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**Integrating ICT in schools** This section asks you to take a whole-institution look to how blended learning can be implemented across a wider organisation. There is one compulsory activity and one optional activity.

[|Neyland - Integrating online learning]
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This article compares the experiences of three Australian secondary schools to existing models of ICT integration in education. While you read, consider the following ideas and how they relate to your context:
 * //As you are reading: //**
 * 1) Micro models of integration - Where on a continuum would you place yourself? Your colleagues? Your child's class?
 * 2) Institutional models of integration - Where on a continuum would you place your institution? Neighbouring instutions? Other institutions that you have studied at?
 * 3) How applicable are the cases identified to a New Zealand context? Is this small-scale study transferable to a range of contexts?

After reading the assigned article, post a response to the following question on the stream discussion forum for this seminar.
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Neyland (2011), describes four broad factors that affect the level of technology integration in a secondary school as a) perceptions and attitudes; b) capability and understanding; c) Equipment, training, technical support and time; and d) Institutional support and local leadership.
 * 1) Identify where your institution is at, compared to the three case identified in the article. Is is a developing, accomplished, or leading school? //(If you do not have a relevant institution to discuss, you should use one which you have an intimate knowledge of eg: a childs school, your own study, or previous workplaces)//
 * 2) Discuss the reasons for your choice, citing examples from your experience, and those from the case studies and/or theory.
 * 3) Discuss the most important factor to your context

The New Zealand Ministry of Education (2006) published a document titled 'E-learning Action Plan' which set out a strategy for integrating e-learning into primary and secondary schools around the country. Their overall model for integrating ICT into schools is shown below. A selection of the desired outcomes in this document were:
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 * Teachers have the confidence and capability to effectively integrate e-learning into their professional practice.
 * Teachers use online communities of practice to strengthen collegial support, professional dialogue, and reflective practice.
 * Boards of trustees' and the wider school communities' understanding of the role of e-learning in the future is strengthened
 * High quality digital content is easily accessible across the education sector.
 * The knowledge and availability of high-quality software or learning is increased.
 * All schools have a sustainable and effective ICT infrastructure that meets their e-learning and e-administration needs.

This strategic document was intended to set a New Zealand's e-learning implementation strategy between 2006 and 2010. //**Given that it is now 2012, are we there yet? Do teachers have the skills, capabilities, and resources that this documents indicates they should by now?**// Post a reflection to the stream forum in the appropriate discussion thread, or post the reflection to your learning portfolio.

View the video here: [|NZ E-Learning Strategy Overview] Read the full document here: [|Ministry of Education ICT Strategy 2006-2010]