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ICT Integration in Education Date: 17th March 2010 Name: Kirsten Panton Title: Western Europe Lead, Partners in Learning

The Power of ICT in Education

If we believe JUST:  Adding ICTs to classrooms will improve student performance  Putting lectures online will engage students  Having students search for information online is fun; Then we may be in for a surprise…

What we at Microsoft believe‌ An excellent imperative

education is a basic right and a social

Technology can accelerate

insight and impact

Effective, immersive learning experiences inspire

improved outcomes Communities of committed, collaborative participants are essential to advancing

education

Finland Japan Korea Sweden Canada MacaoIreland New Netherlands Liechtenstei Slovenia Russian Poland Latvia Germany Switzerland Hungary Australia Austria Czech Croatia Belgium Greece Slovak Lithuania Denmark Spain Iceland Norway Italy Portugal Turkey Chile Uruguay Jordan Serbia Bulgaria Thailand Colombia Qatar

Does ICT Access Improve Performance?

OECD Study Shows Technology use is connected to performance Frequency of use of computers at home and student performance on PISA science scale

Frequent use Moderate use Rare or no use

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Finland Liechtenstein New Zealand Japan Canada Germany Korea Netherlands Hungary Ireland Switzerland Belgium Australia Austria Sweden Greece Poland Spain Croatia Macao-China Lithuania Italy Slovenia Slovak Republic Czech Republic Norway Latvia Iceland Portugal Denmark Russian Federation Chile Turkey Uruguay Bulgaria Thailand Serbia Jordan Colombia Qatar

Does ICT Access Improve Performance?

The frequency and Use of Technology at SCHOOL does not matter?

Frequency of use of computers at school and student performance on PISA science scale

Frequent use Moderate use Rare or no use

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What do They Want?

VALUES

PRIORITIES

LIKES

HATES

Autonomy

Friends, friends, friends

Devices/phones

Complexity

Identities

Bad design

Cool

Cost

Stuff friends like

Things that get in the way of expression

Authenticity Connecting & sharing Creativity Individuality Constant stimulation

Fun Music Real time interaction Self presentation

New stuff

What do the employers say?

99%

of respondents (voters) feel it is important to our country’s future economic success that our children learn these 21st century skills, such as computer and technology skills, critical thinking, self-direction, and communication skills.

81% say very important National Poll by Public Opinion Strategies and Peter D. Hart Research Associates for Partnership for 21st Century Skills. October 2007

88%

of respondents believe 21st century skill are important skills that schools can and should be able to incorporate into their curriculum.

10% say important, but not the responsibility of schools

What skills are most important for job success when hiring a high school graduate?

Work Ethic

80%

Collaboration

75%

Good 70% Communication Social Responsibility Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

63%

Of the high school students that you have recently hired, what were their deficiencies?

Written Communication

81%

What skills and content areas will be growing in importance in the next five years?

Critical Thinking 78% I.T.

77%

Health & Wellness

76%

Collaboration

74%

Critical Thinking & Problem 70% Solving

Innovation

74%

Self-Direction

Personal Financial Responsibility

72%

Leadership Work Ethic

73% 70%

58% 58%

Are They Really Ready to Work?�Conference Board, Oct 2006

Diverse Solutions for Diverse Needs Examples of current partnerships

ACT21S Transforming 21st Century Assessment Approaches

Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills

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University run

Company sponsored

• Methods to assess schools’ teaching of 21st Century Skills • Recommendation on updating assessment tools (ie PISA & TiMSS)

Pilot Countries • • • • • •

Australia Portugal Finland Singapore United Kingdom United States

• 3 year project • PISA Pilot • countries using new methods by 2014

• Improve education and innovation • Positively impact the global economy

Assessment and Teaching

of 21st Century Skills Ways of thinking • •

Creativity and innovation Critical thinking, problem solving, decision making

Ways of working • •

Communication Collaboration (teamwork)

Tools for working • •

Information literacy ICT literacy

Living in the world • • • •

Citizenship – local and global Life and career Personal & social responsibility Delivering high percentage of STEM-D Skills

The Ariño pilot • Innovative School Advanced Pilot • Focus on Tablet PC and Transforming Learning • Partners in Learning programs to provide training, support, curriculum, etc.

From the Ari帽o pilot to Arag贸n Arag贸n Regional Government: 10,500 Tablet PC Deployed Training, Support, Curriculum provided through Partners in Learning Students and teachers are extensively using Microsoft Tablet PC technology for learning and teaching improvement

Significant Improvement in Learning Outcomes 515 510 505 500 495 490 Pr o g r am m e f o r I n t e r n at i o n al S t u d e nt A s s es s m e nt

485 480

ARAGON OECD PISA 2006

OECD Average

Total OECD

We need to prepare students for • • • •

Being able to solve problems that has not yet appeared Managing jobs that do not yet exists Using technology that is not yet invented

............and by the age of 38 they will most likey have had 10 or more different jobs.

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