Digital clusters

[Dermot Walsh]

Dear CESI list members,

As a quick introduction I am a Ph.D. Candidate and a teaching primary school principal who has been working on a new model of teacher CPD which aligns with the Digital strategy for schools, the Digital learning framework, the Cosán framework and the UNESCO ICT Teachers' competence framework.  Briefly, the model tasks teams of teachers to work together to co-create, implement and evaluate teaching and learning activities which embed digital technologies in practice, gradually incrementing from teacher directed teaching and learning activities towards student centred self-directed learning experiences.

I am looking for any primary schools who may be interested in using the model as part of their digital clusters application, the model may be used as a stand alone application or alternatively to support existing applications and it provides a 21st century learning framework for teachers to collaborate within in order to develop their existing practice with digital technologies.  Furthermore, as part of the project I will provide participating schools with a collaborative online environment to scaffold their learning and an online repository to store and display their co-created teaching and learning activities to the wider education community.

If you have an interest in the above please email me and I will be happy to answer any questions that you may have,

Warm regards,

Dermot Walsh