in schools and at home by students and teachers, an indication of what seems to work well and why, and some suggestions for the way forward.

1. Technology and schools:
what works well and why
Francesc Pedró
Teacher Development and Education Policies

2. What students expect

3. Where are we?

4. Where are we?
 Improved
access
 BYOT vs.
public
investments

5. Where are we?
Limited intensity and variety of uses in the classroom
100%
100%
90%
90%
80%
80%
70%
70%
60%
60%
50% 50%
40% 40%
30% 30%
20% 20%
10% 10%
0% 0%
OECD Ireland Denmark Korea OECD Ireland Denmark Korea
average average
No time 0-30 mins 30-60 mins 60 mins or more No time 0-30 mins 30-60 mins 60 mins or more
Mathematics Foreign language
(weekly usage) (weekly usage)

6. Where are we?
Limited intensity and variety of uses in the classroom
100
Percentage of students declaring at least a weekly usage, PISA 2009
90
80
70
Percentage of students
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Use school the Internetfor group work and communicationindividual homework on a Chat oncomputer browse material from the school's Play simulationsor mathematics school's we
Browse computers for schoolwork UseDoing with other students Download, line at school drilling, such as for foreign language learning at work on the
e-mail at school school upload or and
Practice website Post school
OCDE average 39 22 19 18 15 15 14 10 9

7. Where are we?
But not at home!
100
Percentage of students declaring at least a weekly usage, PISA 2009
90
80
70
Percentage of students
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Use e-mail for
Use e-mail for
Download, upload or Check the school's communication with
Doing homework on the Browse the Internet for communication with
browse material from website for teachers and submission
computer schoolwork other students about
the school's website announcements of homework or other
schoolwork
schoolwork
OCDE average 50 46 34 23 21 14

8. How to explain it?
 Perception of usability:
 Can I use it?
 Perception of usefulness:
 is it worth the effort?

9. What works?

10. 1. Engagement

11. 2. Convenience

12. 3. Productivity

13. Making change happen

14. How to move forward?
 Realism: “a teacher like me” approach
 More than even, we need an efficiency-
driven approach:
 Are students going to learn more, better,
differently?
– From data transparency to data-driven instruction
 Am I going to become more efficient?
– Teacher and student perspectives
 Policy focus has to shift to assess, suport and
reward teaching

16. Teachers still need support
%
TALIS Average
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Teaching ICT teaching Student Instructional Subject field Student Content and Student Teaching in a Classroom School
special skills discipline and practices counselling performance assessment multicultural management management
learning needs behaviour standards practices setting and
students problems administration
Areas are ranked in descending order of the international average where teachers report a high level of need
for development.
Source: OECD. 2009

17. But they hardly get any feedback
No appraisal or feedback No school evaluation
%
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Slovenia
Denmark
Estonia
Brazil
Iceland
Italy
Portugal
Turkey
Australia
Hungary
Lithuania
Malta
Malaysia
Spain
Mexico
Ireland
Austria
Norway
Korea
Bulgaria
Slovak Republic
Poland
Belgium (Fl.)
Countries are ranked in descending order of the percentage of teachers who have received no appraisal or feedback.
Source: OECD. Table 5.1 and 5.3

18. Making change happen
Strong support + incentives
Poor results Good results
Idiosyncratic innovations Systemic innovation
Low pressure: High pressure:
no assessment assessment
Poor results Conflict & demoralisation
No use Fake use
Weak support & no incentives

19. Summing up
 We need more and better uses of technology
in school education…
 But only efficient solutions have a chance to
scale up!
 What happens with technology is just an
indication of how badly school systems
manage educational change

20. Many thanks
F.Pedro@UNESCO.org
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