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
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