With each new ICT tool I find to use it's finding more access to computers to allow my chn time to practise these new skills and then use these newly acquired skills to increase their capability!!!
I am finding I am integrating the skills of publishing with Google docs. I have trialled using the slideshow presentation on google docs (similar to PowerPoint) with my class. I find it just the same as powerpoint but you can add youtube videos and it's great for chn because they can embed it straight away into their blog to share with an audience!
A comment made by another school at the holiday ICT course at Southall was... how do we manage individual e-journals with yr 3-4 chn.... I think we are doing a great job. The main problem is getting the chn on the computer as much as possible with as many relevant learning tasks as possible!
It's about teaching the relevant skills for the future and providing chn with the opportunities to develop these skills.
One part of the ICT survey we completed with Jo Wilson was about knowing if our chn are achieving their goals in ICT. How do we know this? How do we know chn are achieving success in ICT? Is it when they can transfer their ICT knowledge to other learning tasks? Is it when they can teach others?
I'd love to know your thoughts on this!
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