Hi Colleagues,
I am looking forward to the re-opening of school. This is so for many reasons. One of which is because I want to share witth the members of my department on the the new technologies that we were exposed to in our ICT course. The area of Visual and Performing Arts is an ideal one for using the various technologies that are embodied in the Web 2.0 's. The teachers in my department are young and 'techno savvy.' They show interest in anything that can assist and motive our students. They need lots of motivation as they do not get it in their home or other social environment.
When I had done my Diploma in Education and carried out the Clinical Supervision process with my teachers, it went very smoothly. They recognise that supervision can help them to become better teachers in terms of content delivery, understanding pedagogy and that its relevance to the teaching/learning situation is critical. In addition suggestions for technology use in lessons proved to be helpful. It motivated the students who were grouped and guided to use Co-operative learning in exploring and comleting projects. They were highly motivated and productive.
The technology we used then was the CD player with relavent CD's, digital camera, musical instuments, television, paints, fabric and a variety of other materials. Now I can introduce the new technologies to them. Perhaps they already have some experience using some of them. This is because they are all pursuing teriary level studies and are very pro active in the ways in which they approach their duties. I know that we will collaborate on the way forward with using these new technologies in our department.
I am also looking forward to sharing with my other colleagues. It is all for the benefit of our students!
God Bless!
Hi Roslyn! I am not too sure if I am looking forward to the start of the new school term, but like you, I know that I cannot wait to share some of what I have learnt in this course with my peers. Student motivation to read is low at my school and I know that Information and communication technology can initiate a radical change in the attitudes of these students. My first aim is to establish a wiki for the members of my department. That way, we would be able to share pedagogical strategies and new ideas with one another, as we seek to do even better than the previous academic year, as a department.
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