Future+Role+of+B.East+CLC

This page provides the opportunity for a collaborative discussion about the future role of Birmingham East City Learning Centre.

Key points from the presentation Birmingham East CLC Paradigm Shift

Birmingham East City Learning Centre The Way Forward

Starting Point: we assume as our starting point that time-honored yet outmoded approaches to education and education reform must be replaced with new and creative ways of thinking about designing learning environments for this generation of students. Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow—Today Learning in the 21st Century

Paradigm Shift for the way City Learning Centres function

Curriculum should apply to students’ current and future lives and leverage the power of Web 2.0 and ubiquitous technologies.

Leveraging creativity, ingenuity and innovation

Change is the Challenge

Non-Parochial - (Narrow or limited outlook or scope) - Think beyond working with networks of local schools

Who supports us?

Current - Handheld Learning - Ubiquitous devices, augmented learning. Transition - How digital environments can facilitate transition with emphasis on building schools for the future and 21st Century learning Visual literacy - digital classroom Capturing and creating digital learning content Using digital signage in open and flexible learning spaces (plazas)

Pedagogy and classroom management in the digital learning environment. Device or battery vending