Technological Pedegogical Content Knowledge attempts to capture the main parts of knowledge needed when teaching in a technology integrated environment.
Concept mapping could either be created using the programs Inspiration or Kidspiration. Both programs perform interesting ways of forming a map. You can easily add colour, text and picture objects. By the teacher showing that class a concept map at the beginning of a new topic it shows the students what areas they should learn and understand. Also the teacher could have the students complete a concept map at the end of a section to show what thay have learnt of a specific topic.
These are a very good means of communication in a lesson. They are able to be simply modified to be used over and over when teaching the same lesson to different classes. Though features such as hyperlinks can be difficult to set up they form a good independent learning area that children can view, with certain linked websites that have been previously selected by the teacher.
Points of why PowerPoints are good for teaching:
During our lecture today we learnt about teaching tools which could be used in the classroom. Different hardware products which can be used to document work are:
A more low tech way to record students achievement is to have an indexed A5 folder where each tab can be allocated for a child.
There are several products availble for use through Microsoft Office, these include:
Other software programs avaliable are:
Paper based templates conclude of:
Other specialist software programs available are:
Programs that are able to be used throuh web 2.0 consist of:
All of the above products can be essentail for teachers to use when documenting childrens achievement in work.
This was an intersting and very simple way to create a collaboration of pictures which tell a poem.
To start with we created a sence poem e.g. I see… I hear… I feel…etc. Then once we filled in the gaps we eliminated to beginning phrases. Then went outside and took digital photographs relating to our poem. Back on the computers we uploaded our photos and followed the simple steps in creating our story using the program Photo Story.
There is still a concern about the protection of students from inappropriate websites due to the large amount of internet usage and small amount of safety. Internet usage at home is increasing and most of the time children are unsupervised. It was not until 1990 was internet safety mentioned. One of the biggest concerns is students placing personal details online and having webcam conversations.
98% of Primary Schools have access to the internet. Studying online can easily be distracted by children accidently clicking on the advertisments not knowing that it could lead to pornography or bomb receipe sites.
Two compulsory saftely rules which schools must obtain are:
The skilld produced in 21st century education has provided a new approach to teaching and learning today. Twenty-first century content covers critical thinking, problem sloving, communication, creativity, media, information and literacy. Education taught in the 21st century enables children to be taught a vast amount of skills which they would encounter in future jobs. Twenty-first century education encourages children to work independently and seek resources from outside the classroom.
Within an equipt 21st century classroom you would find interactive whiteboards, data projectors and pods of laptops for students use. Blogs are an up and coming means of communication between the teacher, students and parents. You are able to anounce notices and upcoming events, attach work so that if the child misplaced their homework sheet they could print another one off. Also you can have links to other pages where children could find sites to access for research and parents are able to view how their child is doing and give feedback.
Below is a list of the characteristics found in 21st centruy teaching.
