how-do-teachers-keep-up-with-technology &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://en.wordpress.com/tag/how-do-teachers-keep-up-with-technology/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "how-do-teachers-keep-up-with-technology" Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:46:12 +0000 http://en.wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[18/7/10 Journal Entry 10: How do teachers keep up with ICT developments?]]> http://jamesianoronaldo.wordpress.com/2010/07/18/18710-journal-entry-10-how-do-teachers-keep-up-with-ict-developments/ Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:30:17 +0000 jamesianoronaldo http://jamesianoronaldo.wordpress.com/2010/07/18/18710-journal-entry-10-how-do-teachers-keep-up-with-ict-developments/ Primary schools teachers across Australia are at present on a huge learning curve. Many of these teachers are what are termed ‘digital immigrants’ (Prensky, 2001, http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf >). This term refers to those people who grew up before ICT became an integral part of daily life – some of them even remember when colour television came to Australia.As teachers remain vital to the learning process it is important that they know how to use ICTs and plan their lessons to incorporate ICT where possible (The World Bank, 2010. ).
As ICT is changing at a dramatically fast rate how do teachers keep up with these changes; not only to learn to use the new ICTs but to be able to teach others not only the skills required to use this technology but also to teach ethical usage. A teacher of any age group needs in-depth, on-going ‘exposure’ to newly devised ICTs so that they have the skills needed to use, evaluate and select which resources are best suited to their students (The World Bank, 2010, ). In short a teacher needs a lot of time, not only to learn how to use new ICTs, but to put their new knowledge to use in the classroom so that their students are presented with learning activities that will keep them interested in school and in learning.

References

British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) ICT Research, 2003, What the research says about interactive whiteboards. Retrieved 11 July 2010.

Department of Employment, Education and Training, Australia’s Language and Literacy Policy, companion volume to the policy paper, AGPS, Canberra 1991:9, sited: English K-6 syllabus NSW, 1998.

Goldon. K ., New Literacies in Education: The Research of Donald Leu, University of Connecticut, Retrieved 11 July 2010.

Nelson Cengage Learning, 2009. Nelson Primary Resources Guide 2009. Nelson Australia.

Prensky.M., 2001, Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, Retrieved 11 July 2010. ).

The World Bank, 2010., InfoDev: Teachers, Teaching and ICTs, Retrieved 11 July 2010. ).

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