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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)