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What a journey ...

Through partaking in this course I feel as though a new world has been opened for me as a teacher. As the wide world of technology is ever growing so must my pedagogy towards teaching with technology in the classroom.

It is through using technologies in our teaching practices that we will be able to connect at a better level with our students and provide to them a more engaging, inclusive and advanced mode of learning.

keeping safe on the net is a BIG deal

Storey, l. (2015) Staying safe on the internet:cyber safety. Retrieved from: http://www.dpcdsb.org/CORNE/Parents/Cybersafety+Web+Links.htm

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Cyber Safety :0

hope you guys have been enjoying my blog so far, I am just touching on a very important issue that is present when using technology in the classroom. CYBER SAFETY!

With 91% of young people in their upper primary and lower secondary years going on-line on a regular weekly basis, we need to educate our students about the importance of being cyber smart and the dangers that can found within cyberspace. Research has found that MSN, social networking and texting were the mediums most commonly used by young people in the in the past five years (Queensland Government, 2015). As an educator the cyber(smart:) tool can be utilised to educate students, parents and staff regarding the high importance of being cyber smart in the 21st century. This resource provides case studies, factual information and examples of how to be cyber smart, what cyber safety looks like in real life and interactive activities to develop and test the users knowledge of cyber smarts. Queensland Government. (2015). Cyber Smart:Cyber Safety and Bullying. Retrieved from: https://www.qld.gov.au/disability/children-young-people/bullying/facts.html#cyber-facts

Technology is the way of future learning.

Apps in the classroom!

Good Evening, I hope you have been enjoying the posts :)

In this weeks class we looked at the use and benefits of apps within the classroom and how particular applications can be re-purposed to suit the needs of the task or environment.

Technologies including standard productive or office software, blogs, wikis, and GPS systems were not designed for teachers, and as such, teachers must re purpose them for use in educational contexts (Mishra & Koehler, 2009).The application Pintrest has been re purposed to coincide with modern day teaching. This has been achieved through altering the content available/displayed within the 'feed', to suit that of the selected teaching content. Through this technology children and teachers are able to access a greater range of ideas to implement within the classroom as well as receive and share educational content to greater benefit their studies and knowledge.

There is endless possibilities when discussing the re-purposing of applications to suit the intended purpose. Even things such as Facebook and instagram can prove to be useful in the world of education through creating pages or profiles filled with engaging and insightful information.

I have recently used the app imovie within my studies for educational purposes. Imovie was used to create a factual, insightful and persuasive TV advertisement regarding alcohol fuelled violence and the damages it can cause ( Youtube Advertisement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFrZEVbNatk&feature=youtu.be ). The use of this applications like this within the classroom can be of a great benefit to students and teachers within the classroom as it can be used to cater for diversity (children can create an imovie instead of a physical performance if they have anxiety etc.) as well as providing a fun and engaging learning experience (the students are familiar with these types of apps and can play around with audio and visual effects).

Mishra, P., & Koehler, M. (2009). Too Cool for School? No Way! Using the TPACK Framework: You Can Have Your Hot Tools and Teach with Them, Too.Learning & Leading with Technology, 36(7), 14-18.

TPACK in 3 Minutes

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TPACK

Hey there everyone, so this week in my classes we discussed the use of TPACK in classrooms and teaching practices. We looked at how TPACK can benefit and provide greater student learning opportunities and we took a journey into what makes up TPACK itself.

We have understood for a long time that expert teachers are those who can bring together their deep knowledge of subject matter with profound understanding of what is good for learning. The combination has been described as Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) and is more than the simple addition of two parts. The fusion is what enabled expert 20th century teachers to transform subject content and represent it in ways that made it accessible to individual learners in their specific contexts.

In the 21st century, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is providing us with new ways to access and process knowledge in every field. ICT is also transforming pedagogy by providing new ways to engage learners.

Expert teachers now are those who can bring together knowledge of subject matter, what is good for learning, and technology (ICT). The combination is described as Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK). It is more than simply adding ICT to traditional approaches. It depends upon deep knowledge of how ICT can be used to access and process subject matter (TCK) and understanding how ICT can support and enhance learning (TPK) in combination with PCK (Koehler, 2006).

Teachers will have to continuously adapt theit technology teaching pedagogy as the students they will be teaching will be growing up in a rapidly changing technological world.

Koehler, M. (2006) Using TPACK in the classroom. retrieved from: http://www.tpack.org/

A bit about me and what I aim to achieve :)

G’day guys, My name is Kye Burdack, I am currently a second year student at Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, studying the Bachelor of Primary Education. This blog will be dedicated to my final ICT assessment! I will be uploading a post on a weekly basis to reflect and analyse on the content I will be learning during this course.

When we think about it, technology plays a enormous part in our lives. we use technology for social interactions, leisure, work organisation, learning and educational purposes as well as getting important updates regarding news and weather.

Technology can be implement thorough the use of technological resources, which, allow the teacher to teach content in a way that’s personalised, creative, engaging and effective. As ICT expands over each teaching areas, we can use this to our advantage and get our kids engaged in learning the required curriculum. This concept of technology pedagogy will be explained over the coming posts.

Peace out!

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