Specialist+School+Transforms+Teaching+By+Becoming+An+Early+Adopter+Of+Technology

 Technology is changing the way teachers are teaching and ways to engage students who learn in different ways. Two schools in the U.K, Philip Morant School and College in Essex, are on the cutting edge of bringing technology into their schools.. These school decided to adopt IT into their school right from the start. They decide to embrace the tools of the 21st century education. They figured if they adopted the IT early they could find their own solutions.  Philip Morant School is a very well equipped school. It has an enhanced wireless system that enables students to use their own portable computers and handheld devices. The school even encourages the students to use these devices. The headmaster of the school works closely with ICT development group. The group meets every 2 weeks to discuss operational issues and once a term to discuss long-term strategies. The relationship helps them to measure every tool they use to see the impact it has on learning.  In 2009, they piloted the new Office 2010. The features they liked were the ability to share the PowerPoint 2010 on the web. They said that it was more user -friendly to share the presentation on the web and you could create a link to send. It doesn’t need extra systems or special devices to accomplish sharing it. The staff will share documents through Microsoft Excel 2010. More than one teacher can use the online grade books. They also can work on their School Improvement plan simultaneously in real time. Using these tools will make it possible to represent everyone’s views in a manageable way.  These new tools are in tune with personalized, performance driven, and collaborative culture of today’s schools. These tools make it possible to engage students and teachers in a lesson even if one of them is stuck at home. Students will be able to use their own computers to improve engagement with material that is presented and with other students. Students can also share what they have created in unique ways. They can electronically share them with their teachers. They will not have to print them to hand in an assignment. Students can collaborate on projects on the web with other students and publish these projects on the web quickly. Students become more engaged in their learning.  The tools will enable teachers to analyze data and provide leaders summaries of appropriate data. Teachers will be able to use Excel 2010 to enter data into and see trends of what is happening in their class. Excel 2010 helps them create pivot tables and summaries of relevant data drawn out from the mass of background data. All this data will help them reflect on student learning. Their hard work will be showing and they will able to see quickly who has achieved the concept and those who still need help. Teachers can use data to drive their instruction.  Philip Morant School and College of Essex are on the cutting edge of technology. They saw what technology could do for their students and implemented it early into their schools. They were able to use the technical support and work out problems with an IT team to help streamline the technology into their schools. Technology is a great way to engage students and help teachers in the 21st century. These schools have opened a big door to enhance the learning of all their students.
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