Session 6: Collaborative Planning & Teaching for Integration
An Inquiry into collaborative planning and teaching arrangements that support ICT integration within the PYP
Lines of inquiry:
How does planning for technology integration take place at your school?
What's working? What's not?
Discuss with table group and then summarize ideas on T-chart: Hinders / Helps
Why Collaborate?
Discuss with your table groups and share.
Guiding Questions:
Read
Creating a Culture of Collaboration Through Technology Integration from Always Learning blog by Kim Cofino.
Discuss with table group.
Work Product
As a group, develop a draft plan that facilitates collaboration between staff members for ICT integration within PoI
Our Integration Plans: Participants link plans here.
Lines of inquiry:
- Systems of collaboration
- How teachers best collaborate to plan integration of ICT
- The supports and structures required to successfully integrate ICT into teaching and learning
How does planning for technology integration take place at your school?
What's working? What's not?
Discuss with table group and then summarize ideas on T-chart: Hinders / Helps
Why Collaborate?
Discuss with your table groups and share.
Guiding Questions:
- What systems of collaboration and support are needed to provoke change in the use of and increased integration of ICT?
- How can classroom teachers and the ICT/Media/Tech Integration specialist best collaborate to plan integration of ICT into PoI units?
- What support and structures are needed for teachers to successfully integrate ICT into teaching and learning of PoI units?
Read
Creating a Culture of Collaboration Through Technology Integration from Always Learning blog by Kim Cofino.
Discuss with table group.
- Does anything from this blog post address points from your 'hinder' list?
- Do any of the ideas shared help clarify or extend your thinking about collaboration and technology integration?
Work Product
As a group, develop a draft plan that facilitates collaboration between staff members for ICT integration within PoI
Our Integration Plans: Participants link plans here.
Resources
MKIS Technology Integration Planning Wiki
A Framework for Embedding 21st Century Literacy into Curriculum Planning
IT Integration Planning: Requirements for Success (Always Learning)
We Are All Technology Teachers
Computers in the Classroom: Moving from a Computer Lab Model to an Integration Model
MKIS Technology Integration Planning Wiki
A Framework for Embedding 21st Century Literacy into Curriculum Planning
IT Integration Planning: Requirements for Success (Always Learning)
We Are All Technology Teachers
Computers in the Classroom: Moving from a Computer Lab Model to an Integration Model