ICT in Teaching and Learning

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ICT in Teaching and Learning

• CSGHS Alice Chiu

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Table of Contents

• About ICTadvantages of ICT in teaching and
  learning
• For PrincipalsThree keys questions
• For SchoolsEffective ICT development planning

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About ICT

• Functions of ICT
• ICT can help
• Advantages of ICT for Teaching
• Advantages of ICT for Learning

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Functions of ICT

• Speed and automatic functionsmonitoring,
  controlling and feedback
• Capacity and Rangerichness of resources, the
  power of communication
• Provisionality ease of amending the outputs
• Interactivity dynamic feedback and immediate
  response to changing inputs

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ICT Can Help
British

• Learners to progress at their own pace
• Motivate learners
• Solve the problem that where you live may
  determine what you can study
• Reduce teachers workload
• Link schools/teachers with parents
• Line students to world experts

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Advantages of ICT for Teaching-1
For teaching

• Presenting information and ideas in a dynamic,
  attractive and exciting way.
• Explaining some difficult concepts and knowledge
  easily
• Ensuring clear delivery of teaching points
• Assisting in the preparation of teaching
  materials

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Advantages of ICT for Teaching-2
For teaching

• Assisting with time management in class
• Helping to cater for students with difficult
  abilities
• Helping to develop students co-operative
  learning skills
• Assessing students and using the information
  gained to extend their learning
• Sharing ideas, communicating with the outside
  world and getting new information about the
  subject being taught

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Teaching is effective when teachers
For teaching

• Plan effectively
• Understand and teach the basic skills well, in
  the subject and ICT
• Use teaching methods that enable all students to
  learn
• Assess students work and use assessment
  information to help them know what they have to
  do to improve
• Organize and manage the students well
• Use time, classroom assistants and resources
  effectively

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Advantages of ICT for Learning-1
For learning

• reinforcing students learning in a variety of
  ways
• Allowing students to change things easily if they
  make mistakes, want to add or delete something,
  try out ideas or make improvements
• Enabling them to learn by themselves at their own
  pace
• Saving time
• Allowing students easy access to a wide range of
  information

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Advantages of ICT for Learning-2
For learning

• Helping them to interpret data and communicate
  what they have found out
• Enabling them to learn subjects that are
  difficult or dangerous to teach
• Enabling them to connect with the outside world
• Being patient with students when they make
  mistakes or do not understand
• Improving their thinking

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Learning is Effective when students
For learning

• acquire new knowledge or skills and increase
  understanding of the subject
• apply intellectual or creative effort to work
• are productive and work at a good pace
• show interest, sustain concentration, think and
  learn for themselves
• understand what they are doing, how well they
  have done and how they can improve

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For Principals

• new opportunities
• Food for thoughts

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New Opportunities

• New opportunities to raise standards through
  innovation
• New opportunities to promote and develop the
  school

Shelly Park Technology College for Girls
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Three Questions for principals

• Has the school developed a clear and agreed
  vision for the application of ICT and is this
  consistent with the overall goals of the school?
• How effective is the current use and impact of
  ICT within teaching and learning?
• Is the school clear about what needs to be done
  to ensure that ICT developments are sustainable
  and have a positive impact on quality and
  standards?

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For Schools

• Before the school starts to use ICT in subject
  teaching, an effective ICT development plan needs
  to be taken in account.
• It involves

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Effective ICT development planning

• (1-8) Vision
• Has the school developed its strategic vision for
  the school and classroom of the future with
  staff, governors, and the wider school community,
  that reflects what students in your school will
  experience?

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Effective ICT development planning

• (2-8) Standards
• Is the plan sufficiently focused on raising
  attainment for all students in ICT, including the
  effective use of ICT within the whole curriculum?

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Effective ICT development planning

• (3-8) Analysis
• Is planning based on a careful audit and analysis
  of the present picture looking at curriculum
  implementation, staff needs, resource and
  infrastructure requirements, and wider community
  links?

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Effective ICT development planning

• (4-8) Coherence
• Is the plan sufficiently focused on making ICT
  integral to the teaching and learning processes,
  integrated into the targets and priorities of the
  school development plan so that the key strands
  of curriculum, management, administration,
  resources, staff development and home-school
  policy are linked?

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Effective ICT development planning

• (5-8) Support
• Is sufficient expert support used to help the
  leadership team develop their management role in
  respect of ICT, sufficient professional
  development for staff to help them develop their
  use of ICT in the classroom and sufficient
  support to keep infrastructure and resources
  fully operational?

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Effective ICT development planning

• (6-8) Co-ordination
• Are the elements of co-ordinationdevelopment
  students ICT capability, developing the use of
  ICT across he curriculum, product awareness,
  technical support and network management,
  procurement, monitoring and evaluation, staff
  development, etc. adequately covered by using an
  appropriate range of staff?

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Effective ICT development planning

• (7-8) Monitoring
• Do senior mangers know the quality of ICT in the
  school, are targets sufficiently smart, and are
  there enough and specific measures to check the
  progress and impact of the development plan in
  order to take remedial action if necessary?

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Effective ICT development planning

• (8-8) Best Value
• Does the school ensure that all ICT funding
  streams are used effectively and procurement
  decisions consider the likely total cost of
  ownership, so that the implications for
  maintenance, renewal and sustainability are built
  into the overall resourcing strategy?

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Appendix
Websites for English learning and teaching
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NGfL Approved Sites

• Early Bird Musichttp//www.earlybirdsmusic.com/
• Numberlineshttp//ambleside.schoolzone.co.uk/ambl
  eweb/mentalmaths/numberlines.html
• Naturegridhttp//www.naturegrid.org.uk
• Drumcroonhttp//www.drumcroon.org.uk
• Cool Planethttp//www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ind
  ex.html

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NGfL Approved Sites for Learning

• KidsMAPEhttp//www.mape.org.uk/kids/index.htm
• Global Eyehttp//www.globaleye.org.uk
• Quickhttp//www.quick.org.uk
• AccessArthttp//www.accessart.org.uk
• Cadburys Historyhttp//www.cadburylearningzone.c
  o.uk/history/index.htm

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NGfL Approved Sites for Learning

• The Standards Sitehttp//www.standards.dfes.gov.u
  k/
• National Curriculum in Actionhttp//www.ncaction.
  org.uk
• Inclusionhttp//inclusion.ngfl.gov.uk/
• Victoria and Albert Museumhttp//www.vam.ac.uk/le
  arning/
• GridClubhttp//www.gridclub.com

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NGfL Approved Sites for Learning

• TeacherNethttp//www.teachernet.gor.uk
• National Curriculum Onlinehttp//www.nc.uk.net
• Virtual Teacher Centerhttp//vtc.ngfl.gov.uk
• Teacher Resource Exchangehttp//contribute.ngfl.g
  ov.uk

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ICT and English

• NGfL National Grid for Learninghttp//www.ngfl.g
  ov.uk/index.jsp
• Becta Teaching and Learning http//www.becta.org.
  uk/teaching/index.html
• Becta ICT in the Curriculumhttp//curriculum.bec
  ta.org.uk/docserver.php?temid84
• VTC Virtual Teacher Centerhttp//vtc.ngfl.gov.uk
  /

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BBC Learning English

• BBC world service for learning English
  http//www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
  index.shtml
• BBCi for school subjectshttp//www.bbc.co.uk/educ
  ation/revisewise/english/

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British Council

• English languagehttp//www.britishcouncil.org/eng
  lish/index.htm(1) learning English
  http//www.learnenglish.org.uk/kid_frame.html(2)
  learning Englishhttp//www.learnenglish.org.uk/
• English Language Teachers Contacts
  Schemehttp//www.britishcouncil.org/english/eltec
  s/index.htm

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Networking Projects

• Becta/ international activitieshttp//www.becta.o
  rg.uk/international/europe/index.html
• Montagehttp//www.montageplus.co.uk/
• ilearnhttp//www.iearn.org/

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Sharing

• UKhttp//www.mirandanet.ac.uk/
• New Zealandhttp//www.tki.org.nz/e/tki/
• Israelhttp//www.englishspace.ort.org/

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Others

• English as a Second Languagehttp//esl.about.com/
  
• On-line Reading and Writing Practicehttp//litera
  cynet.org/cnnsf/

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If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.