ICT Certificate Digital Portfolio Katie Marie Cochrane Central Queensland University Rockhampton The ICT Certificate is level one of the Smart Classrooms Professional Development Framework

About me Name: Katie Cochrane Current role/teaching context: I am currently on placement at Saint Joseph’s Primary School, Nundah. My role at Saint Joseph's is that of Learning Management student. I have a Lead Learning Manager and I am under the guidance of a Mentor Teacher who is helping me put into practise the theoretical information I have learnt throughout the GDLT so far. My MT is also helping me adjust to working in a Middle Years (5, 6 and 7) classroom as my experience to date has been within junior school classrooms.

Name: Katie Cochrane

Current role/teaching context:

I am currently on placement at Saint Joseph’s Primary School, Nundah.

My role at Saint Joseph's is that of Learning Management student. I have a Lead Learning Manager and I am under the guidance of a Mentor Teacher who is helping me put into practise the theoretical information I have learnt throughout the GDLT so far.

My MT is also helping me adjust to working in a Middle Years (5, 6 and 7) classroom as my experience to date has been within junior school classrooms.

Portfolio contents Part A: Professional knowledge Part B: Professional practice Item 1 Religious Education Lesson Item 2 Drama Lesson Item 3 Math Lesson Item 4 Profiling Session Part C: Professional values Response 1 Recent professional development Response 2 Selecting appropriate ICT resources Response 3 Legal and ethical values Part D: Professional relationships

Part A: Professional knowledge

Part B: Professional practice

Item 1 Religious Education Lesson

Item 2 Drama Lesson

Item 3 Math Lesson

Item 4 Profiling Session

Part C: Professional values

Response 1 Recent professional development

Response 2 Selecting appropriate ICT resources

Response 3 Legal and ethical values

Part D: Professional relationships

Part A: Professional knowledge How I believe ICT can benefit teaching and learning and be effectively used in the context of learning. In today's 'knowledge economy' I believe we, as teachers need to build ICTs into our classrooms, not as a subject to be taught, but as a process to be learnt. We are no longer in a world where technology is for those who can afford it, technology is the way we afford to do things. As teachers, particularly in a primary school setting, we need to acknowledge the technology the students are use to using and adopt it in order to engage the students. We can use technology to inspire our students and teach them to become life long learners through our example (as I'm sure we will be constantly learning new technological processes to try and keep up!).

How I believe ICT can benefit teaching and learning and be effectively used in the context of learning.

Part B: Professional practice The following items demonstrate my professional practice at the ICT Certificate level. Item 1 Profiling Session Item 2 Math Lesson Item 3 Drama Lesson Item 4 Religious Education Lesson

The following items demonstrate my professional practice at the ICT Certificate level.

Part B: Professional practice – item 1 Title: Profiling ICT Certificate indicators that this item demonstrates: PP2: I provide opportunities for students to use ICT as part of their learning PP4: I use a range of ICT resources and devices for professional purposes PP5: I use ICT to locate, create and record information and resources PP6: I can store, organise and retrieve digital resources PP7: I use ICT to access and manage information on student learning Date this occurred: 17 th -31 st April Item or link to item: Student Support PowerPoint Presentation Profiling Using ThinkQuest Collating Data Blogging

Title: Profiling

ICT Certificate indicators that this item demonstrates:

PP2: I provide opportunities for students to use ICT as part of their learning

PP4: I use a range of ICT resources and devices for professional purposes

PP5: I use ICT to locate, create and record information and resources

PP6: I can store, organise and retrieve digital resources

PP7: I use ICT to access and manage information on student learning

Date this occurred: 17 th -31 st April

Item or link to item:

Student Support PowerPoint Presentation

Profiling Using ThinkQuest

Collating Data

Blogging

Part B: Professional practice – item 2 Title: Math Lesson ICT Certificate indicators that this item demonstrates: PP1: When planning, I incorporate the use of ICT in achieving curriculum goals PP2: I provide opportunities for students to use ICT as part of their learning PP3: I provide opportunities for students to use ICT to gather information and to communicate with a known audience PP4: I use a range of ICT resources and devices for professional purposes PP6: I can store, organise and retrieve digital resources Date this occurred: 11 th May 2009 Item or link to item: Teaching Notes Website Used Go to next item

Title: Math Lesson

ICT Certificate indicators that this item demonstrates:

PP1: When planning, I incorporate the use of ICT in achieving curriculum goals

PP2: I provide opportunities for students to use ICT as part of their learning

PP3: I provide opportunities for students to use ICT to gather information and to communicate with a known audience

PP4: I use a range of ICT resources and devices for professional purposes

PP6: I can store, organise and retrieve digital resources

Date this occurred: 11 th May 2009

Item or link to item:

Teaching Notes

Website Used

Part B: Professional practice – item 3 Title: Drama Lesson ICT Certificate indicators that this item demonstrates: PP4: I use a range of ICT resources and devices for professional purposes PP5: I use ICT to locate, create and record information and resources PP6: I can store, organise and retrieve digital resources PP7: I use ICT to access and manage information on student learning Date this occurred: Tuesday 23 rd May 2009 Item or link to item: Lesson Plan PowerPoint Presentation Essential Learnings Checklist Go to next item

Title: Drama Lesson

ICT Certificate indicators that this item demonstrates:

PP4: I use a range of ICT resources and devices for professional purposes

PP5: I use ICT to locate, create and record information and resources

PP6: I can store, organise and retrieve digital resources

PP7: I use ICT to access and manage information on student learning

Date this occurred: Tuesday 23 rd May 2009

Item or link to item:

Lesson Plan

PowerPoint Presentation

Essential Learnings Checklist

Part B: Professional practice – item 4 Title: Religious Education Lesson ICT Certificate indicators that this item demonstrates: PP1: When planning, I incorporate the use of ICT in achieving curriculum goals PP2: I provide opportunities for students to use ICT as part of their learning PP3: I provide opportunities for students to use ICT to gather information and to communicate with a known audience PP6: I can store, organise and retrieve digital resources Date this occurred: Thursday 21 st May 2009 Item or link to item: Teaching Notes ThinkQuest Snapshot 1 ThinkQuest Snapshot 2 Go to next item

Title: Religious Education Lesson

ICT Certificate indicators that this item demonstrates:

PP1: When planning, I incorporate the use of ICT in achieving curriculum goals

PP2: I provide opportunities for students to use ICT as part of their learning

PP3: I provide opportunities for students to use ICT to gather information and to communicate with a known audience

PP6: I can store, organise and retrieve digital resources

Date this occurred: Thursday 21 st May 2009

Item or link to item:

Teaching Notes

ThinkQuest Snapshot 1

ThinkQuest Snapshot 2

Part C: Professional values The following items demonstrate my professional values at the ICT Certificate level. Response 1 Recent professional development Response 2 Selecting appropriate ICT resources Response 3 Legal and ethical values

The following items demonstrate my professional values at the ICT Certificate level.

Part C: Professional values – response 1 Recent professional learning I have completed to implement planning where ICT is integrated. Go to next response Multiliteracies Professional Development Attended Multiliteracies PD program incorporation The Arts: Media Strand (12 th & 26 th April & 10 th May 2005). Graduate Diploma in Learning Management ICTs for Learning Management (unit). iMaths Professional Development Attended the Fire Fly Press PD program incorporating ICTs with Math Essential Learnings (27 th May 2009).

Recent professional learning I have completed to implement planning where ICT is integrated.

Part C: Professional values – response 2 How I select ICT resources appropriate for student learning in a range of contexts and for a diversity of learners. Go to next response Students must be meaningfully engaged in learning activities through interactive tasks and by understanding the reason for their learning (Kearsley & Shneiderman, 1999). By using ICT resources I am ensuring my students are engaged. Having profiled the students in my class the job of selecting ICT resources is a lot easier as I am able to use my obtained knowledge of student learning styles to engage my learners in their specific preference. From observation and experience I know that my learners engage during “learning time” only when visual clues are displayed at the same time as word cues or speech. I find PowerPoint to be the best visual support and therefore use this resource during the majority of my lessons. Kearsley and Shneiderman (1999) report that education today must have an emphasis on meaningful learning, collaboration among peers and concentrate on experimental and self directed learning and there is no better way to do this than through the use of ICTs . Computer, iPod, digital camera, video camera, CD player, ThinkQuest… the world is at student fingertips, and they’re itching to play!

How I select ICT resources appropriate for student learning in a range of contexts and for a diversity of learners.

Part C: Professional values – response 3 Description of one or two safety, legal or ethical issues relating to using ICT that have directly influenced my practice and the way I operate. Using ThinkQuest which is an international site accessed by hundreds of schools around the world the students are given the option to choose their own screen name. Before undertaking this activity the class held a discussion about the safety of sharing personal information and the students chose names that were neither sexually explicit or able to reveal their true identity (no last names). Recently there has also been instances where students have been asked questions that have made them feel uncomfortable. Teachers were informed of this by some students and we are now looking into the validity of these claims. NOTE: This website is a good resource for students accessing the internet on a regular basis for communication purposes. The site is suitable for Middle School use (Years 5 – 9). Other programs suitable for Primary School age students are Hector’s World (all primary age) and Cyber Quoll (upper primary age) both are CD-ROMs with corresponding internet programs.

Description of one or two safety, legal or ethical issues relating to using ICT that have directly influenced my practice and the way I operate.

Part D: Professional relationships Description, including specific examples, of how I use ICT to communicate with others for professional purposes. The internet is full of resources that make communicating with colleagues easier. Some of the ways I use ICTs to communicate with my colleagues are Emails - Blogging Discussion Boards - Facebook SMS Email and sites such as ThinkQuest are also great ways to keep parents and guardians up to date with classroom events. In my classroom parents are emailed the school Newsletter and are encouraged to communicate with the teacher regularly via email. If a student is absent or has not done their homework an email is often the form of communication used. If the teacher has feedback on a students conduct during class or if they have excelled at something the teacher will send an email to the parents to share the information. Parents also have access to ThinkQuest for regular updates of ‘What’s On’ around the school.

Description, including specific examples, of how I use ICT to communicate with others for professional purposes.

The internet is full of resources that make communicating with colleagues easier. Some of the ways I use ICTs to communicate with my colleagues are

Emails - Blogging

Discussion Boards - Facebook

SMS

Email and sites such as ThinkQuest are also great ways to keep parents and guardians up to date with classroom events. In my classroom parents are emailed the school Newsletter and are encouraged to communicate with the teacher regularly via email. If a student is absent or has not done their homework an email is often the form of communication used. If the teacher has feedback on a students conduct during class or if they have excelled at something the teacher will send an email to the parents to share the information.

Parents also have access to ThinkQuest for regular updates of ‘What’s On’ around the school.

Reference List Kearsley, G. & Shneiderman, B. (1999). Engagement theory: a framework for technology-based teaching and learning. Accessed 4 April 2009 from http://home.sprynet.com/~gkearsley/engage.htm