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Schools’ Technology Over -View ~ Impacting on Education in Scotland

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• Cloud 9 videoconferencing project• SEED communicating with EAs• Argyll and Bute Project

“Over a two-year period, we will establish a model of videoconferencing communication between SEED, the Education Service, our secondary and rural primary schools for the effective development of the National Priorities”.

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• phone• fax• computer/software/peripherals• Internet: e-mail (and WWW)• videoconferencing

ICT tools

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• refreshed equipment

• Project Officer

• technical support

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Priority Three : Inclusion and Equality

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Arinagour Primary School Isle of Coll

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Ulva Primary School

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Other on-going curricular uses of videoconferencing Languages : French & Gaelic

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• Staff in the remote islands are using videoconferencing to access Gaelic language training as part of their CPD programme.

• Staff in our 6 Gaelic Medium Units use videoconferencing as a means of liaison and co-operative learning and teaching.

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• Videoconferencing training materials for teachers and pupils have been translated in Gaelic.

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Tiree High School

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Other on-going uses of videoconferencing Craft & Design Technology

Art & Design

Social Subjects

PSD

Modern Languages

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CPD

Inter-agency partnerships

Community Education

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Connections for LearningNational Priorities & Videoconference Project Speech Therapy

Outcome 8 : Enhancing Learning Outcomes Level 2 1 2 3 4

Component 1 : Prog ression in Learning

Are staff aware of the progressions of which ICTmethods are capable, even when they are notpersonally comfortable with every technique?

ß Do staff have creative ideas for solvingproblems associated with isolation usingICT?

ß Is there advice and support for staff fromArgyll & Bute NgfL team?

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Is there a varie ty ofinteractio ns withinclassro omsusi ng ICT, includin g dire ct teachi ,nggr ouptasks an d an d individu al ?tasks

ß D o pupil s benefi t fr omgrou p w orka s well as individua l sessio ?ns

ß A reothe r form s of I CT use d tosupport/reinfo rce th e mai n therapysession?

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A re ther e inclusi ve practi cesensuringinvolvement of a ll learner s i n I CT activi ?ty

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Outcome 8 : Enhancing Learning Outcomes Level 2 1 2 3 4

Component 2 : Development of new teaching styles

Are staff aware of new pedagogical styles whichthe use of ICT facilitates?

ß Do staff have creative ideas for solvingproblems associated with isolation usingICT?

ß Is there a mechanism for keeping staff upto date with new technologies and teachingstyles?

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A re sta ff exploring andexperimentin g withdifferen t form s of collaborati velearning whenusin g IC ?T

ß A re school s workin g i n partnersh ip withsupport agencie s toexplor e thes e ideas?

ß A re “pil ”ot programm es bei ng undertaken todetermin e th e feasibili tyo f th e ideas?

ß Is there an evaluatio n pro cess todeterminefeedback fro ma ll stakeholder ?s √

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