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Children, on-line learning and authentic teaching skills in primary education |
Evandale |
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Goals of the ICT Audit Process Provide staff with appropriate ICT tools, sources & PL Get better value from SACS: collating all info about children, use SACS for anecdotal info, e.g. behavioural issues. Ensure that teachers are well informed Encourage and support teachers to use the available ICT tools, eg, email, internet, Discover, newsletters… Aim to have teachers using ICT for their own purposes in an integrated way, including use of digital camera, email, internet Use ICT effectively to support teaching & learning in classes
ICT Audit leading to a School-staff profile with respect to ICT Start with ICT practices “We can better understand current practices in our school by Mapping the current staff use of ICT (what, how recently) Applications (software) • Devices (camera, projector…) • Purposes (knowing what is happening, about children…) And then, with the long term in mind, we can establish arrangements and procedures that facilitate a greater focus on T&L” Colleagues who act as an ICT mentor to others Level of ICT certification Hopes for more ICT training Use of fault reporting system provided by the school Use of technical support within the school. How satisfactory? The ideal classroom provision Present level of comfort with ICT Staff access to ICT at home Capacity to
RESULTS - some preliminary findings: Some staff are yet to achieve accreditation at any level All staff members indicated the need for more training – many in use of programs such as FrontPage and PowerPoint – others in classroom management and use. Teaching staff generally felt comfortable and knowledgeable to an average degree, whilst most ancillary staff were not so. Half of the staff considered 3 computers in their class were sufficient; others thought 5 would be preferable though space was an issue. One staff member considered 25 would be the ideal situation. Every staff member indicated they had a computer at home ranging from an eight year old Macintosh to very up to date models, most had access to the internet, digital and video cameras and colour printers. |
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