After 3 years on the ICT Contract I feel I have learnt a lot. The first year involved lots of Professional Development for our whole staff, and trialling lots of new Web 2.0 tools which were great to experiment with my class.
The second year was spent consolidating new skills and learning how to integrate ICT into all subjects at school. This year has been different with changes in Lead Teachers.
I thoroughly enjoyed going to Learning@Schools in Rotorua, but found it difficult to put in place what I had learnt due to so much other stuff happening this year. Being able to integrate ICT effetively into my classroom programme is an ongoing process. It is a huge job and is timeconsuming to set up for your class. Teachers need to be passionate about the intergration of ICT or it won't happen.
I think I need a lot more time to be able to set up a class where ICT tools run themselves and the ownership is on the students, not on the teacher. For this to happen a lot of ground work needs to happen at the beginning of the year and the way my classroom is run currently would change. Need more time!!!
I couldn't agree more with your comments about ownership being with the children!! If they are given the opportunity they will run with it. Good luck with your future challenges and please keep in touch!
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