1. Traditional Classroom vs Computer Mediated Classroom (CMC)

2. About a Traditional Classroom
Traditional education
Students are matched by age
Students matched by ability.
Same content taught to all students (teaching down the middle)
Little or no technology integration

3. Traditional Classroom In Trinidad and Tobago

4. Devices must be managed
Devices must be managed. Technology without the necessary supervision and classroom management becomes nothing but a distraction.

5. What do you notice about the classroom layout
What do you notice about the classroom layout? Does having a computer for each student mean that 21st century educational reform has taken place?

6. What’s the difference between cheating and collaboration
What’s the difference between cheating and collaboration? Is summative assessment, by nature, an individualistic effort?

7. Why Computer Mediated Classrooms?

8. Why CML (computer mediated learning)
It is interesting and motivating
Increase productivity and profitability
Makes students become more independent and efficient
Work is easier with the ability to save any notes, diagrams, pictures, files etc. seen
Enables students to learn at whatever pace they are comfortable with

9. The Decision to Go Digital
How can you shift your educational institution to using more digital content, or even go entirely textbook-free? The path isn’t the same for every school, but there are some common steps to take. This framework is designed to help school leaders and teachers successfully implement digital content into their learning curriculum using a step-by-step approach.
Step 1: Develop a Team
Step 2: Develop a Plan
Step 3: Build the Infrastructure
Step 4: Build a Digital Curriculum
Step 5: Consider Devices
Step 6: Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Step 7: Security and Privacy
Step 8: Teacher Professional Development
How can DMGPS get there? Where is “there”?

10. Don’t resist technology, embrace and harness it for learning.

11. Computer based Classroom (smart class)

12. Setting up & Sustaining the Environment

13. Pennacool.com……. building capacity one school at a time

14. Pennacool.com is there to support YOU
Technical support team- On-call/ 24 hr
Education Technology Coach
Professional Development Workshops
Connecting schools to sponsors
Tablets- $550 TTD (minimum order quantity 10 pcs)
and more………

15. There Are Three Ways You Can Use Pennacool.com
Use your own device at home
Bring your own device to school (BYOD) N.B. Sometimes this may involve sharing
Use your computer lab at school

16. Sharing Devices Devices can be shared amongst classmates
Be mindful of theft!

17. Students must be Taught How to Keep Their Device Safe
There are apps that help prevent theft of devices.
Prey is an app that lets you keep track of your laptop, phone and tablet whenever missing, regardless of where you are. It is an open source, proven software with hundreds of documented recoveries around the world.

18. Share Devices At Your Own Risk
Devices can easily be stolen
Be mindful: by students’ bringing their own device, they are now responsible for whatever happens to it
Never permit your students to leave their devices unattended
Never leave your device unattended
Be careful around other people’s devices and
encourage your students to do the same

19. Where do we begin?