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Technology in Education
Simon BrindleDeputy Director, School Management and EffectivenessWelsh Assembly Government
September 2010
30,000+ four year olds started school this month
• What will the World look like when they leave school in 2024?
• What must we adopt and adapt to educate them effectively?
Where technology is going?
• High skill, technology-rich economy
• Digital communication explosion
• Processing power will drive unthought of possibilities
Where children are going?
• The technology most children experience outside schools is far superior to what schools have
• Social networking has transformed the lives of the under 25s
Making schools more effectiveOur aims are to:• Achieve better learning
outcomes and wellbeing for all children and young people regardless of their socio economic background; and
• Reduce the variation in learning outcomes within and between classrooms, schools and local authorities
No school can be truly effective without effective use of technology
Technology changes the way we teach and learn
• Teaching and learning based around learners not institutions– Personalised learning– Online content– Independent learning– Peer-to-peer learning
• Nature of teaching changes– Solo performer (creating content)– DJ (orchestrating content)
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Transforming teaching and learning
• The post-16 transformation agenda and the 21st Century Schools programme will make the investments and changes needed to deliver local and national priorities
• Codesigning a national standard for ICT
Transforming education services
• Systems to empower school management
• Technology will drive transformation in the management of education and underpinning infrastructure
£££s
Technology in Education• Keep up with technology (and
our children)
• Make the education system as efficient as possible through technology-enabled change
• Education must drive technology need, not technology driving education
Old teaching + new technology = expensive old teaching
New technology + change in learning practice = enhanced outcomes