Course Journal

Some pictures and some opinions about this case of innovation :)  What were her motivations for using mobile technologies in her school? What type of support did she get from her school? Could these be relevant to your context? She was using her own IPad in class to help show things on the smart board, and she tried to use it in another way in smaller intervention groups. Sara Hill got the support in the implementing of iPads into different aspects of the school. This kind of intervention program, of course, would be relevant to my context. Actually, we have tablets and their applications, but I´m not sure about what kind of apps they have. How did she convince the teachers in her school to use mobile technologies in their own classrooms? What was her biggest challenge in getting the teachers to use the mobile technologies? Would her solution work in your context? She convinced the teacher with their example of using mobile learning to teach. Her intervention p...

Assignment Topic:  Teachers knowledge and confidence My suggestion:  Training for teachers about implementing ICT in their teaching practice. Context: Lower school teachers P2 (7years) to P5 (10 years). There are 24 tutors (English/castellano), 22 specialists staff (maths, science, art, ICT, etc.), and 4 teachers for support staff. The challenge:  Professional Development. Improve teachers knowledge and confidence The suggestion Resources:  Laptops for teachers/ tablets/ Smartboards ICT Tool:  Documentos de Google/ DRIVE, Blogger/ Skype Activities: ·           Plan meeting times for a small group of innovative teachers. This group can be called “ Club of  ICE Teachers (Innovative-Creative-Enthusiastic Teachers )” A topic of concern to belong to this group could be “Developing 21 st  Century Skills in the classroom and beyond” ·       ...

I remember the last words of a proffesor in a video I saw in Coursera, and it says "l et's face these obstacles with creativity and innovation".  Actually, I found a proposal of a classmate that I liked so much.  I asked for permission to share it here.  Read it, please . :) Title – Collaborate locally to overcome gaps in technology and infrastructure ·          Context – local public school with high level ICT teaching skills but low availability of technology equipment and infrastructure such as maintenance and dedicated digital spaces. ·          The Challenge – Technology and infrastructure   The Suggestion ICT tool or Resource §   Our local libraries have class sized sets of technology equipment and the infrastructure to support their use. §   Technology equipment includes banks of 3D printers, educational robotics ( including programmable toys such as...

This section of the main document of this course, called "Sharing" allowed me to see the kinds of solutions and propositions teachers and schools would like to share on how to avoid pitfalls or obstacles, and also on how to give equal chances to everybody when teachers and schools want to integrate ICT.  4.3 Sharing  Objective  Discover some suggestions on how to face some of the challenges.  Can you share with other schools how you have overcome some of the challenges you faced when integrating ICT in a Primary School? (7.4)  With respect to the sharing of experiences and successes, the schools we’ve interviewed responded in two different directions. Some have expressed how they do or have done to share with some colleagues and which, while others have understood the question as an invitation to share with us some recommendations and suggestions. Therefore the answers make a little less consensus, but there are still some very interesting aspec...

I created a map that organizes the important issues before to implementing ICT in my context. Your browser is not able to display frames. Please visit Challenges and concerns of implementing ICT in my school on MindMeister. Challenges and concerns of implementing ICT in my school by tr@slasTIC Pedagogas

Three issues I recognize as important in my context are: Management Time Professional development I think the role of school administration is very important because teachers follow the instruction their authorities give them. If the administration is committed to offering an education that develops the 21st competencies, so all the team will be committed to the implementation of CIT. If the Principal of the school is not sufficiently involved in supporting technological and pedagogical innovations, they become major obstacles.  Time is an aspect really important for everybody nowadays. Teachers will think two times before they use their time to try to develop some good practices with ICT. The effect of a good management influence on this issue.  The lack of trust and innovation are features of a good percentage of teachers, and It can be contagious. There are many topics to study in the school, many competencies to develop in the children, the importance of...

"it hasn´t been an easy journey" Jocelyn Bennter teaches to her 17 students about inappropriate information. She teaches the students every day to question what is on the laptop, question WHAT IS ON THE WEB.It helps them to have the tools to judge it for themselves.  For teaching, she and her team are adapting it to change. Also, they teach students to be independent and find solutions to their problems.  With the inquiry and project based, children are managing to learn how to learn for themselves.  Teachers also should look for innovative lesson plans, tools, applications, websites  for specific courses They work with parents to teach them how to help the school in the project.  Take care of the devices and teach students how to do it. 

QUESTIONS ABOUT A PROJECT: Using iPads in the classroom 1. How would you describe this innovation from your point of view? 2. What kind of challenges do you think this team of educators has faced while implementing and developing that project? 3. What are the elements of this project that you find inspiring and that you might use to overcome some of your own challenges?  I can describe this innovation as an achievement of an innovative teacher :)  Always I think that all kind of project in education will be successful if the teacher is committed to its outcomes.  This project was developed in Mexico, and it started in August 2013, when the school gave an iPad to a teacher to use in his classroom. The success is due to the effort or endeavor made by the teacher who looked through many websites, read dozens of articles, watched a plethora of videos and used iPad in the classroom. And... what is more laudable is that this teacher creates ...

In Coursera I learned that whenever you want to clarify the meaning of some of the basic concepts we are working with during ICT research or digital literacy /content theory, you may download  this Reference Document from this link: https://d396qusza40orc.cloudfront.net/ictinprimary/week5/Activity-5.1.1-BasicConceptsonICT.pdf or visit other useful resources like the TEL Dictionary or Educational Technology Wikipedia. EXAMPLES OF BASIC CONCEPTS Digital content  From the broader perspective, digital content is any type of content that exists in the form of digital data. In the context of education, we usually refer to digital libraries of images and other data, all sorts of multimedia resources, and educational applications for simulations, interactive microworlds, games… and various subject­specific applications. Most usual formats to deliver the content are presentations, text documents, web sites, comics, puzzles, and multimedia libraries. What is also important i...

I took a screenshot of the homework of my friend Shikha Bhardwaj because it is very organized and neat. :) This is her idea of ICT investment decision in her school.  Actually, we share ideas about the TABLETS :) 

Title: Sharing our Peruvian richness  Context: P5 Primary Learning outcome:  Creating and sharing podcasts about  Peruvian  natural resources and why to protect them. 21st-century skills ( critical thinking, creativity, teamwork, cross- cultural understanding, communication, self- direction, and technology) Activities:  Make a searching in differents web pages and books about natural resources. Listing the Peruvian natural resources and its benefits Making a draft of an audio to upload it in the pods-cast giving information about the resource and also why to consume them. Producing videos about some Peruvian natural resources and why to consume it  Provide feedback to children about the strategies they use and instruction as to how to improve them.  Promote cooperation rather than competition. Research has competitive arrangements that encourage students to work alone to achieve high grades.  Show children how they can use pod...

ITEC Example Activities The purpose of ITEC Learning Activities is to support teachers in Introducing the principle of innovation into their teaching practice.  Three iTEC teachers, from three different countries - Spain, France, and Portugal - talk about their experiences of the iTEC project, and how iTEC Learning Activities have allowed them to introduce the principle of innovation to their teaching. USA Partners of Innovation The name of this web page is 21 st Century Learning EXEMPLAR PROGRAM- Patterns of Innovation The 21st Century Learning Exemplar Program highlights best practices in 79 exemplar schools and districts across the country that are preparing students for college, career, and life by embedding critical 21st-century competencies into the learning environment. In the following link we can read the case studies of the P21 Exemplars. Each case study shares stories from teachers, students, and school leaders. http://www.p21.org/exemplar-prog...

After reading Chapter 3.1 "Opportunities provided by ICT for teaching and learning in primary schools " from UNESCO Book   "ICT in Primary Education. Volumen 1: Exploring the origins, settings, and initiatives"   pp. 39-46, I selected few example of ICT- based learning activities that I find interesting, and make notes on each one. They are two, one in Literacy , and one in Science.  ICT information tools in Literacy are important because are related to the development of Information Literacy Competency. When the students applied research skills they use the internet and CD- ROMs as information tools to search for information and also use critical judgment to determine the information accurate, relevant, and useful. But, I think that this process should be guided by the teacher with right worksheets and other materials. Teachers should give the students the strategies to find accurate and relevant information.  I agree with the results of the searching...

  My type of intelligence is linguistic and interpersonal. Now I understand why I love to explain topics, and how much I love it when I have very much people listening to me.

Unesco book ICT in Primary Education, Volume 1: Exploring the origins, settings, and initiatives ACTIVITY- COURSERA :)  After I checked some examples of different ways in which schools from 9 different countries use ICT, I selected two that are of interest to me and I have copied some ideas and methods from each one. These could be relevant to my own schools' plans, or to future policy on the use of ICT in primary schools. The American Institute of Monterrey  They seek not only to develop their students academic potential, but also ensure that their students develop their knowledge and skills in four other areas: wellness (social- emotional developments, universal moral values, health and physical education), Fine Artes (voice, musical instruments, dance, and theatre), Sports (soccer, basketball), and Technology and Multiculturalism, thus assuming that their students receive a well- rounded education attuned to the 21 st century.  Their students use techn...