Below is my response to a blog posted by Susanna Castello http://suzieqonline.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-do-students-use-ict.html?zx=24502d5e1e3e25c3
Suzie,
Thanks for sharing your experiences while on placement. The responses to the six questions you asked were enlightening. Most surprising, was the response to question 2 ... I couldn't help be dwell on the comment made about the IWB being a teaching aid, as opposed to a learning aid.
As TCs we all agree that the incredible volume of content that students are required to digest keeps increasing. For some reason, even with the latest tools, we struggle to stop, look and listen to what the students want.
Imagine a class where the teacher was able to effectively use (open to interpretation) an IWB. However, the challenge is twofold: the content continues to change and grow, and the media (technology) available also evolves. This leaves teachers with the enormous task of forever updating their learning resources and mapping them to different platforms.
Perhaps we will soon enter a world were all resources are shared and available online (in the cloud)? Would this allow teachers to spend more time focussing on using the resources? Would students learn more?
In doing some reading on this topic, I found a blog which you may find useful (http://edorigami.edublogs.org/files/2008/05/iwb_use_rubric.pdf), it defines a rubric around using IWB for teachers.
PS - don't be disappointed in your efforts to use ICT. I'm not sure any of us will ever be masters of this incredibly diverse area!
Thanks for sharing your experiences while on placement. The responses to the six questions you asked were enlightening. Most surprising, was the response to question 2 ... I couldn't help be dwell on the comment made about the IWB being a teaching aid, as opposed to a learning aid.
As TCs we all agree that the incredible volume of content that students are required to digest keeps increasing. For some reason, even with the latest tools, we struggle to stop, look and listen to what the students want.
Imagine a class where the teacher was able to effectively use (open to interpretation) an IWB. However, the challenge is twofold: the content continues to change and grow, and the media (technology) available also evolves. This leaves teachers with the enormous task of forever updating their learning resources and mapping them to different platforms.
Perhaps we will soon enter a world were all resources are shared and available online (in the cloud)? Would this allow teachers to spend more time focussing on using the resources? Would students learn more?
In doing some reading on this topic, I found a blog which you may find useful (http://edorigami.edublogs.org/files/2008/05/iwb_use_rubric.pdf), it defines a rubric around using IWB for teachers.
PS - don't be disappointed in your efforts to use ICT. I'm not sure any of us will ever be masters of this incredibly diverse area!
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