Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Moduule 9 Activity 5 - Learning Communities


The Eastwick Junior School is an inclusive school with a specialist centre for children with autistic spectrum disorder.  The school maintains a high local profile as a centre of excellence and their motto: Think, Learn, Care, encourages children to aim high and achieve their potential.  The school is committed to change and the effective management of that change.

 In its ICT plan, Eastwick prepares the students for a future in which ICT is integral to society by ensuring that ICT skills are developed and that ICT is safely utilized.  The school stays abreast with educational and technological developments in ICT and the teachers are equipped with the necessary tools (laptops, whiteboards) in order to do their jobs effectively.  The teachers use a wide range of ICTs to plan, deliver, assess, evaluate and improve the curriculum and they share their knowledge, skills and experience beyond the classroom.  The teachers use videos to reflect on their own practice.  The administration records and publishes on- line all activities of the school even the external examinations ratings of the students and the school overall.  Data is used for planning the way forward.

The students are engaged through enriched multi-media learning experiences. ICT is used to enhance their learning and deepen understanding, and their learning is extended beyond the classroom through the use of the Virtual Learning Environment.  Students are empowered to take control of their own e-learning.

 The parents access data and information from the school’s website, and support and understand the e-learning of their children.

 Future:  Classrooms and student work areas will be effectively ICT equipped.
 
I am encouraged through the success of this primary school, to development an ICT plan for my school which will allow for the whole school to embrace technology.  
 

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