Teaching of ICT/ Embedding ICT in subject areas
- By Christian Li Luen Ching
- Published 9/01/2007
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9 Responses to "Teaching of ICT/ Embedding ICT in subject areas" 
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said this on 06 Apr 2007 7:25:51 AM EDT
I have been outside Mauritius for the past 8 years except for the odd holidays to the island. I teach ICT in the UK in a boarding school(Secondary). I was quite pleased to hear about ICT being taught in Primary and Secondary School.
As an ICT coordinator, I have helped in the implementation of ICT in various subject. A well structured ICT Audit has to be carried out in order to spot any use of ICT in departments.
A suitable action plan will then help in deciding time frames and objectives.
Ideas of how subjects could use ICT in their subject:
General subject: Using a website or local intranet. Pupils will be able to view lesson plans, scheme of work, classwork and homework.
Physical Education: Use of Camcorder where pupil's performance are captured and showed to whole class. It boosts confidence and motivates performances.
Arts: Using packages such as photoshop or ImageReady or Macromedia Flash and Fireworks. Photography. Mauritius does not lack fantastic landscapes and views!
Mathematics: Use of simulation software. Programming software for children. Use of LOGO software.
English: Organise Plays which could be captured of digital camcorder.
The list could go on...
I must also insist that resources is the key in order to implement all of the above.
Hope these will help!
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said this on 10 Feb 2008 10:24:25 AM EDT
I have been teaching ICT education for the last 5 years in Primary schools.. at first no facilities were given .. 5 computers to teach 40-42 pupils n ICT room cannot even accomodate 25 pupils!!however this year its changing .. every schools is being given 10 pcs.. more will be coming soon.. hope that Mins changes our work from contract basis to permanent .. just not to be discouraged to work harder n give more comtribution to the nation.
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said this on 01 Feb 2008 11:32:44 AM EDT
I wonder why there has not been any response to the very interesting suggestions made by Krishna. I guess we have not yet got into the cyber culture and are still in the phase of using the internet for surfing without any objective or attempt to use it constructively and share with others. I would expect teachers in the field to contribute, initiate some personal actions in their classroom and use this forum to report good practices. Let's see where we go from here.
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said this on 28 Feb 2008 10:46:40 PM EDT
I agree with Krishna on the use of ICT at school as it fosters a solid relationship among the different stakeholders . I am currently teaching in a private independent school in Melbourne and ICT is an integral part of our school culture. Reporting, bulletins,parent teacher interviews,online blackboard, accessing students files,podcasting are a few amongst others, that form the basis of our online work requirements.
I do believe in the highly professional nature of Mauritian teachers and we do have the required resources to implement these teaching tools for the education to be up running. It just needs a little step in the forward direction to make a leap for the future generation.
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said this on 22 Apr 2008 4:50:17 AM EDT
Definitely the potential of using ICT at school is immerse and no doubts are beneficial to both learners and teachers. Gradually all primary schools are being equipped with computers. An initial of five computers were given to all primary schools, then another five computers were given which makes a total of ten computers in all primary schools. Eventually during this year another five computers will be added to the existing ten computers. With the computers at schools teachers will use these teaching tools to help learners for better understanding
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said this on 14 Apr 2008 5:10:44 AM EDT
I agree that ICT is indeed a tough task for kids aged 6yrs-12 yrs.Teaching kids that computer is not only games and internet but an educational tool can be viewed as a challenge especially if the majority of the kids of modern age think fun at all levels rather than education.like Mr krishan said many aspects of ICT still needs to be developed in mauritius curriculum,as our means and tools differs a lot from the european style of living.This new innovative idea of introducting ICT at primary level is a good stepping stone for the development of child.GOOD LUCK TO ALL ICT TEACHERS!!there is much more challenging tasks awaiting
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said this on 31 Jul 2008 1:15:49 PM EDT
I personally believe that all this talking about ICT wont bring the expected results as long as those who have the capacity to take proper actions dont do it effectively. In a country where everything is revolving about information and communication technology, where in every sector of the economy people are being trained to be IT procient (in our own department HT's and DHT's are being called upon to learn IT), our Honorable Minister has found nothing better than to phase out ICT as a subject at primary level. We teachers will be called upon to use ICT as a support to teach our core subjects. I ask myself what's the use if the child has not got a basic knowledge about computer handling. And our friends the ICT teachers will be recycled as support officers and will be in charge od a cluster of school. How are they going to deal with it when they will be asked to help in two or three schools at the same moment? And how will they move about from one school to another if their services are required in another school during the course of the day? For me it's all just a big bluff. The big question is: WILL THIS TASK ALSO BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CLASS TEACHER?
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said this on 06 Aug 2008 2:45:49 AM EDT
Very interesting comments and pertinent issues regarding ICT in primary schools. Comments from other teachers are most welcomed.
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said this on 05 Aug 2008 2:41:27 PM EDT
i'm a primary school teacher and though i'm conversant with a computer it does not mean that i'm proficient enough to guide children in the use of a computer. Many a times I've been at a loss when I encounter troubles using this device. So just imagine the predicament of practising teachers who can not properly handle a computer let alone type a text, be faced with a problem that too in the midst of pupils. This will affect our images as pupils will feel that we are incompetent. Just being given a crash course is not enough for us teachers. As suggested by Krishna ICT is indeed a great tool to enhance learning but as it is rightly said it is not right to give a tool to someone who can cause more harm than good. Like suggested by Ally let our ICT teachers remain in our midst in a permanent capacity so that children can learn to interact with the different programs from professionals and at the same time be there to help us implement certain components of the schoiol curriculum th'ru ICT.
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