ICT

and Pedagogy

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ICT

and Pedagogy

Why do we teach ICT?

• Enhances learning and teaching

• Engages the students

• Provides key skills for future work / life-long learning

ICT

and Pedagogy

ICT can enhance learning by

• Developing understanding

• Extending access to sources

• Enhancing inquiry skills

• Enhancing the development of ideas

• Enhancing the communication of ideas

ICT

and Pedagogy

Three modes of using ICT:

• to support teaching and learning;

• to enhance teaching and learning;

• to extend teaching and learning.

ICT

and Pedagogy

• 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

ICT

and Pedagogy

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.

ICT

and Pedagogy

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’?

ICT

and Pedagogy

How does this?

• Enhance learning and teaching

• Engage the students

• Provide key skills for future work / life-long learning

ICT

and Pedagogy

Key Competencies:

• Managing self

• Relating to others

• Participation and contributing

• Thinking

• Using language, symbols and texts

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and Pedagogy

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.

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and Pedagogy

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