Alistair Hamill
Shared Education: Using ICT to Support Partnerships
Lurgan College & St. Ronan’s Colllege, Lurgan
Shared Education has enabled the schools to develop programmes which have enhanced the learning experiences of our pupils, enabled staff to build personal & professional relationships and connected the schools to both sides of the community within Lurgan.
This partnership has been recognised for its achievements in the use of ICT to bring together children & young people. It has helped address sensitive and controversial issues through the use of digital technology.
Alistair is a senior teacher within Lurgan College and has been responsible for Leading and Coordinating Shared Education. He is a great advocate for the use of ICT to support Learning. Alistair has helped to establish a number of practitioner groups which focus on the use of digital technology, to enhance learning, across NI Schools. His partnership was recognised as a world leader in the use of GPS Technology in San Diego in 2018/19. The partnership was able to showcase how they used digital software to build relationships and develop an understanding of their local shared community.
Key Learning
When considering ways to develop your Shared Education Partnership
Understand the ways in which ICT can be used to support Shared Education Partnerships
Recognise the challenges in the use of ICT within schools, partnerships and wider clusters
Identify the benefits of ICT in remote learning, blended learning and online learning across schools & partnerships
Questions to consider for your Shared Education Partnership
Do you currently use a range of ICT Software to support your partnership working?
How could your Shared Education programmes be enhanced by using ICT?
Are there staff across your partnership schools with the capacity to drive online collaboration?
Consider how IT Software within C2K could be used to sustain contact of pupils and staff across partnerships?
