ICT for Teachers

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ICT for Teachers

• Information and Communication Technologies in the
  Classroom and the Staff Room

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ICT uses by teachers

• Planning preparation for teaching
• Teaching learning (ICT-based or blended
  learning pedagogies)
• Student administration (including assessment
  reporting)
• Communications
• Professional development

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Preparation and Planning

• ICT-based resources for teaching
• Information sources (references, databases,
  bibliographies, institutional websites,
  newspapers
• On-line topic and lesson plans
• Traditional instructional materials e.g. OHP
  slides, worksheets, activities, tests, concept
  maps
• ICT instructional materials e.g. Computer
  Mediated Instruction - from PowerPoint and
  Concept mapping tools to specialist software
  programs
• ICT-based planning tools
• Timetabling software
• Project management software

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Teaching Learning

• ICT-based pedagogies can range from
• On-line course delivery e.g. WebCT, Blackboard
  Moodle, iTutor, or Plone involving
• course syllabus, notes, presentations,
  asynchronous messaging (bulletin boards or
  threaded discussions), synchronous on-line
  messaging (chat rooms), tests, uploaded
  assignments, multi-media, video-streaming,
  drawing tools, calendar scheduling
• to
• Blended learning environments - integration of
  traditional learning modes with ICT-based
  instructional materials and support

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On-line course deliveryContent Management
Systems

• WebCT/Blackboard - Web Course Tools
• Proprietry sofware packages
• Worldwide network of courses, course resources
  and support including conferences
• http//learn-on-line.auth.usyd.edu.au
• Plone
• Open source software for websites
• See http//plone.org and Faculty of EDSWs
  LrnLab
• Moodle
• See http//moodle.org

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On-line course delivery

• Other Content Management Systems (CMS)
• Moodle
• iTutor

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CMI - Computer Mediated Instruction

• Instructional process delivered using computers,
  usually involving one or more of
• Specialised software programs (e.g. SimEarth
  music software CAD)
• Specialised hardware (e.g. environmental probes
  and dataloggers in Science school-based server
  and LAN graphic calculators dataloggers in
  Maths)
• Internet websites

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Internet-based CMI

• WebQuests
• Scavenger Hunts/Treasure Hunts
• Hotlists
• Multimedia Scrapbooks
• Subject Samplers
• On-line eLearning communities (chat,
  bulletin/message boards e.g Blogs, MSN Yahoo
  groups/clubs)