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On-line homework instantly accessible? Digital media available at the touch of a button? Lesson notes stored in .pdf files for instant access? Educational software to encapsulate all learning styles? Wireless access to over eight billion sources of information? Science fiction? No, that is the reality of the modern Strathallan learning environment. Strathallan has built a technological infrastructure that would be appreciated by many educational institutions throughout New Zealand. “Integrating technology into the curriculum is part of the mandate at Strathallan. Most educational technology experts agree that technology should be integrated, not as a separate subject or as a once-in-a-while project, but as a tool to promote and extend student learning on a daily basis. Strathallan’s approach using software like Clickview has made that integration a reality,” stated Matt Humber. Matt is the ICT Co-ordinator at Strathallan.
Part of the vision for Strathallan has been to include wireless Tablet PCs into the learning environment. The Tablet PC is equipped with a sensitive screen designed to interact with a stylus. Tablet PCs are fully-functional laptop PCs and more. Staff can use the stylus directly on the screen to generate notes and annotation. This is complimented with instant access to web information and multimedia. As the class notes are digital they can be placed directly into the schools on-line Blackboard Learning Management System for the students to download. This supports the revision process and helps those students who missed the work through absence. Clickview (referred to above), is a software package which has been in use at Strathallan for the last two years. Clickview combines two products; an innovative digital video delivery software package and a digital video library containing videos and teaching resources from leading content providers. These two aspects combine into a network centred video delivery platform which can be scaled to deliver video to hundreds o users at the same time across the network.
Clickview enables the students to complet self-paced learning in the Computer Lab and generates discussion and educational power in a classroom environment. Student can find themselves at one moment in the trenches in World War One, the next a par of a blood cell making its way around the circulation system, then ordering Tapas from a Spanish waiter, or even making use of satellite technology to discover an geographical location in the world. For all those learners who embrace ICT and the support available, the world as never before, really is their oyster.
Other News & Article Related to ClickView:
- SLAQ 2008 Online Trade Exhibiton
- ShareIT 2008 -Into The Future
- Connecting the dots helping make sense of the “Age of Access”
- -By Charles Newton, NZ Ministry of Education Website (Page 16 MS PowerPoint)
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