~ACR RECOMMENDATIONS~

ACR RECOMMENDATIONS

After reviewing and discussing the ACR’s technology section, here are the recommendations that we are suggesting.

The ACR states in Section B, subsection 9.1

'Makes appropriate use of education technology (computers, overhead projector, etc.), learning centers and teaching aids.’ 

Instead of this, the ACR can be hone in on specific areas such as:

1. Makes use of any type of technology during a lesson as a tool of enhancement or assessment.

2. Allows students to participate in the use of technology during the lesson or as an assignment for assessment.

3. Makes an effort to use technology as a communication or record keeping tool.

In order for teachers to be assessed on their use of technology, the administration needs to be knowledgeable on the various types of technology and how the wide array in which they are used. Teacher’s need to provided with opportunity to expand on the requirement of using technology; therefore, our ministry needs to find ways to incorporate technology into our curriculum. 

KEY STANDARDS 2 - Collaboration

Key Technology Standards 2

By

Kara Smith           Garvin Tynes Primary School            Generalist

ICT’s can be utilized in every subject area. Here are three standards that can be added to the curriculum to integrate ICT’s.

1. Cultural Diversity Exposure: Our social subjects (Social Studies, Religious Studies, Family Life and Health Education as well as Science) provide an excellent platform to diversify students’ knowledge of our world. Every topic is an opportunity to look at our world from a compare/contrast view. This sensitizes students to the world and inspires them to open their minds and creates a thirst for knowledge. Discuss marine animals in The Bahamas and then display underwater life in other areas of the world.  Explain worship as we see it in our communities and then expose clips of people around the world worshipping in different ways. Compare city maps around world. There are so many ways to use ICT’s to expose cultural diversity and integrate it into the social areas of our curriculum.

2. Introduction to Email: It’s time to encourage a professional use of ICT’s from an earlier start in education. Once a student is capable of creating a piece of writing, they have the capacity to compose emails. This is would be a welcomed integration into areas such as Creative Writing and Reading Comprehension Assignments.

3. Assessment and Evaluation: It’s important in this digital age to create different types of assessment for our students. In particular, assignments that will help them to become digital citizens, and prepare them for a technological world. We can make use of applications that help create online quizzes, research responsibility and preparations of presentations. 

MANAGEMENT OF ICT RESOURCES AND FACILITIES

Here's my portion of this assignment

Unit 4, Assignment 1B

MANAGEMENT OF ICT RESOURCES AND FACILITIES

by

Kara Smith:                                    Garvin Tynes Primary School

Angela Smith:

Pradesta Martin:

Garvin Tynes Primary:

At our school, the ICT’s available can be accessed by any member of staff at any given time as long as they are available. We use a register to sign for items. We must include the date taken and the date returned. There is no schedule set for use of technologies. It’s a first come, first served basis.    

As far as ICT’s available for students, those are accessed by them during scheduled class times and under supervision.

After school, an ICT could be signed out and used by teachers, but there must be an agreement set up to secure the item.

The only ICT facility we have would be the computer lab and library. These are constantly supervised by our librarian and computer teacher. There is a Promethean Board installed at our school, however it does not have a room of its own. They are, instead, mounted in two homeroom classes. They are still available to the entire school as the teachers whose classrooms they are in will switch with the person wanting use of it.

We don’t have a clear, handwritten policy about the use of ICT’s in our school. Instead it is just understood by everyone how they are managed. We work as a team sharing without monopolizing the ICT’s for longer than needed.

E-Diary - Infusing ICT's with Traditional Techniques

Assignment 2B:

Traditional Techniques Infused with ICT’s

There are many teaching techniques used in the classroom today. The question is how do we take these traditional techniques and serve them to our new digital students. The answer is, through fusing them with ICT’s.

Here are five teaching techniques that can be fused with an ICT to make it capture our new audience:

1. Oral Reports: Oral reports traditionally call for students to stand in front of the class room and explain the content of an assignment they have completed. What if students were able to use Microsoft PowerPoint to add visuals to their presentations? For lower primary in particular, the teacher can set up slide show that students can alter by adding pictures or words.

2. Demonstrations: Demonstrating is a mandatory part of teaching.  Promethean Planet is a great way of creating examples, and demonstrations that capture the students’ attention. Loads of presentations available for download and can be changed to suit the needs of your lesson.

                

3. Cooperative Learning: Usually cooperative learning is a fun activity at the lower primary level. Hands on activities are usually involved with creating a poster or chart or anything relevant to the content. ICT’s can be infused with cooperative learning. Timed problems to be answered in groups can help cultivate working together to find an answer.

4. Field Observation: With ICT’s, field observations become so much more! Students can utilize cameras to capture their observations and put together a slide show.

5. Recitations: Reciting can become a boring ritualistic activity. However, using ICT’s with reciting it takes it to an exciting level. Students love hearing themselves in a recording. Ipads or cameras can be used to capture choral or individual reciting and played back in the class for critique and praise. 

E-Diary Post

How ICT'S can support the roles of the educator...

Here's a list of how ICT's enhance the role of the educator.

• you can use online school management systems as a record of students grades and to help manage and organize
• use webpages to keep on track of school and class events
• make use of technology at schools to keep yourself familiar with ICT's and how they function in the classroom/ lessons
• create different types of assessments
• help the educator to  stay current by subscribing to websites about technology and their use in the classroom