Media

Discussion and Reflection

I consider myself to be technologically illiterate. I am in no way tech savvy and was terrified of using the smart boards while on my placements within schools. However, my Colleague Teachers gently nudged me into using the smartboards and I found them a lot of fun.I was highly dissappointed that there was no face to face session for this area this week as I feel that I would have gained a lot. How do you fare with technology Catherine?  

I can get quite involved with technology.  My partner has been working with high school students developing robots for robot competitions and Goulburn Street Primary School has robotics for the upper primary levels. Interestingly the criteria within these competitions are starting to incorporate artistic elements and aesthetics, students are judged on these aspects.  I find that some students seem particularly drawn to technology (like robots) and it meets a strong intellectually and socially needs for these students.   (Catherine)

I have found while being on prac that a lot of teachers feel the same, but particularly with the smartboards once they knew how to us them, they were happy to use them all the time. As teachers we need to keep up to date with technology as students need to build their skills using these things. 

I aim to encourage students to embrace all types of media, and plan to incorporate daily activities such as reading newspapers to find out the latest news and figures for discussion, weekly activities such as television shows/documentaries to present information in different ways and larger projects such as filming a picture book or powerpoint skills. (Tanya)

Toolkit - for the classroom

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabilities/Information-and-Communication-Technology-capability/Organising-elements/Organising-elements

Learning Presentations