Help teachers develop their ICT by curating a list of digital tools that can be used for remote teaching or in-class teaching.
To develop the teacher’s ICT I have decided to curate a list of digital tools with videos that would hopefully be very useful to the community of teachers in my current school division. The goal of this project is to improve my fellow colleague’s ICT by offering them the information they need to access and use the tools that have been provided to them. The artifact offers the teachers the resources and information they need to integrate the use of divisional tech-tools during remote and in-class teaching. The focus of this project would be to create a list of tech tools offered by my current school division and to provide an overview video demonstrating some of the features of the tech tool.
This resource would be very useful to the teachers based on what I have observed. When collaborating with teachers to complete special projects, I offer my ideas and support and recommend a great technology tool to accompany the project. I am usually met with positivity but often the teachers express that they don’t know how to use the tool, that they don’t know where to find the tool or that they didn’t know that we had access to it. I think it is important to address their concerns. My artifact will help the teachers to gain confidence in the use of technology and offer the students new and engaging ways to learn. My current school division offers an impressive list of subscriptions to various tech tools and I want the teachers to be able to take advantage of them.
My project will explore most of the following technology tools:
-NetTrekker
-Mathletics
-Raz-Kids (Leading A-Z)
-World Book
-Visual Thesaurus
-Tumblebooks
-Encyclopedia Universalis Jr.
My project artifact will be geared for teachers but will benefit both teachers and students. The article written by Janelle Cox, Benefits of Technology in the Classroom highlights how integrating technology into the curriculum benefits the student by allowing them to connect with experts, deepens the learning process, and take responsibility for their learning. It states that the use of technology in schools is a necessity for students to acquire 21st-century technology skills and that it may affect student achievement. The use of technology promotes higher-order thinking and problem-solving skill. (Cox, 2019)
Not only will my artifact help the teachers to build their ICT and knowledge of using technology tools in the classroom, but it will offer the students the opportunity to acquire 21st-century digital literacy skills.
“Benefits of Technology in the Classroom.” TeachHUB, 25 June 2020, www.teachhub.com/technology-in-the-classroom/2019/11/benefits-of-technology-in-the-classroom/.
“What Are the Emerging Technologies in the Classroom?” TeachHUB, 17 Aug. 2020, www.teachhub.com/technology-in-the-classroom/2019/10/what-are-the-emerging-technologies-in-the-classroom/.
“How Technology Can Increase Student Engagement.” TeachHUB, 17 Aug. 2020, www.teachhub.com/technology-in-the-classroom/2019/08/how-technology-can-increase-student-engagement/.
10, et al. “Why Teachers Should Embrace Technology in Their Classrooms.” The Edvocate, 8 Oct. 2016, www.theedadvocate.org/why-teachers-should-embrace-technology-in-their-classrooms/.
“20 Digital Tools for Classroom for Innovative Teachers & Students.” GraphicMama Blog, 5 May 2020, graphicmama.com/blog/digital-tools-for-classroom/.