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Connecting Students and Parents with the Learning Gateway
Twynham School Mike Herrity and Dave Coleman
School Context– 11-18 Comprehensive School with 1550 students on roll 350 in 6th Form– Nationally Average Intake (IACI 0.14 and KS2 APS 27.5)– Leading Edge School and Training School
– Graded Outstanding in last three Ofsted Inspections over a decade
– BECTA ICT Excellence Award- Learning Beyond the Classroom
Online learning
– Students at Twynham School have had access to a learning platform since 2003 using Microsoft SharePoint
– The arrival of SharePoint 2007 has allowed us to add a rich range of functionality which encourages students at Twynham to be active participants in the school community and take responsibility for their learning
– In a short space of time we have managed to gain very high user adoption by students, then staff and finally parents.
The key to high user adoption in students– Involve students from the very beginning pre-design – Use your Student Council– Create BETA testing groups
– Give students ownership of areas by making them administrators
– Constantly review with students to maintain community– Look for continual development- evolution not revolution
Content is King
Learning Gateways
Revision Gateways
Student Homepage
My Progress
Interaction
and Independence
How Students use the Twynham Learning Gateway
The Student Gateway
The Student Gateway homepage is the hub of student life at the school. It contains the central information for all students including their timetable, notices and access to e-mail.
The Revision Gateway-Homepage
Revision Gateway- Subject page part 1
Revision Gateway- Subject page part 2
Revision Gateway student survey
– 98% of students said they would use the Revision Gateway as part of their revision programme
– 62% of students said their use would be frequent.– 93% of students described the navigation as good or excellent.
What would stop students using the Revision Gateway?
‘Only death itself!’
An enthusiastic member of year 11
Gateway Structure Development
Staff Homepage
Media Library
Learning Gateways
Revision Gateways
Student Homepage
My Progress
Interaction
and Independence
How Students use the Twynham Learning Gateway
Psychology Gateway- post 16 usage
Art Gateway- use of picture library and demonstration
ICT Gateway- customisation of theme
Full customisation of SharePoint
My Progress
My Progress
Effective
Learning
School ParentStudent
The role of the parent in the learning process
The importance of Parental Engagement
Recent research has shown that parental engagement
is a decisive factor in determining learner
achievement.”
“What really matters is that learners feel their parents
are paying attention, engaged in the children’s learning
and care about their performance.”
Online Reporting BECTA 2008
Parent Gateway
Academic Mentoring
Academic Mentoring
Online options process
Supporting existing structures
Admin Section
MIS integration
Wessex Learning
Course structure
Current Developments
– Remote applications of key Office products to all members of the community.
– Twikipedia- online revision resource created, edited and developed by students.
– Twynham TV- showcase to parents of student produced video resources
For further details: www.twynhamschool.com/supportinglearning
