Functionality PresentationFunctionality PresentationBerwick Secondary College

August 9th 2010

The Ultranet is a student centered electronic learning environment that supports high quality learning and teaching, connects students, teachers and parents and enables efficient knowledge transfer.

It will establish a schools environment for the future that improves the educational outcomes of all Victorians.

The Ultranet will be delivered to all Victorian government schools by the end of Term 3, 2010.

Vision

online, 24/7 anywhere access for students, parents & teachersa continuous record of student learning progress over timestudent information for personalised curriculum planning & deliveryopportunities for students to take greater responsibility for their learningfacilitated knowledge transfer for teachers & sharing across the Statea contemporary looking system & customised for VictoriaWeb 2.0 tools for teachers & students to collaborate within & across schoolsleading practice in online curriculum planning, delivery & assessment

The Ultranet will deliver….

Policy Context – School Accountability and Improvement Framework

Student Learning Student Pathways and Transitions

Student Engagement and Wellbeing

• Personalised curriculum• Student self-evaluation

and reflection• Ongoing Achievement

records• Access to digital

resources

• Continuous student records

• Learning portfolios• Improved pathways

advice

• Contemporary learning space – connecting students to learning anywhere, anytime

• Engaging and collaborative web 2.0 tools

• A secure online space

“If schools are engaged in the Effective Schools Model reform agenda, the Ultranet will be a great enabler of this work – a catalyst for taking it further, rather than adding an extra layer. The online application connected a lot of strategic initiatives.” Principal R&D School

Provides a window into the learning and growth of each learner and a platform from which to plan

Guides the construction of rigorous and relevant learning

A secure space to be known and to learn with others

Students, teachers, parents, schools and systems connect and collaborate

Transparency of practice and interaction

Ease of monitoring and increasing expectation about quality of practice and progress

Captures and communicates the school’s core purpose and beliefs

Enables ongoing monitoring and intervention

Effective schools and school improvement

Effective Schools

Functionality Overview

ultranetDesign

Collaborative Learning

Connect

My Content

eXpress Space

Community

Home

Learning Tasks

LearnerProfile

A place for student collaboration and

learning

My personal space

Personalised home page for all

users A place for students to find reviewed

websites and online activities

A place to find and store personal, school

and DEECD digital resources

A tool for planning, delivering and

assessing learning activities

Personalised learning information for and about each student

A space for my school’s communities

A place for professional

collaboration and learning

From May 2010…

Teachers will be able to:

• Design learning activities using the

latest web 2.0 tools

• Create a professional learning

portfolio

• Collaborate, create and share

resources with colleagues within

and across schools

• Access quality assured digital

learning resources from across

Victoria, regardless of their location

Students will be able to:

• Take part in online learning

activities using the latest web 2.0

tools

• Create a personal online learning

portfolio and set personal learning

goals

• Collaborate with students and

teachers within and across schools

• Access quality assured digital

learning resources from across

Victoria, regardless of their location

From September 2010…

Parents will be able to:

• View their child’s

attendance information

• Progressively review their

child’s learning progress,

including at home or in-

school tasks and teacher

feedback

• Create or join online

community spaces with

other members of their

school community

• Work with teachers to

become full partners in

their child’s education

Students will be able to:

• Access personalised

learning activities both

within and outside of the

classroom

• Submit work and receive

feedback online from

teachers and parents

• In time, access a

continuous online record

of learning progress,

available from year to

year and school to school

Teachers will be able to:

• Access rich learning data

at an individual student,

class or school level

• In time, review learning

progress over the school

life of each student

• Tailor learning activities

to individual student

needs

• Plan, deliver and assess

learning activities online

Release 1 FunctionalityFor students and teachers, from May 2010

• A place for reflection, sharing, creating and learning

• Pages within the student eXpress Space include the Learning Portfolio, Learning Goals and Profile

• Pages within the teacher eXpress Space include a landing page and Wall, Portfolio and Profile

• All pages can be fully customised with portlets and applications.

eXpress Space – for students and teachers

My personal spaceMy personal space

Teachers can:

• Set up collaborative learning activities for students in their class, across classes or across schools.

• Add web 2.0 tools, applications and pages:

• Blogs• Wikis• Discussion Forums• Polls

Collaborative Learning – for students and teachers

A place for student collaboration and learning

A place for student collaboration and learning

Design – for teachers only A place for professional collaboration and learning

A place for professional collaboration and learning

Teachers can set up spaces for:

• Collaborative curriculum planning and design

• Collegiate support

• Add web 2.0 tools, applications and pages:

• Blogs• Wikis• Discussion Forums• Polls

Spaces for any group in the school community, such as:

• School committees eg school council

• Home/class groups

• Extra-curricular programs and activities (eg sporting teams)

Communities – for all users A place for my school’s communities

A place for my school’s communities

Release 2 OverviewFor parents, students and teachers; from the end of September 2010

Personalised learning information for and about each student

Overview of Release 2 functionality for teachers and students

A tool for planning, delivering and assessing learning activities

Learner ProfileLearner Profile

Learning TasksLearning Tasks

• Learning progress• Observations and

feedback• Attendance• Timetable• Learning tasks• Submissions• Student reports

Learner ProfilePersonalised learning information for and about each student

Personalised learning information for and about each student

• Students will be able to view all activities, tasks, assessment, submissions, feedback and observations.

• Teachers will be able to plan, deliver and assess learning activities, linking them to VELS or other curriculum frameworks.

Learning Tasks A tool for planning, delivering and assessing learning activities

A tool for planning, delivering and assessing learning activities

Learning Tasks for 5/6ATeacher decides how they should be organised

StatusTasks can have different status. Current (can be seen by students) or closed.

The Learning Task – Teacher Prepare viewThe teacher prepares a new task and sets dates for release and completion.

The Learning Task – Teacher Prepare viewThe teacher selects one or more feedback options for the task.

The Learning Task – Teacher Prepare viewThe teacher identifies the outcomes that will be addressed in the task.

The Learning Task – Teacher Prepare viewTeachers can allocate tasks to the whole class, to individual students or to groups of students. Students can only see the tasks which they have been allocated.

The Learning Task – Teacher Prepare viewInstructions for the student on how to complete the task

Digital resources can be attached

Teacher assessment and comment on prime numbers learning task

My personalised home page:

• My notices

• All children in my family

• Communities I belong to

HomeHome Learner ProfileLearner Profile

CommunityCommunity

Information about each of my children:

• Learning progress

• Attendance and timetable information

• In-school and at-home learning tasks

• Teacher observations

Access to my school’s communities:

• Web 2.0 collaboration tools

• Parent associations

• Extra-curricular clubs and activities

Parents will see…

Unexplained absences information

Recent observations

My children (listed irrespective of the government school they attend)