Pedagogical strategies using ICTsIN TEACHING AND LEARNING

Changing the teaching and learning processes using ICTsINTRODUCING TECHNOLOGY ALONE WILL NOT CHANGE THE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS.

Acquire skills

The teacher will first need to acquire skills to use ICTs in the classroom for teaching and learning.

They will be advised to do the online course on Microsoft on these link http://goo.gl/xvaovy which they will learn how to teach with technologies.

Build your professional development plan by doing self reflection continuously.

Technologies that can be accessed

Find ways in which you will use the ICTs that you have in the classroom.

For example: what resources do you have, number of learners and how can you use them.

Learners have skills to use the ICTS

Find out the skill that the learners have to use ICTs.

You can develop their skills by training the learners in small workshops.

You can use available ICTs to train them on what will be used in the classroom.

Failure and trouble shooting

Always have a non-technological plan as a back up.

Have hard copies and non technological teaching tools.

Model troubleshooting with students. Ask for help from others.

Using Technology for Feedback and Assessment

Research on tools that you can use for assessment and feedback such as:

Padlet : in the classroom as a form of class discussion. Here is a link to show an example of how to use padlet http://goo.gl/PAQYpw

Testmoz : in a form of individual assessment.

Digital citizenship

Most importantly, teach the learners about digital citizenship to avoid factors such as cyberbullying.

ICTs seen as tools to help teachers create more 'learner-centric' learning environments.

ONLINE AND BLENDED LEARNING

Facilitate a student- centered classroom:

Empower the learner: through the use of blogs, wiki and online activities.

Using Edu-blogs to empower them selves. An example of created blog http://edublogs.misd.net/techiekids/

Organize activities so that the learners can be able to access them. One can use learning management system  to organise the activities

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Adopt technological tools in the classroom to teach: This helps teachers to optimize their time, efforts and resources and focus.

Making the student responsible for his own learning: like using scoop it to research on topics they are learning on and choosing what is best for them. See these link http://www.scoop.it/?snConnect

Subjecting students to regular evaluation through activities that they can get badges.

ICTs can be used to support change and to support/extend existing teaching practices.REINFORCE EXISTING PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES

How ICTs can be used to support change

ICT can improve teaching by enhancing an already practiced knowledge and introducing new ways of teaching and learning

The use of white boards and conference videos can be used to support ongoing learning. here is a link of how conference calls are used https://youtu.be/JMOOG7rWTPg

Things like slide share could also be used to support group discussions, where by different people could collaborate online and create a slide together from different place

Using ICTs as tools for information presentation is of mixed effectiveness.

EFFECTIVE FOR MANY USES

Mixed effectiveness

The point will be addressed using projector to show power point presentation.

The presentation will include videos, links to the web and pictures.

The integration of videos, links and pictures will show that ICTs can be used to cover many things in one lesson.

These power point will be used to demonstrate the example.