Does your school ICT planning vision look like.....
...this?	or	...this?
What is our purpose?

The school ICT planning process revolves around three key areas - curriculum, teacher professional learning, and infrastructure.

As with any other school planning, school ICT planning should start by considering the school learning environment, then work towards the development of ICT infrastructure and PD programs that support this environment.

Too often schools start their ICT 'planning' with the development of ICT infrastructure, then try to shoe-horn their curriculum needs into this (possibly ill-fitting and restrictive) infrastructure. And then tack some PD on at the end!

There are a wide range of online activities that have been created to support classroom learning activities. However, it will soon become obvious that these sites and activities do not "stand-alone" and are only of any benefit when used in conjunction with strategic application in the classroom. For this reason it is essential that relevant Teacher Professional Development is a key ingredient in any school ICT planning.

The diagram below suggests that curriculum considerations may be a more productive starting point for the school ICT planning process, resulting in a more relevant (and transparent) ICT infrastructure development program.

The information on this page is very much under development, through discussions with local teachers. Our current thinking is reflected in this ICT Learning Matrix, that relates school ICT programs to cognitive development. (Very much under development - April 2008 - and may change regularly.)

(PDF of this diagram)

ICT Curriculum Planning | ICT PD Planning | ICT Infrastructure Planning
(Coming soon - for now check out some of the links on the previous page)

See also: where2now