PiXL International presentation.pptx

Presentation by Pixl International at webinar on use of Technology Sep 22

1. PiXL International How technology can help alternative education pathways in Tanzania

2. At PiXL International, we seek to complement the work of others in the field, such as the very welcome online publication of textbooks by the Tanzania Institute of Education and the excellent learning resources published by Shule Direct and others.

3. We complement others by working with school leaders and district and regional education officers to help schools improve their exam results , and we use technology in several different ways. We share PowerPoint presentations with schools, in English and Kiswahili, to outline school improvement and leadership development strategies and how to plan for excellence.

4. Tanzania already has excellent published data on school exam results in the NECTA website. We use Excel to analyse this data to give schools and districts a report of where they are in relation to previous years’ results and in comparison with other schools in their neighbourhood. The analyses include gender breakdowns so that the relative performance of girls and boys can be identified and any issues addressed. Schools use this data to set their own targets for improvement in the year ahead. We then analyse their mock exam results to give them reports of what needs to be done before the final exams if students are to achieve their goals.

5. We provide electronic revision resources for teachers to help students prepare for the exams and fill in any gaps in their understanding as revealed in the mock results. We make these resources available on an App and on flash drives which are circulated to schools by ward education officers. The resources include all past paper questions and answers from the past five years of exams, at primary, secondary and advanced levels.

6. We provide funds for creating revision videos which are made by ETETA with Tanzanian subject teacher experts in Morogoro region. These videos are stored on YouTube.

7. So the technological equipment and software we find most helpful for teachers, school leaders and education officers to use are: Their own smartphones Laptop and projectors for use in school halls. Powerpoint for presentations. Excel for analysis and student tracking. YouTube for accessing video presentations. Online sites for bespoke Maths revision resources.