Integration of ICT into the curriculum

What do we mean by powerful learning?

What do we mean by curriculum?

Pedagogical knowledge and understanding Develop a shared vision?

What do we mean by integration?

As for Curriculum, instead of assuming that every subject taught today is taught for a reason, we should begin from the reverse perspective:

Nothing should be included in a required curriculum unless it can be strongly justified in terms of the future.

If this means scrapping a substantial part of the formal curriculum, so be it.

• Toffler, Future Shock - 1970

The Curriculum – what is it?

The NZ curriculum is a set of national curriculum statements which define the learning principles and achievement aims and objectives which all NZ schools are required to follow.

NZ Curriculum Framework, 1993, Page 4

• Marzano et al in their text "Dimensions of Thinking: A Framework for Curriculum and Instruction" http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/books/marzano88book.html, set out that thinking can be considered to be an integration of:

• metacognition • creative thinking • critical thinking

• . . . . and that there are an endless list of thinking processes that draw on core thinking skills. These processes include

• Concept formation: organising information about an entity and associating that information with a label.

• Principle formation: recognising a relationship between or among concepts. • Comprehending: generating meaning or understanding by relating new information prior

knowledge. • Problem solving: analysing and resolving a perplexing or difficult situation. • Decision making: selecting from alternatives. • Research: conducting scientific inquiry. • Composing: developing a product. • Oral discourse: talking with other people. • With the core skill categories being :• Focusing Skills • Information Gathering Skills • Remembering Skills • Organising Skills • Analysing Skills • Generating Skills • Integrating Skills • Evaluating Skills

Curriculum needs to change

• Do new things in new ways not old things in new ways.

Why use technology

• Rationale• Technlology is everywhere and therefore

should be in education• Research has shown where computer-

based methods are effective• Teachers must identify specific

contributions that techonology can and should make to an improved educaiton system.

Shared Vision & Powerful learning Schools must create a vision, define technologies

role in the school then plan for it’s useMotivationGaining learner attentionEngagingSelf-directedLinking learners to information sourcesVisualise problems and solutionsIncrease teacher productivityCooperative learningShared intelligence

Special Needs Students

Integrating technology across the curriculum