ICT and Pedagogy

1. ICT and Pedagogy Appropriate and inappropriate applications of ICT

2. Why do we teach ICT? Enhances learning and teaching; Key skill for future work / life-long learning; National Curriculum requirement.

3. ICT can help learning by Developing understanding speed and automatic functions of ICT can enable teachers to demonstrate, explore or explain aspects of their teaching, and pupils' learning, more effectively e.g. use of a spread sheet to perform calculations in order that patterns can be concentrated on rather than the calculating. explore prepared or constructed models and simulations

4. ICT can help learning by Extending access to sources the capacity and range of ICT can enable teachers and pupils to gain access to historical, recent or immediate information, through, for example, accessing information on CD-ROM or the Internet Enhancing enquiry skills search for and compare information from different sources

5. ICT can help learning by Enhancing the development of ideas the provisional nature of information stored, processed and presented using ICT allows work to be changed easily - in using a word processor to edit and refine writing Enhancing the communication of ideas communicate with other people, locally and over distances, easily and effectively present information in ways which are accessible in different forms for different audiences.

6. Note some examples which you have seen. �There are indeed many examples of complex technology being used to achieve low-level educational goals� Underwood and Underwood (1995)

7. Why does this happen? Unreliable hardware Inappropriate software - high percentage of �educational� software is practice and drill Generic, open-ended software requires greater investment of time

8. Why does this happen? Comparative lack of IT training for teachers to learn how to use IT more effectively - teachers unfamiliar with programs and their potential Non IT confident teachers feel more secure using computers for holding activities Packed curriculum

9. �if computers are used to service the teacher�s needs for organisation and control, they will make little impact on children�s learning� Somekh and Davis (1997) Share an example of computers making an impact on children�s learning.

10. Three modes of using ICT: to support teaching and learning; (Supporting ongoing activities in teaching and learning, e.g. drill and practice spelling exercises.) to enhance teaching and learning; (Activities enhance subject work and make a tangible impact on teaching strategies and styles e.g. editing written work to improve content, appearance and accessibility for a particular audience.) to extend teaching and learning. (The ICT-based work is central to the classroom activities, some of which would not be possible without its use e.g. branching multimedia story.)

11. Refer to criteria for use of ICT general criteria are the subject DLOs appropriate? Will the use of ICT support children�s learning or not? Do the children have the appropriate ICT skills? How can they learn them?Refer to criteria for use of ICT general criteria are the subject DLOs appropriate? Will the use of ICT support children�s learning or not? Do the children have the appropriate ICT skills? How can they learn them?

13. The Four Es Teachers should make sure that ICT: Ensures that the learning outcomes can be achieved; Enables the learner; Eases and supports the task; Enhances the task�s quality and value. Barker and Franklin (1998)

14. ICT without the computer Developing keyboard skills with �dummy� keyboards Annotating and revising printouts Prepared questionnaire to support information handling activity Planning LOGO or Roamer sequences or procedures on paper

16. Annotated screen dump to support graphics activity and file for record keeping

17. Organising children with hot seat and shadow, head-phones, computer file and screen prompts to support activity.

18. Computer notice-boardChildren encouraged to display computer work from homeClearly visible rota

19. Screen prompts for LOGO, help cards, rota, tick sheet and wall display.