Course: NAACE Supporting evidence

Naace ICT Impact Awards 2013
Naace ICT impact awards shortlist

Supporting evidence

Andrew J Field

I am delighted and honoured to be nominated for the 2013 Naace ICT Secondary Impact award. I have been asked to put together some supporting evidence for the award which is understandable yet quite a challenge. Firstly because it isn't in the nature of many teachers to look back and reflect on brilliance, but rather strive for further improvement. Secondly as once I've started looking back there are so many things that I want to identify as having impact.

Senior Colleague's view about my impact Resource
I was appointed a teacher of 'English, History and IT' at Neale-Wade Community College from September 1999. My first lesson was using an Acorn Archimedes. Recently the classroom block where I delivered this lesson was demolished as part of the BSF (Building Schools for the Future) redevelopment that I played a central role in shaping. The new learning spaces encompass a wi-fi cloud, immediate support for BOYB (Bring your own browser), open IT study areas and engaging IT across the school. We've kept the Acorn to see how far we've come...

Over the years I have created and developed a vast range of resources. Everything has been shared online for free at the point of impact - with the students. I believe I can trace the growing impact of my work from my very first classes:

	'The Norman Conquest School site' Created in my first term as a teacher - attempting to show utility of IT as a teaching tool + put students in control to investigate the history. Impact: Online learning site used by thousands of students in the last 14 years. Showed how online tools can be used to help auto-differentiate and support.

Twelfth Night site Created to support my Year 9 English class - initially with a multi-choice plot quiz. Impact: Nearly every student in my class achieved a L5 in their SATS (important!) Showed me how IT allows reluctant learners to develop confidence at their own pace Engagement + interactivity brilliant - but also highlighted how IT can fundamentally enhance learning.

	SchoolHistory.co.uk Extremely popular website - originally for links & resources, grew into interactive quizzes, games, lessons and a fantastic History Teachers' Discussion community. Impact: Incredible - since 2000 it has grown to over 15,000 daily visitors Developed awesomely over time - dynamic Teachers' and Students' support forums Games, lessons, revision, discussion & support - free of charge Synonymous with history teachers in the UK and beyond.

ReviseICT.co.uk Website created a collate IT version of my SchoolHistory.co.uk games and quizzes. Impact: Interactive IT games and quizzes - used by schools across the UK Tutorials and resources to support more advanced IT - Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks Developed student confidence with complex IT

	EffectiveICT.co.uk Setup to support fellow educators to consider and make use of effective IT in their classrooms. Impact: Early Moodle keenness - showed practical example of utility of a VLE 20 ICT ideas in 20 minutes - brilliant whole school rapid CPD - developed vastly High end tutorials & CPD to support teachers + students - thousands have benefited

ContentGenerator.net Following requests to create custom versions of my games and learning tools I created tools that allow anyone to generate their own versions. Impact: Hundreds of thousands of students have used my tools to enhance their learning. 35,000+ downloads of Fling the Teacher Money from pay-for resources used to fund & support the free versions and all the other sites I make available for free.

	Macromedia / Adobe Educational Leader As a Macromedia and then later Adobe Educational leader I have been privileged to support the development of interactive learning tools. Impact: Enabled my students to perform at national events showing their skills. Supported and shared case studies used around the world.

Building Schools for the Future I have been honoured to be heavily involved in Cambridgeshire Building Schools for the Future. Impact: Delivered vision for future IT [.pdf] at bidders' conference Solidified the focus - use of IT and technology as a tool for learning Fantastic IT infrastructure supporting 'superclasses' for Neale-Wade

	School + Community impact These are the aspects I'm most proud of. They haven't made a global difference like some of my other resources - but I feel I've setup students from March and the local area so they can have a the global impact and be confident users of innovative IT in the future. Impact: My own students and across the school - latest eg: fantastic student-created promo video. On a daily basis I develop and share resources via Twitter with #ictcurric and on our College VLE + Google Docs CPD that has started at Neale-Wade (20 ICT ideas in 20 mins) and ended up at national conferences (SSAT, BETT, L&T) Championed use of Web 2.0 resources - one of 1st UK schools to use Google Apps for students across the school + led development our own Moodle Web 2.0 curriculum including: What can you do with Web 2.0? Creating a Disco animation Flash Space Invaders Mobile App development Wouldn't it be great? Create your own interactive poem Creating your CSS-powered site [.pdf]