| | |Teachers demonstrate knowledge, skills, and work progressions that |The Master Technology Teacher puts into practice their knowledge of | |will represent that of an innovative expert in a global and digital |digital learning competencies that include such things as Internet | |society. |research, graphics, animation, Web site mastering, and video | | |technology. | |Teachers recognize local and global issues that are related to society|The Master Technology Teacher serves as a resource with regard to the | |and understand their role and responsibility to that of the evolving |integration of assistive technologies and accessible design concepts to| |digital culture and demonstrate legal and ethical behavior in their |meet the needs of all students in the diverse classroom. | |professional practices. |
There are many reasons why displays in school are important; they show the children’s creativity, effort put into their work, gives the classroom character. If the children’s work is presented around the classroom, it can stimulate them to produce better presentable work, with more creativity possibly. There are different types of displays that can be used around a school or a classroom, displays can be used to inform, show off the class’s creativity/work and working displays. Using displays to inform the children in class like when working a current topic in thematic subject like electricity, the display can show how electricity can be used, how renewable energy can be made in the form of electricity, keywords and so on. Working displays are used for subjects of Literacy or numeracy mainly
Schools these days have many resources available to them. Most parents or guardians when looking for a school that they would like to send a child to would visit a schools website and read all the policies, and activities a child can get involved with. They would also see how their child would be educated at the school. Once a child is enrolled at the school the parent or guardian will keep a close eye on the website for updates. Most schools will send out monthly newsletters so that anything on the website is handed out or put on a notice board outside the school.
• Must allow staff to maintain student body records, courses, and scheduled online and face-to-face classes offered for those courses. • Enable students to register from anywhere with an internet connection. • Must have good security since students will be accessing school files. • Must be done in one year’s time. Business Value: • Reduce the amount of hours spent by staff registering students by 90%.
The school would need to inform students they should expect having little privacy while using the school’s computers as they are routinely monitored. They can be monitored in various ways, including the usage of software programs and technical monitoring tools, which allows remote monitoring of the computer screen as well as the following communication patterns. Staff monitoring is another method in which student computer use can be observed. It is suggested all staff members who utilize computers and the internet consistently should undergo professional development training to become aware of students behaviors which may indicate inappropriate computer use (Willard 2007b). Another way to supervise on campus internet use and hold students accountable is to require them to print their browsing history at the end of their computer session.
“Model” polices that are available on the internet expedite time schools spend on writing them. The stages of policy development are 1) Identify the need: anticipation of need e.g child protection policies need to be in place from day one, in response to need e.g in response to government policy. 2) Identify who will take lead responsibility, e.g. headteacher, subject leader. 3) gather information: are there any legal responsibilities, is understanding error free?
All pupils are taught about site security and how important it is to inform a member of staff if they see an unknown visitor or anything suspicious. Pupils are reminded regularly during assemblies or circle time about safety issues such as road safety and being safe around electrical appliances. All pupils take part in regular fire safety drills. Pupils are reminded in ICT lessons about internet access policies. Use of the internet is monitored throughout the year.
Using the Internet is also a challenge and I need to be aware continuously of these challenges and implement every possible way to include him in these activities. This student does not regard himself as someone to be treated differently or to be protected or isolated from certain activities. Hands-on activities, working collaboratively with other classmates and verbal observations can benefit all students, not just the students with disabilities. The Internet is a complete different tool used in classrooms. I researched and found many different adaptations for the visually impaired that I could introduce and use in my classroom.
-Teachers can collaborate to share their ideas and resources online -Students can develop valuable research skills at a young age -Students and teachers have access to an expanse of material -It engages and challenges students with brand new and interactive methods -Helps in protecting the environment -Technology makes education enjoyable -It makes students more excited to learn -It enables students to learn at their own pace -It prepares students for the future -Computers can assist teachers and act as a tutor for the students who are falling behind. -Promotes independent learning Cons: -Child Predators and Cyber Bullying -Distraction to the Students -Cheating -Negative effect on students' writing, such as the use of shortcuts -Many professors will require re-training in how to apply technology. -Financial problems may prohibit some students from owning a computer, placing them at a disadvantage. -Lack of IT skills (both students and teachers) Sources: http://teaching.about.com/od/tech/ http://www.mathopenref.com/site/techreasons.html http://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/tech-ed/pros-and-cons-of-allowing-digital-devices-in-the-classroom/ http://www.edudemic.com/education-technology-pros-cons/
Even in the young grades, teachers need to relate the content in which they are teaching in every way possible. Authentic instruction is a wonderful strategy to use in the classroom, to show students the importance of the content at hand. Along with authentic instruction, teachers can use various strategies to help the students organize their thoughts and the information they have read. Authentic instruction is often defined by teachers and preservice teachers as being interesting, motivating, fun, relevant topics (Duke, Gates, Hall, Tower, 345). Simply this is a