http://www.magickeys.com/books/
just so interesting....just go to the website...click any book you want to read and start reading..as simple as abc
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Smart classrooms
http://education.qld.gov.au/smartclassrooms/ictstudents/10.html
Student ICT Expectations for Year 10
education.qld.gov.au
By the end of Year 10, students need to meet the following expectations.
Student ICT Expectations for Year 10
education.qld.gov.au
By the end of Year 10, students need to meet the following expectations.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
ICT as a teaching and learning tools.
ICT is the silver bullet to attain a higher level of educational excellence. ICT is a tool or enabler and a powerful one too. As such, in terms of teaching and learning, ICT make lessons more interesting, relevant, and meaningful. ICT had the capability of bringing the world into the classrooms, providing access to quality teaching and learning materials to the areas not reachable by conventional means; and ultimately improve information literacy.
Sulmawati Sulaiman
Using ICT in teaching.
I would like to share with the teachers out there, my experience teaching English using ICT. It was fun and the children can explore and get to know more than what they get from text books.
For a start, I was teaching my pupils animals...wild and tame....and the ideas came where my pupils start asking me about this and that. So I just go to google search and start typing animals images. So as you know more than what they can see. Animals they have not seen before from tropical animals to rainforest animal and more. It was amazing and the pupils especially was surprise to see all kinds and different types of animals from all over the world.
As a teacher I want my pupils to learn and gain something from what they learn. It is not just the fact that teaching and making them understand what they learn but the most important thing is they get it. Well.....I just want my pupils to be an independent learner where they can find their own answer to my questions. No more spoon feed.
For these reasons I start teaching using ICT for my Englisg lessons and I have been using it since 2007 where I learn to know that my students was amazing when they were asked to make powerpoints and surf the internets to look for more information on what they learn for the day.
For these reasons I start teaching using ICT for my Englisg lessons and I have been using it since 2007 where I learn to know that my students was amazing when they were asked to make powerpoints and surf the internets to look for more information on what they learn for the day.
I even use e-books for my weak students and playing memory games. I also allow my pupils to play games on grammar and they love it. Play and study...great isn't it!!!!!
My Adobe Photoshop class
Before the school year ends, I had my last session with my Kpec pupils. Just the last touch of Adobe photoshop.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Teaching in the new era
Hi teachers......
What are ICTs and what types of ICTs are commonly used in education?
ICTs stand for information and communication technologies and are defined, for the purposes of this primer, as a “diverse set of technological tools and resources used to communicate, and to create, disseminate, store, and manage information.”4 These technologies include computers, the Internet, broadcasting technologies (radio and television), and telephony.
In recent years there has been a groundswell of interest in how computers and the Internet can best be harnessed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of education at all levels and in both formal and non-formal settings. But ICTs are more than just these technologies; older technologies such as the telephone, radio and television, although now given less attention, have a longer and richer history as instructional tools.5 For instance, radio and television have for over forty years been used for open anddistance learning, although print remains the cheapest,most accessible and therefore most dominant delivery mechanism in both developed and developing countries.6 The use of computers and the Internet is still in its infancy in developing countries, if these are used at all, due to limited infrastructure and the attendant high costs of access. Moreover, different technologies are typically used in combination rather than as the sole delivery mechanism. For instance, the Kothmale Community Radio Internet uses both radio broadcasts and computer and Internet technologies to facilitate the sharing of information and provide educational opportunities in a rural community in Sri Lanka.7 The Open University of the United Kingdom (UKOU), established in 1969 as the first educational institution in the world wholly dedicated to open and distance learning, still relies heavily on print-based materials supplemented by radio, television and, in recent years, online programming.8 Similarly, the Indira Gandhi National Open University in India combines the use of print, recorded audio and video, broadcast radio and television, and audioconferencing technologies.
What is e-learning?
Although most commonly associated with higher education and corporate training, e-learning
encompasses learning at all levels,both formal and non-formal, that uses an information network—theInternet, an intranet (LAN) or extranet (WAN)—whether wholly or in part, for course delivery, interaction and/or facilitation. Others prefer the term online learning. Web-based learning is a subset of elearning and refers to learning using an Internet browser (such as Netscape or Internet Explorer).
What is blended learning?
Another term that is gaining currency is blended learning.This refers to learning models that combine traditional classroom practice with e-learning solutions.For example, students in a traditional class can be assigned both print-based and online materials, have online mentoring sessions with their teacher through chat, and are subscribed to a class email list. Or a Web-based training course can be enhanced by periodic face-to-face instruction.“Blending”was prompted by the recognition that not all learning is best achieved in an electronically-mediated environment, particularly one that dispenses with a live instructor altogether. Instead, consideration must be given to the subject matter, the learning objectives and outcomes, the characteristics of the learners, and the learning context in order to arrive at the optimum mix of instructional and delivery methods.
ICTs stand for information and communication technologies and are defined, for the purposes of this primer, as a “diverse set of technological tools and resources used to communicate, and to create, disseminate, store, and manage information.”4 These technologies include computers, the Internet, broadcasting technologies (radio and television), and telephony.
In recent years there has been a groundswell of interest in how computers and the Internet can best be harnessed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of education at all levels and in both formal and non-formal settings. But ICTs are more than just these technologies; older technologies such as the telephone, radio and television, although now given less attention, have a longer and richer history as instructional tools.5 For instance, radio and television have for over forty years been used for open anddistance learning, although print remains the cheapest,most accessible and therefore most dominant delivery mechanism in both developed and developing countries.6 The use of computers and the Internet is still in its infancy in developing countries, if these are used at all, due to limited infrastructure and the attendant high costs of access. Moreover, different technologies are typically used in combination rather than as the sole delivery mechanism. For instance, the Kothmale Community Radio Internet uses both radio broadcasts and computer and Internet technologies to facilitate the sharing of information and provide educational opportunities in a rural community in Sri Lanka.7 The Open University of the United Kingdom (UKOU), established in 1969 as the first educational institution in the world wholly dedicated to open and distance learning, still relies heavily on print-based materials supplemented by radio, television and, in recent years, online programming.8 Similarly, the Indira Gandhi National Open University in India combines the use of print, recorded audio and video, broadcast radio and television, and audioconferencing technologies.
What is e-learning?
Although most commonly associated with higher education and corporate training, e-learning
encompasses learning at all levels,both formal and non-formal, that uses an information network—theInternet, an intranet (LAN) or extranet (WAN)—whether wholly or in part, for course delivery, interaction and/or facilitation. Others prefer the term online learning. Web-based learning is a subset of elearning and refers to learning using an Internet browser (such as Netscape or Internet Explorer).
What is blended learning?
Another term that is gaining currency is blended learning.This refers to learning models that combine traditional classroom practice with e-learning solutions.For example, students in a traditional class can be assigned both print-based and online materials, have online mentoring sessions with their teacher through chat, and are subscribed to a class email list. Or a Web-based training course can be enhanced by periodic face-to-face instruction.“Blending”was prompted by the recognition that not all learning is best achieved in an electronically-mediated environment, particularly one that dispenses with a live instructor altogether. Instead, consideration must be given to the subject matter, the learning objectives and outcomes, the characteristics of the learners, and the learning context in order to arrive at the optimum mix of instructional and delivery methods.
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