Full Description
Motivated by the conviction that ICT should be used as an effective tool, this book shows how it can support teaching and learning in the classroom and in the virtual world of school intranet, websites and learning platforms. Practical tasks and teaching tips demonstrate how imaginative use of technology can promote creative and enthusiastic teaching, as well as enable new approaches to teaching and learning. It includes descriptions of new technologies and systems and how they can be used, as well as guidance on the software, and activities to engage pupils in their own learning.
Contents
Part 1: ICT - Generic skills, knowledge and understanding
The skills of ICT
The knowledge of ICT
The concepts of ICT
Part 2: ICT - Supporting teaching and classroom management
One of those days in the ICT room
Enhancing class teaching with ICT
Health and safety when using ICT
Inclusion and meeting individual needs
Part 3: ICT - Supporting learning and student development
Pedagogical content knowledge
Assessment for learning through ICT
Communicating, manipulating and using images
Thinking skills and social learning through ICT
Part 4: ICT - The future and the wider world
Education for sustainable development (ESD)
The social, economic, ethical and moral implications of ICT
ICT and Citizenship
Using ICT to support your research and studies
Teaching with newer technologies
Appendices
Glossary of terms
ICT in your subject
Sample teaching units for ICT
Index
