![]() I always tell teachers that technology does not improve learning, technology improves engagement, and engagement improves learning. ![]() This teacher just needed some direction on how these wonderful devices can be used as a tool to enhance learning experiences. Often they get used as an app machine where students play a game or go to a website. There is often a misconception of how iPads are used in learning. The third teacher was somewhere between the two! There was a feeling from the negative teacher that she wasn't quite understanding how the iPad could enhance learning in the classroom and beyond. One teacher was very confident with using the iPads, one teacher was completely against using them and made this very clear to me before we started the full day coaching session. I was working in a school the other day coaching three Year 3 teachers on how they could integrate iPads into the learning in the classroom. And unfortunately one of the reasons is the priority schools put on education technology. ![]() The technology exists for learning to continue outside of a physical building, but I fear in the UK many schools are just not prepared. However, we as educators have an obligation to ensure learning continues despite school closures. International schools have an obligation to ensure learning continues, after all the parents are paying for their children's education. International schools are much more prepared, they have 1:1 device programmes in place, they have learning platforms where students can access learning anywhere and anytime, they have policies that outline the procedures to ensure that in the event of extended closure, their teachers and students know what to do. Schools have to prepare for this! Many international schools around the world have closed, some will not open for over a month, possibly longer. Now, I'm not talking about a couple of days because of snow, I'm talking about a global problem that seems to be getting worse, where schools are closing for weeks if not months. We face a problem that may result in the closure of many schools in the UK. I work in many schools across the UK and my question to all these schools is "Are you prepared for an extended closure?".
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