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Current Issues in K-6

ciarne_randell — 2013-05-30 05:09:40 UTC

Cloudware in Education

ciarne_randell — 2013-05-30 05:19:15 UTC

Technology in the classroom is essential in the 21st century. Cloudware can help decrease the equity gap and allow more students to access learning technologies to assist their needs.

Professional Learning Communities

ciarne_randell — 2013-05-30 05:32:13 UTC

Collaoboration is highly beneficial in professional teaching. Online professinal learning communities expand the collaboration world wide, beyond the teachers and friends within the school. There are many different PLC's therefore teachers can find a community that suits there needs and preferences. The amount of information and knowledge that teachers could miss out on if they don't join these communties is concerning!

E-portfolios

ciarne_randell — 2013-05-30 05:54:53 UTC

An E-portfolio is a tool that is an excellent way to view and reflect on one's learning. It is an organised, succint and presentable way to showcase students/teachers learning and progress. It also complies with the message of 'going green' that we are portraying to students, this is a demonstration of putting our words into actions. For thought: In the future will students year of academic work be presented in a document, website or blog, rather than a box full of papers that gets put in the cupboard rarely touched again? How can you show all of the box's contents to your relatives on the other side of the world? Instead will we be able to send them an link that they can click on and view this work?

Assistive technologies

ciarne_randell — 2013-05-30 05:58:04 UTC

Assistive technologies have the ability to cater for a range of learning needs. It is a teachers responsibility to create equal learning opportunity and assistive learning technologies can be used to do so. Teachers need to designate appropriate assistive technologies that specifically aid a learning need. Some students may respond differently to certain technologies. For example an app may be effective for one student with hearing impairment, thought it shouldn't be assumed that it will definatley be effective for ALL students with hearing impairments. Evaluation and assessment of the assistive technology is essential to determine whether it is in fact assisting the students needs.

Mobile Learning Devices

ciarne_randell — 2013-05-30 06:26:58 UTC

Used for learning in a range of contexts. Creating opportunities to document learning wherever students are. I have witnessed ipads on an excursion at the Field of Mars Education Centre, where students took photos to document there learning along the bushwalk, students then were sent these images back to school for further

OSCAR NOMINATIONS

ciarne_randell — 2013-05-30 06:31:31 UTC

E-portfolios

Professional Learning Communities

CIARNE RANDELL

ciarne_randell — 2013-05-30 06:33:13 UTC