ICT INNOVATION TRANSFORMING THE HEART OF THE CLASSROOM

Stephen Harris, Principal, Northern Beaches Christian School Director, Sydney Centre for Innovation in Learning, Australia

The Sydney Centre for Innovation in Learning (SCIL) — the research and development unit of Northern Beaches Christian School, has sought to facilitate successful, transformational, ICT- related pedagogical change into the core of classroom practice in a K-12 school in Sydney, Australia. This paper outlines the success of SCIL as a research and development unit, from its inception in 2005 through to 2008, in facilitating a shift in pedagogical practice among its staff, enabled by pervasive access to ICT throughout the school.