ICT Presentation

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     OK, so I had some problems with video compression and thus my upload to Vimeo was a day late.
     But please, feast your eyes on this.
     I will post references etc on this blog in the near future.

Comment on the Failure of ICT

 A critical look at the history of ICT in education.

http://flosse.blogging.fi/2005/06/23/critical-history-of-ict-in-education-and-where-we-are-heading/

Research Links

Ignore this, it`s just for me.

http://apps-new.edna.edu.au/edna_retired/edna/go/resources/browse/pid/979.html

The Digital Divide

An interesting article from the UK.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/may/21/children-internet-access-exam-advantage

fellow student blog

Fellow student, Pete McCall had a post that I found interesting, where he discussed using ICT in a way to direct students learning towards sites, on issues that may be difficult to teach traditionally. I like this idea as it ties in with my previous post that highlighted the need for teachers to be there to guide students through the wealth on online information and help them develop skills to evaluate, interpret and organise the information.

He used examples of sites that can be used when taeaching sexual education in school -
www.itsmybody.com.au and www.kidshealth.org.

This is an example of giving students some independence and scope to learn at their own pace, particularly with issues that they might find uncomfortable  to deal with amongst peers. In relation to my practice as a media teacher, I am not going to know everything and at VCE level in particular, there should be times where students should be directed to find their own way.

I liike the analogy of not trying to be the "Sage on the stage", but instead shifting to become the "guide on the side". In terms of teaching the softawre in Media Studies, I must do that in order for the students to make their own way at their own pace.Hopefully Pete doesn`t mind, but I`ve linked his blog here

Hot Seat - Collaborative discussion group software

Software that enables students to have coollaborative discussion on a subject online. Not really applicable to a  high school classroom but I like the idea of merging social media to become a tool for discourse surrounding a particular subject/issue.

IT VELS assignment 1 02 part 2

'Information and communications technology (ICT) encompasses the hardware and software that enable students to work more productively and creatively, collaborate more effectively, gather and evaluate information efficiently, and share their knowledge with others, locally and globally.'

This section taken from the VELS stood out to me as the  idea of collaborative learning, within my teaching method of Media Studies is definately shaped by the ability to collaborate online and share knowledge with each other. My year 11 media class that I taught during my rounds has a group facebook page, which is used to submit work, put group ideas together and show examples of material that the students find inspiring.

Within the `Approaches to Information Communication and Technology` section, it states that;
Students use contemporary communications tools to:

• acquire information from online sources including experts

On the Media Studies facebook page for this particular class, industry professionals were regular contributors in helping to assess  and comment on the work that students had produced. I think that this is an invaluable way that students can connect their media practice withh the real world and this would only be achievable through the  social networking/ideas exchange that new media channels present.