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After going through your Prezi presentation i wanted to strongly agree with your personal opinion that teachers should be made aware of the benefits of using technology. I recently that schools now had a higher demand when employing teachers, to make sure they were able to see the potential in teaching with technology (Zhao, 2003). For some teachers this could be very new and daunting, having to incorporate different types of technology into lesson plans. However, employing new teachers who already have the potential to use this technology, means they can also guide and support other teachers when using technology.
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Zhao, Y. ed., (2003). What should teachers know about technology?: Perspectives and Practices (Vol. 2). IAP.
As well as learning from NQT’s, there are other approaches teachers can take to develop their own teaching ability with technology. Beauchamp, Burden and Abbinett (2015) state that teachers can learn through short formal training; playfulness and ongoing support from pupils. However, I would ask if it is appropriate to be receiving ongoing support from pupils. In an ideal world, the teachers would be experts in the field of technology without the guidance from their pupils.
ReplyDeleteThe video below shows how teachers can be experts in the field and this leads to innovative learning that the children clearly love. Would a teacher who was untrained in technology be able to work in this school?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_pIK7ghGw4
Beauchamp, G., Burden, K., Abbinett, E. (2015) 'Teachers learning to use the iPad in Scotland and Wales: a new model of professional development', Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 41(2) pp. 161-179.
Edutopia (2012) Singapore's 21st-Century Teaching Strategies (Education Everywhere Series). Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_pIK7ghGw4 (Accessed: 19 January 2017).
From watching the video you posted at the end of your post, I’d like to expand on it. The principal of the school in Singapore discusses how the teaches now need to become the facilitators of a child’s learning as the children can now get and endless amount of information from the internet. Therefore, teachers need to have skills and knowledge in ICT so they can support and facilitate the students. Reeve (2006) supports this as he states that pupils can be proactive and curious which means teachers should let them explore. However, if they come across a hurdle or a challenge the teacher needs to be there to aid them.
ReplyDeleteThe principal also mentioned that learning will only take place when a child is interested. If technology isn’t being used effectively because the teachers are lacking in knowledge and skills then it’s going to impact a child’s learning. Aubrey and Dahl (2014) stated that a teacher needs to be confident when it comes to ICT and have a broad knowledge of it so they can match the technology to the child’s interest. If a practitioner has a high level of skill then it will allow for the lesson to run more smoothly.
Aubrey, C., & Dahl, S. (2014) ‘The Confidence and Competence in Information and Communication Technologies of Practitioners, Parents and Young Children in the Early Years Foundation Stage’, Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 34(1), 94-108.
Reeve, J. (2006) ‘Teachers as Facilitators: What Autonomy-Supportive Teachers Do and Why Their Students Benefit’, Elementary School Journal, 106(3), pp. 225-236.