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School of the
Future Reading Material Classrooms of the Future and Assets Thinking Maurice Brunning (Word, 2 pages) Future School Feb, 07 Alvin Toffler tells us what's wrong -- and right -- with
public education in the USA. Big Ideas for Better Schools Sept, 05 The George Lucas
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School of the Future
An exciting workshop
and new technology demonstration for parents and educators
Monday, 30th
April, 2007 at Beaumont Road Public School, Our schools are
changing rapidly with the advent of new approaches to teaching, the impact of
new technology, new curricula, and changes to the way children prefer to
learn. What will our
schools look like in the future? How can we parents have a say in the changes
happening now, and in the future?
An interactive
whiteboard is being demonstrated on the right. For the demonstration, we had
two video cameras set up – one showing the audience at Beaumont Road on
the screen at the left, with the “teacher” shown by the second
camera in the inset at the bottom right. The teacher has written “1+1 =
2” on the interactive whiteboard. Those present experienced a lack of
synchronization between voice and picture – but this was because they
were listening “live” to the teacher at Beaumont Road, and seeing
the end result on the screen on the other side of the room representing the
remote school. In a real application, the technology synchronized image and
sound, just like you see in a TV satellite link. Identical technology
was set up on the other side of the room, to simulate another classroom in
another school in NSW – or it could be anywhere in the world. The NSW DET has set up
an intranet system which easily facilitates this type of video conferencing. Imagine what could be
done – your class could be doing French/English classes with a class in
France. The Royal far West School at Manly is beginning to use the technology
with its feeder schools in Western NSW. Because of the distances involved and
the isolation issues, the DET’s Western NSW
Region has been pioneering the use of this technology in the school setting. But imagine what could
be done between schools that do not have enough pupils to run particular
subject choices. The list of possibilities is almost endless.
The interactive
whiteboard with a map of Australia from the computer hard drive, some links
on the right to other web pages, and some handwritten material by the
teacher. See the article on
interactive whiteboards in the Term
1, 2007 P&C Journal, page 40. David Hope,
President, P&C Northern Sydney Region. |
Presenters and Participants
From the DET and Board of Studies
Regional Director, Deonne Smith. Kate English (Manager of Distance Education where video conferencing and interactive whiteboards are used extensively) Sue Beveridge (from the Centre for Learning Innovation and the Teaching & Learning Exchange Beryl Jamieson (GM of Asset Management) Cecilia Wilson (Manager of Property Standards and Innovation) Maurice Brunning (Northern Sydney School Education Director) Peter Lorking (Manager, Teaching and Learning, Professional Learning and Leadership Directorate) Anne Stevens (Manager Planning and Coordination, Strategic Initiatives Directorate) Karen Yager (who wrote the great story about Transformative
Change at Richmond River High in the Term
1 P&C Journal, page 12 and now works in Northern Sydney Region) Howard Kennedy (Inspector, Technology at the Board of Studies) |
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