STUDIES HAVE BEEN FOUND THAT ICT’S CAN HELP ENGAGE, MOTIVATE AND

INTERACT OUR STUDENTS!

Our students become easily distracted, unmotivated and disengaged. This is usually

caused from boring learning experiences or lack of relation to their interests.

“ICT has shown to have benefits for motivating and engaging pupils as they enjoy using technology. This is due how educational

technology involves every aspect of modern life” (ICT in Education, n.d.)

So really; it is something that is familiar to our students.

“ICT’s can improve the quality of education by increasing learner engagement and motivation, by

facilitating the acquisition of basic skills and by enhancing teacher

training” (Questia, 2013)

Something you could try!

‘Splat Square’ (2012):http://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/splat/splatsq100.html

• Use the interactive whiteboard to locate numbers to 100!

STUDIES HAVE BEEN FOUND THAT ICT’S ARE PERFECT TOOLS TO HELP CATER FOR

DIVERSE LEARNING NEEDS!

Catering for 26 students who all learn in different ways can produce quiet a challenge!

• Hands on learner• Visual Learner• Auditory Learner• Read/Write Learner•Kinaesthetic Learners

As well as planning for a student with ADHD.

Using computers, interactive whiteboards and Ipads, allow each skill of our students

to be taken care of. Technology allows opportunity to:

• Reading and Writing• Touching, Moving and Manipulating

• Listening (Sounds)• Engaging (catering for ADHD)

• IT IS FUN and IT INTERESTS THEM!

ICT has both an informal and formal approach to learning and assessing.Helping cater for diverse learners!

“E-learning encompasses learning at all levels, formal as well as non-formal.

Blending learning to combine traditional teaching practice with e-learning

solutions. This was developed after educators recognized that not all learning

is best achieved in the same manner (Questia, 2013)

ICT’s help your diverse learners by:

• Motivating and supporting ‘at risk’ students• Provides a range of learning experiences

(variation of complexity, real and hypothetical problems, modelling, games, simulations and

dialogue• Communicates in ways that cater for diverse

learners (MCEETYA, 2005)

Try these following programs to help your diverse learners!

“Ensure that schools support and provide for the learning, physical,

emotional and behavioural needs of all students, ensuring supportive,

inclusive learning environments and building and maintaining facilities

for their future” (Lock & Forlin, 2005).

STUDIES HAVE BEEN FOUND THAT ICT’S ARE IMPORTANT TOOLS TO IMPLEMENT TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE ‘REAL

WORLD’!

• Using all types of technology that we can get our hands onto; tends to be significantly rewarding in our classroom, as students are familiar with these items. Majority of them already (in year 1 and 2) have had experiences with this technology.

STUDIES HAVE BEEN FOUND THAT ICT’S ARE IMPORTANT TOOLS TO IMPLEMENT INTO

OUR TEACHING AS IT PREPARES STUDENTS FOR THE

‘REAL WORLD!• Using computers, interactive whiteboards, Ipads, Ipods, IPod Docs, GPS’s, Internet resources, camera’s, video cameras and all other types of technology, tends to be significantly rewarding in our classroom as students are familiar with these items. Majority of them already (in year 1 and 2) have had experiences with this technology.

As teachers we have to be aware that when our students leave school, they are exposed to highly technological world. Wherever in the world they

travel to, live in, where they work and they way they communicate, will

somehow be influenced with technology.

In Australia over 13,000 jobs require some type of ICT

knowledge or skill (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

In Europe nearly 90% of jobs require the demand of ICT skills

and knowledge (European Commission, 2012)

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WE NEED TO GIVE OUR CHILDREN, OUR STUDENTS THE

OPPORTUNITY AND THE CHANCE TO LEARN THE SKILLS THEY WILL NEED LATER IN LIFE.

ACARA explicitly outlines how integrating ICT’s into our teaching benefits our

students when they become independent individuals in the ‘real world’.

Learning about digital technologies will have students transforming data into

information solutions for real-world needs, opportunities, end-users, clients or

consumers in a range of technologies contexts (ACARA, 2013)

By learning and using ICT’s, teachers “will reap the rewards from this. They’ll see the

delight on their children’s faces. They’ll watch the engagement with their children.

It’s also the fulfilment of knowing you’re helping these children on their future

journey” Spoken by Teacher Karin Tanzer (DETE, 2012)

THINK ABOUT IT…

HOW ARE YOU WATCHING THIS?

WHAT ARE YOU USING?

TECHNOLOGY!!!

WE USE IT ALMOST

EVERYWHERE

IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO

TEACH….

Students will develop ICT capability as they learn to use ICT effectively and appropriately to access, create and

communicate information and ideas, solve problems and work

collaboratively across all learning areas at school, and their lives outside of

school (ACARA, 2013)

THINK

IMAGINE

CREATE

PLAN

DO!

INSPIRE YOURSELF

INSPIRE YOUR STUDENTS

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