A Tool for ICTin Education

Caribbean Examinations Council

Jan 2012

ICT IN TEACHING AND LEARNING: A CXC

PERSPECTIVE

CARIBBEAN STUDENTS TODAY: DIGITAL STUDENTS IN ANALOG CLASSROOM

MAKING THE SHIFT FROM PLAY AND ENTERTAINMENT

TO LEARNING AND DISCOVERY

PREPARING THE CARIBBEAN FOR 21ST

CENTURY (C21)

NOTESMASTER

Digital students in an analog classrooms

Connectedness…Caribbean students socially interact in mobile and virtual worlds

Caribbean identity in the age of facebook

Social tribes: FB, myspace: 19,000+ friends

Music genre tribes: homogenization of music and cultural forms – reggae->reggaeton -> rap

Identity constituted by interpolating constructions of tribal affiliation

music

interesttechnology

dress

No longer limited by geography

WHAT IS IT

Classroom Learning

Collaboration

Study GroupsPersonal

Classroom Notes

Teacher Notes

INTEGRATION

From play & entertainment to learning & discovery

AuditorySpatialKinesthetic

Interactive skills for C21 jobs…drone pilots?

Country Total FB Users Penetration of Population

Anguilla 6,940 47%Antigua and Barbuda 34,700 40%Barbados 110,100 38.54%Belize 50,180 15.95%British Virgin Islands 10,760 43.15%Cayman Islands 30,420 60.59%Dominica 17,080 23.46%Grenada 33,040 30.64%Guyana 88,440 11.82%Jamaica 534,480 18.77%Saint Kitts and Nevis 19,400 38.88%Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 41,680 39.99%St Lucia 39,180 24.35%Trinidad and Tobago 406,740 33.10%Turks and Caicos Islands 14,760 62.73%

Totals/Averages 1,437,900 35.26%

Source: http://www.socialbakers.com/

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Integrating technology into the curriculum encourages

Active engagement

Group participation

Real-world, real time

alliances with experts

Feedback and support

Promotes creativity

Notesmaster

Notes Area

Content:

-Rich Text Notes- Images-Flash video-Simulations-Interactive tests

Teachers Area:

- Network of teachers-Students find their teacher’s space

My Desk

Personalized Syllabus:

-Finding your subjects- Share with others- Privately archive your work

Online Editor:

- Type Rich Text-Import animations, video and audio from our library of free resources-upload and store your own files

Sources of Content

National Open School of Trinidad and Tobago

E-learning Project of Jamaica

Teachers

the one portal to bind them all…

Visually Stimulating Content

Map Reading

• SimulationsCape 2 Biology: Flash animation showing The Resting Potential

• Video and AudioCaribbean History: The connection between sugar and slaveryMusic: Motifs in the Caribbean• Dynamic mappingGoogle map of Trinidad (you may drag the map around)

• Interactive tests allow for instant feedbackMath Quiz on Profit and Loss

• A note combined with an interactive testCSEC Human and Social Biology: Cells

A Sample of Live Notesmaster Pages

Notes Section

HOW IT WORKS

Structured as the CXC Syllabus Outline

Interactive Testing

Facilitates instant feedback on

student performance

My DESK – Personalized Learning Space

Registration: You will be asked for the list of subjects you are registered

From Notes you can add to my Notes

From Your Desk you can also create your own notes. Which you can use for your own review

MY DESK

Insert your own class notesVideos and Images

?QUESTIONS

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