Smartmove is pleased to announce that it is the northern distributor of iRIS Connect, an innovation in classroom based professional development. After its release at BETT 2010, the reaction from Local Authorities and SLTs has meant that it has been nominated for a BETT 2011 award.
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Short summary?
It’s a very clever mobile 3600 camera, placed in a classroom by a teacher to use initially for self improvement. The teacher schedules an observation to take place of the lesson which is viewed live or later by themselves or an observer with simple but very clever, self editing, web-based software.
You can then:
- Model, remotely observe and reflect on teaching in any room in your school
- Observe without affecting the lesson dynamic
- Record lessons
- Create time-linked notes and collect observation data, live or over a recording
- Provide immediate feedback for teachers in the context of their own classroom
- Share recordings with other users via the secure web portal
The World’s Most Advanced Professional Development System
iRIS Connect™ consists of a web application and portable camera system that revolutionizes the process of lesson observation and the sharing of best practice. The unique software gives teachers the ability to work with peers and mentors to create time-linked commentary over lesson recordings, gather observational data and engage in professional dialogue within a secure online community.
Providing classroom based, personalised and immediate training whist supporting teacher2teacher CPD and communities of practice.
• Revolutionise the process of lesson observation
• Share the skills and experience that exist within teachers at your school
• Enable mentoring and coaching
• Support communities of practice
• Empower teachers to take control of their personal development.
What is iRIS Connect™?
iRIS Connect™ was developed as the result of detailed research undertaken at Universities in the UK and America into professional development techniques and emerging technologies. Studies showed that traditional methods of professional development often have little impact on the adoption of new practice and that mentoring and coaching utilising remote observation, the collection of observational data and time-linked commentaries greatly increases training efficiency. By engaging in professional dialogue using immediate, contextual and actionable information you can address individual training needs and encourage the adoption of best practice.
Here are 3 simple steps to how this works
1. Log in, Schedule and Observe
Users have their own secure online account which is protected by state of the art security measures and encryption. The system is permission based and only allows a connection to the camera if both parties have agreed to the observation using the scheduling tool. Connect to our web interface, view the classroom live and record the lesson whist collecting observational data. Use our in-ear coaching technology to provide immediate support to the teacher in the classroom.
2. Provide commentary and collect data
Create video, audio or text commentary which links to the timeline of the video to increase the immediacy of feedback. To save time when reviewing, navigate the recording by clicking on comments. Checklists and instruments enable you to gather observational data. They can be fully customised and shared online. Additional time linked comments and data collection tools can be added later over a recorded observation.
3. Review and Share
Keep track of your CPD history and review past observations using your online observation library. Share observations with individual iRIS Connect ™ users for review or post them to a group library as an example of best practice
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For more information and a free trial please call 0845 6440110 or email info@smartmoveit.co.uk