Resources and Support - Y3 ssp 12 13 l13
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Resources and Support Leading Learning in ICT Lecture 13, 30 th April 2013
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Whilst school budgets are not likely to fall within your remit in the early stages of your career, specifying and choosing resources may well fall onto your shoulders. At a time when all public sector funding is squeezed, ensuring best value in ICT procurement is essential, as is making the best possible use of the resources currently available. Some sort of technical support for ICT in schools is now common, and the management of this may well form part of your role. You reflect on the range and quality of technology available in the schools visited during your placements, making comparisons with national statistics. We consider a range of approaches to ICT hardware provision and consider some more economical approaches to ICT resourcing. We discuss criteria for selecting ICT resources and for obtaining best value. We look at approaches to supporting ICT in schools, and consider the role of the school network manager. READING Becta (2007). Quality principles for digital learning resources. Coventry: Becta. Becta (2009). Harnessing technology review 2009: The role of technology in education and skills. Coventry: Becta. Berry, M. (2010) An ‘open source manifesto’ to counter the ICT cuts. Fleming, R. (2010) Saving Money with ICT. Reading: Microsoft Ofsted (2011). ICT 2008-11. London: Ofsted.
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Resources and Support
Leading Learning in ICTLecture 13, 30th April 2013
This morning
Levels of provision
• Hardware
• Software
• The Web
• Support
BYOD
Ofsted on best value
• Approaching £2 billion has been spent on ICT in schools during the past decade. As noted earlier, governing bodies are expected to apply the four principles of best value in ensuring the school and the country gets value for money from this significant investment. Local authority financial procedures and auditing ensure that the principle of ‘Competition’ is well met. This is not always the case for the other three principles which means that some schools do not obtain good value for money.
• ‘Compare performance with others to see where improvements could be made.’
• ‘Challenge why and how a service is being provided.’
• ‘Consult stakeholders’
Nesta
Task 1
• You’ve been appointed director of digital strategy for a new, 200 pupils (ie one form) primary Free school.
• Outline your ICT strategy
• Specify initial capital expenditure (spend no more than £300,000)
Ray Fleming’s Money Saving Tips
• Virtualisation
• Power Management
• Lower energy devices
• Switch communications
• Remote access
• BYOD
• Stop photocopying and printing
• Subscribe to rather than buy software
• Outsource email
• Free / discount software for students
• Keep using old computers
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/p/cost-saving.aspx
Miles Berry’s Open Source Manifesto
• Don’t buy any software
• Make use of web-based applications
• Use old computers
• BYOD
• Roll your own internet
• Use (or make) free content
• Don’t pay for CPD
• Empower your people
• Use volunteers
• Share your expertise
http://is.gd/EXjdAt
Becta on quality resources
Web 2.0 in the classroom
Webserver
OER
Webmakers
Task 2
• Produce a list of recommended software needed to teach the new National Curriculum for Computing in KS1 and KS2.• bit.ly/comp2014
• Cost your recommendations.
Jonassen on problem solving
Troubleshooting is among the most commonly experienced kinds of problem solving in the professional world… the problems that are most completely and accurately recalled are those that are most difficult to solve, because the problems solver was more conceptually engaged in the process.
• Identify the fault
• Construct a mental model
• Diagnose the problem
• Implement the solution
• Record the results
The Internet
Networking 101
Models of support
• Full time
• Part time
• Managed service
• Contract
• Shared
• Volunteer
• DIY
Task 3
• Identify (and cost) how your school should provide technical support for delivering your digital strategy.
