ICT and Pedagogy ICT and Pedagogy

Why do we teach ICT? Enhances learning and teaching Engages the students Provides key skills for future work / life-long learning

Enhances learning and teaching

Engages the students

Provides key skills for future work / life-long learning

ICT can enhance learning by Developing understanding Extending access to sources Enhancing inquiry skills Enhancing the development of ideas Enhancing the communication of ideas

Developing understanding

Extending access to sources

Enhancing inquiry skills

Enhancing the development of ideas

Enhancing the communication of ideas

Three modes of using ICT: to support teaching and learning; to enhance teaching and learning; to extend teaching and learning.

to support teaching and learning;

to enhance teaching and learning;

to extend teaching and learning.

Increase in reasoning, problem solving, learning how to learn and creativity skills More spontaneous interest in a learning activity Increased attention span Increased co-operation Relationships between teachers and students more interactive and guiding The impact of ICT on learning

Increase in reasoning, problem solving, learning how to learn and creativity skills

More spontaneous interest in a learning activity

Increased attention span

Increased co-operation

Relationships between teachers and students more interactive and guiding

Technology has always been about getting students to think. Students of today expect that ICT will enable them to be collaborators, creators, providers. They do not wish to be recipients of information.

Technology has always been about getting students to think.

Students of today expect that ICT will enable them to be collaborators, creators, providers.

They do not wish to be recipients of information.

So how far have we come in achieving the desired student-centred classrooms, featuring a range of teaching and learning styles and technologies with ‘the teacher’s voice one among many’?

So how far have we come in achieving the desired student-centred classrooms, featuring a range of teaching and learning styles and technologies with ‘the teacher’s voice one among many’?

How does this? Enhance learning and teaching Engage the students Provide key skills for future work / life-long learning

Enhance learning and teaching

Engage the students

Provide key skills for future work / life-long learning

Key Competencies: Managing self Relating to others Participation and contributing Thinking Using language, symbols and texts

Managing self

Relating to others

Participation and contributing

Thinking

Using language, symbols and texts

Learning Intention: To use images and text (verbal and visual features) to promote a strong message Task: 1. Decide on a strong message. 2. Use an image search on the internet to find 3-4 powerful images to fit your message. 3. Using images and text make 3-4 Powerpoint frames. 4. Each frame should have visual impact and a clear message. 5. Narrate your Powerpoint by recording your sound message for each slide. 6. Set up your Powerpoint as a automatic show.

Learning Intention:

To use images and text (verbal and visual features) to promote a strong message

Task:

1. Decide on a strong message.

2. Use an image search on the internet to find 3-4 powerful images to fit your message.

3. Using images and text make 3-4 Powerpoint frames.

4. Each frame should have visual impact and a clear message.

5. Narrate your Powerpoint by recording your sound message for each slide.

6. Set up your Powerpoint as a automatic show.

Finding an image: Google image search - www. google .com (click on ‘images’) Public Domain Image Libraries: http://www.teachers.work.co. nz/Online_Image_Libraries .htm http://www.fotosearch.com http://www.en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Pubic_domain_image_resources http://www.gettyimages/images.com/sea http://www. webcreationz .co. uk/imagearchive . php Flickr - Flickr. com/creativecommons