Learning to Teach Using ICT in the Secondary School
A companion to school experience
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- English
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Learning to Teach Using ICT in the Secondary School
A companion to school experience
About This Book
Learning to Teach Using ICT in the Secondary School offers teachers of all subjects a comprehensive, practical introduction to the extensive possibilities that ICT offers pupils, teachers and schools. Under-pinned by the latest theory and research, it provides practical advice and guidance, tried-and-tested examples, and covers a range of issues and topics essential for teachers using ICT to improve teaching and learning in their subject.
The third edition has been fully updated in light of rapid changes in the field of both ICT and education and includes six brand new chapters. Key topics covered include:
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- Theories of learning and ICT
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- Effective pedagogy for effective ICT
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- Using the interactive whiteboard to support whole class dialogue
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- Special needs and e-inclusion
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- Literacy and new literaciesNEW
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- Multi-play digital games and on-line virtual worldsNEW
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- Mobile learningNEW
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- e-Safety
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- Supporting international citizenship through ICTNEW
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- Linking home and school
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- ICT tools for administration and monitoring pupil progressNEW
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- Tools for professional development.
Including case studies and tasks to support your own learning, as well as ideas and activities to use with all your students, Learning to Teach Using ICT in the Secondary School is a vital source of support and inspiration for all training teachers as well those looking to improve their knowledge. If you need a guide to using ICT in the classroom or for professional support, start with this book.
Frequently asked questions
Information
1 PERSPECTIVES ON AND THEORIES OF LEARNING WITH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
INTRODUCTION
While a study may be able to demonstrate an improvement in a pupil over time, it is very difficult (and sometimes impossible) to determine whether the use of ICT was critical, or played a role in improved attainment because so many other factors will have played a part.... Additionally, ICT provision and use is likely to be very closely related to factors like quality of teaching and learning more generally, pupil characteristics, and quality of school leadership. For these reasons, isolating ‘ICT’ as a separate factor is often not meaningful or desirable, and understanding its links with other factors is a key facet of studying its impact.(Pittard et al., 2003, p. 4)
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Distributed cognition |
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Community and communication |
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Engagement |
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Source: Fisher, Higgins and Loveless, 2006, pp. 20–1. Note: The terms Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), new technologies and digital technologies will be used more or less interchangeably in this chapter. |
- some of the claims made about the potential of digital technologies for learning;
- dominant theories and conceptualisations of learning and their implications for the use of digital technologies;
- criteria for the selection and effective use of technological tools and services in teaching and learning.
WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR LEARNING?
- learner enthusiasm;
- learner confidence;
- cognitive processing speed;
- concentration;
- range of writing forms used;
- quality of revisions to writing;
- spelling, and presentation in writing;
- speed of learning;
- information handling skill;
- critical thinking;
- ability to organise and classify information;
- improved reading and comprehension;
- learner autonomy, leading to improved motivation and improved learning;
- transformed power relationships in learning, leading to benefits for the learner.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of tasks
- List of tables
- List of figures
- List of contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Perspectives on and Theories of Learning with Digital Technologies
- 2 The Impact of Technology on Teaching and Learning: Lessons from Research
- 3 ICT Tools for Professional Development
- 4 Literacy in a Digital Age
- 5 Pedagogy with ICT
- 6 ICT Tools and Applications
- 7 Using the Interactive Whiteboard to Support Dialogue in the Whole Class Context
- 8 Special Educational Needs and Technology
- 9 Hunting Down The Monster: Using Multi-Play Digital Games And Online Virtual Worlds In Secondary School Teaching
- 10 Making The Moving Image: Teaching and Learning With Digital Video Production
- 11 ICT and Assessment
- 12 Fostering an International Dimension and Global Citizenship in Secondary Education with Digital Technologies
- 13 Mobile Learning: Strategies for Planning and Implementing Learning with Mobile Devices in Secondary School Contexts
- 14 Whole-School Approaches: Integrating ICT Across the Curriculum
- 15 Linking School with Home Use
- 16 Teaching and Learning with ICT: Overcoming the Challenges of Being a Twenty-First Century Teacher
- 17 Using ICT in the Classroom and for Administration