Effective+Practice

In our last session you created the pages below. These have links to a whole lot of ideas for e-tools that can be used to support your teaching.

This time we are going to go a little deeper. Can you select a specific tool with a partner and critique it with a PMI. Develop 2-3 (or more) activities, ideas or suggestions for how it can be used to support learning in your classroom.

Information and communication technology (ICT) has a major impact on the world in which young people live. Similarly, e-learning (that is, learning supported by or facilitated by ICT) has considerable potential to support the teaching approaches outlined in the above section. For instance, e-learning may: Schools should explore not only how ICT can supplement traditional ways of teaching but also how it can open up new and different ways of learning.
 * E-learning and pedagogy (from the NZC curriculum copied 15/02/2010) **
 * assist the making of connections by enabling students to enter and explore new learning environments, overcoming barriers of distance and time
 * facilitate shared learning by enabling students to join or create communities of learners that extend well beyond the classroom
 * assist in the creation of supportive learning environments by offering resources that take account of individual, cultural, or developmental differences
 * enhance opportunities to learn by offering students virtual experiences and tools that save them time, allowing them to take their learning further.

E-tools wallwisher []