western cape education department wced e-vision for e-education 24 january 2014

Western Cape Education Department

WCED e-Vision for e-Education

24 January 2014

WCED e-VISION

WCED Vision for E-Education

WCED Vision for E-Education

Step One

Western Cape Broadband Initiative

Also Wide Area Network (WAN)

WCED Vision for E-Education

Step Two

Western Cape LAN Initiative

(Local Area Network)

WCED Vision for E-Education

Step Three

Classroom Technology

WCED Vision for E-Education

Step For(ward)

Skills and Utilization

WAN, LAN, Classroom Technologies, e-Resources etc are no longer far off on the horizon

… it has entered the harbour, ready to dock

UPDATE January 2015

Status: Wide Area Network (WAN)

• 340 Site surveys completed. • Firm dates for 831 sites.• May/ June 2015 for the Metro sites. • Wireless rollouts to follow• 10mb/ 100mb/ 1gb (30 seconds for a dvd)

UPDATE January 2015

Status: Local Area Network (LAN)

• Specifications have been reviewed• Tender to be tabled 28 January 2015• Envisaged award in March 2015• Roll-out June 2015• 100% Wi-Fi coverage, +hostel open spaces

• WAN roll-out in project mode (site visits, April 1st school ON)

• LAN tender pending (closing 3 February 2015)

• CAT/IT refresh cycle approved (121 this year)

• 126 general ICT labs refreshed this year

• 3 350 classrooms in at least 248 schools SMART classrooms

UPDATE January 2015

UPDATE January 2015

STATUS: Professional Development

• Training in using the technology

• Development in integrating technology in your teaching

• Developing skills in creating own content

UPDATE January 2015

STATUS: Professional Development

• Cyber-safety/ethics course being developed

• What is needed within your subject?

UPDATE JANUARY 2015

STATUS: Professional Development

• No quick fixes• Drip feed approach

UPDATE January 2015

Status: E-Content

• Content Tender • Content repository Tender • E-Catalogue

UPDATE January 2015

Digital Repository

Osman Sadeck August 2010

Videos for QA

• Maths – 2 098 Video Clips

• Grade 4 to Grade 12

• Already sorted by Grade, Term and Topic

• CAPS aligned by service provider

• Sourcing the Grade 12 Maths videos in isiXhosa

Hits – to date

Month FET GET Android Apps Total

January 9030 3464 1300 13794

February 9577 3610 1333 14520

March 7272 3691 1189 12152

April 5231 2315 1002 8548

May 5428 3352 898 9678

June 5898 2991 923 9812

July 4094 1515 613 6222

August 5049 2406 936 8391

September 6657 3142 947 10746

October 4869 2699 712 8280

November

December

Total 63105 29185 9853 102143

Freedom Toaster

• Maintenance and update contract renewed for one year ( September 2015)

• Telematics 2014 were uploaded

• Past NSC Grade 12 papers and memos uploaded

• Usage report will be generated by service provider

UPDATE January 2015

E-Systems• Learning Management System (LMS:

Moodle)• Create assessments, surveys etc • Curriculum Website • E-Catalogue

E-Catalogue

• Docking soon!!!

UPDATE January 2015

• Wide Area Network (WAN)• Local Area Network (LAN)• Technology roll-outs• Professional Development• E-Content• E-Systems• E-Administration

Vision

Key to everything…

A S K

Key to everything…

A sk,

S omeone

K nows

Challenges

… innumerable challenges, but if we do nothing…

…deal with IT as each presents itself