A presentation on managing ICT change in Schools, 21st Century Learning shifts by Sean Thomas Moroney M.Ed licensed under Creative Commons as a non-commercial sharable 2011.

1. Buildin
g
Change
By Sean Thomas Moroney, M.Ed.
Building Change by Sean Thomas Moroney M.Ed. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-
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2. Perceptual Challenge:
What is this a photograph of?

3. Perceptual Challenge:
How about this?
rotate

4. Trajectory Plotting…
Where is this all going?

5. Essentials for Building and Managing,
Change in Educational ICT Programming

6. Charting the Course…
Making the Plan…
For building change.

7. Learning from others:
Some lessons in ICT programs from other schools
Whopen Questions: NOT necessarily in this order….)
What? Are we doing?
Why? Are we doing this?
How? Will it change things/work?
Who? Will do what?
When? Are we planning to?

8. Learning from others:
Some lessons in ICT programs from other schools
COMMON CONSIDERATIONS
• Scheduling
• Budget
• Professional Development
• Communication
• Community Context, needs, adaptability
• Business & Education
• And…?

9. Learning from others:
Some lessons in ICT programs from other schools
SOME ESSENTIALS FOR SUCESS:
• NEEDS assessment is very important to determine program
structure and development.
• LEADERSHIP must lead; be involved and model all initiatives
• PDP and related support models must be coordinated, facilitated
to ensure buy-in, integration and adoption.
• TIME for (true) planning and collaboration a factor in program
success
• ALL Learning Community stakeholders members; staff,
students, families must be represented
• PROGRESSIVE LEANRING environments must be fomented,
and modeled to gain commitment from the risk-adverse
-otherwise inertia rules...

10. Learning from others:
Some ICT Instructional models in use at schools
CONVENTIONAL PROGRESSIVE SHIFTED, 21ST ACCESSIBILITY
-TRANSITIONAL CENTURY LEVELS
ICT a specialist
field ICT supports, and ICT embedded into ICT access
is facilitated in all all fields no always available
fields, including ICT formal "ICT" or
classes "computer class"
"Experts" instruct All teachers teach All community ICT access in
and facilitate use and facilitate use ofmembers, students, various campus
of ICT ICT teachers, model hot spots:
and facilitate instruct classrooms,
stand alone ICT ICT instructed, used ICTand use of ICT ICT access in
ion instructed,
Instruction in in Labs and used ubiquitously Lab, library
computer Lab classrooms
traditional Open or "flexi" ICT integrated into ICT access
"specials" scheduling with lab & entire schedule, may limited to
class scheduling classroom facilitator include include resource
sessions comp. sci or media availability
classes in labs

11. Learning from others:
Some lessons in ICT programs from other schools
SOME SUCESSFUL WORKING FORMULAS:
• Allow / assign ownership of roles in initiatives e.g., FT vs. PT
tech facilitators, integrators, coaches
• Approach supporting change via building relationships:
mentorships, partnerships, teams
• Build leadership capacity throughout the school community by
grade levels, depts. “laptop reps”, student junior tech support
• Assess formatively, and consistently, to determine changes,
effectiveness
• Create, develop multiple learning, support, PD modalities,
opportunities, relief teacher periods, tutorial, lesson, bank,
monthly tech tips,
• Step by step transitions may be more effective for some schools

12. Case Studies

13. Case Studies

14. Resources for Building Change
Shifting to 21st Century Thinking in Schools
http://www.shiftingthinking.org/
Partnership for 21st Century Skills; Includes the The MILE ICT school self-
assessment tool
http://www.p21.org/
Educational Collaborators 1:1 Readiness Survey
http://is.gd/19RC21
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb977556.aspx
21st Century Skills
http://www.21stcenturyskillsbook.com/
Route 21; Tools, Topics, Tips
http://www.p21.org/route21/

15. Contact Info
Sean Thomas Moroney, M.Ed.
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seantm@edtechnique.org
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