Waves of technology in schools

1st wave purchasing ICT equipment

2nd Wave improving organisational efficiencies

3rd Wave Transformative education

Biggest challenge for Heads of ICT is that the school leaders don’t have a vision for ICT.

empowering the 21st century superintendant http://www.superintendentempower.org/index.html

We need new ways of assessing students, new ways of PD’ing staff

There is too many big promises that are being made with ICT that are currently not being fulfilled due to a number of reasons. You can use books to teach well or not teach well same with ICT. We need transformational change.

How do we assess what is successful in ICT? Many of the reasons we invest in ICT is intangible….21st century skills, student engagement

In Finland the top third of graduate apply to become teachers, can’t be a teacher without a Master’s, the teaching profession is highly esteemed they many applicants for each job