Embedding ICT into teaching through e-learning

ICT Foundations for Discovery

What ICT’s do you use? Have a chat with your neighbour... What do you use? What are ICT tools? How confident are you? Does using ICT improve outcomes for students?

What are ICT’s computers laptop PDA digital cameras digital video cameras creativity and communication software Internet web2 blogs wikis telephones fax machines mobiles tape recorders interactive stories simulated environments computer games programmable toys videoconferencing data projectors interactive whiteboards pen drives

E-learning and pedagogy Information and communication technology (ICT) has a major impact on the world in which young people live. Similarly, e-learning ( that is, learning supported by or facilitated by ICT ) has considerable potential to support the teaching approaches outlined in the above section. Ministry of Education (2007) The New Zealand Curriculum Years Effective pedagogy: Teacher actions promoting student learning (pg 36) Wellington, New Zealand

Where exactly does e-learning fit? English The Arts Health and Physical Education Learning Languages Mathematics and Statistics Science Social Sciences Technology E- learning and ICT Key Competencies

E-learning and pedagogy For instance, e-learning may: assist the making of connections by enabling students to enter and explore new learning environments, overcoming barriers of distance and time facilitate shared learning by enabling students to join or create communities of learners that extend well beyond the classroom assist in the creation of supportive learning environments by offering resources that take account of individual, cultural, or developmental differences enhance opportunities to learn by offering students virtual experiences and tools that save them time, allowing them to take their learning further. Schools should explore not only how ICT can supplement traditional ways of teaching but also how it can open up new and different ways of learning. Ministry of Education (2007) The New Zealand Curriculum Years Effective pedagogy: Teacher actions promoting student learning (pg 36) Wellington, New Zealand

In Schools a snapshot Last term I worked in schools across all curriculum areas, with teachers and students that are... Animating – scenes from natural disasters – using claymation Videoing – information about their school and putting it on youtube and their wiki Using comic programmes for – posters, narrative writing and recount Using Interactive boards – from a new entrant class through to year 7 and 8. Used throughout the day for everything from news board to interactive music programmes (garageband and super dooper music looper) Podcasting – doing a weekly news programme and posting on their class blog Digital Learning Objects – used authentically within learning areas both as a whole class and collaboratively in groups...and the list goes on

ICT Tools for Teachers Laptops Wireless internet Data projectors Digital and Video cameras Interactive whiteboards Web 2.0 tools – collaborative tools Quality online digital learning objects

Blooms Digital Taxonomy What does e-learning and ICT look like for students at OUCE? What could it look like...