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Fairview
New Norfolk
Evandale
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Fairview
Project A. Staff purposes & confidence
(See Action Plan)
Results of a simple open ended teacher survey re ICT in class:
Purposes for incorporating ICT into the class program (Nb., these were not consistent throughout the
staff)
- Information: Acquire, Present, Supply and Store
- Communication
- Extending and Motivating Students
- Tool for Activity
- Learning – skills in ICT
The impact of teacher confidence on using ICT
- Low confidence results in a specific focus on learning about ICT in highly
controlled context and reliability a higher level of concern.
- High confidence teachers generally use a more integrated approach and more inclusive view of the
technology: focus on pedagogy and the contribution that ICT might make to
teaching and learning
Staff Concerns focusing on
Technology
- Availability & reliability
- Expertise related to the technology
Teacher
- Knowledge of ICT
- Application of ICT– match to old or new purpose
Student use of ICT
- Significant products
- Time use
Class Operation
- Groupings
- Noise
- Time management
School response to the survey results
- Several matters relating to the availability and reliability of
technology in the classrooms have been resolved considerably improve the
confidence of staff in their ICT resources
- The use of a newly acquired data projector is enhancing and extending
the role for ICT in making and sharing real products from real experiences
- Future professional learning and school development will be more closely
linked in order to develop a more consistent shared view of the life and
work of the school.
Project B. Authentic Learning (a collaborative learning unit
undertaken by 2 classes) utilizing authentic teaching & learning involving a real investigation &
useful products
- Interviews of older citizens revealed neglected local cemetery
- Site visit led to discussions of issues with of local council staff
- Ongoing collection, organisation and presentation of information and ideas
- Efforts by class & council began improvements
- Class prepared fliers to promote community awareness
- Class submitted proposal for a community development grant
- ICT enabled the classes to
- capture and share important information from the local environment,
- organise, process and then present it in a 'professional' form
- ensuring that the local community took the student's seriously
- thus enabling all to experience the democratic process first hand
Curriculum categories? Take your pick!!
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