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= ICT tools – what achieves your objectives? = | = ICT tools – what achieves your objectives? = | ||
Just a few years back, the software tools you used were stored on your computer but today you can find similar tools online. The tools offer the added value of giving your work an audience, getting feedback, sharing and improving it. Somewhere in the process, you can imagine that learning | Just a few years back, the software tools you used were stored on your computer but today you can find similar tools online. The tools offer the added value of giving your work an audience, getting feedback, sharing and improving it. Somewhere in the process, you can imagine that learning does happen. There is surely a resource in this list that will help you achieve your objectives. Several will chime with some teachers and not others. So do experiment with these tools, and even return here to share your finding. Ideas that achieve gains are welcome. Of all the words we’ve available to describe these tools, you ought notice that some are entirely absent. The words are enjoyable, cool, innovative and new way to learn. | ||
While we've provided some guidance on how to use a number of tools, and we've often tagged them with ideas on how they may work. Do remember that ICT is often not about what the tool can do, but what you do with the tool. For example, Google Drive can be used as an office file management system ... but it can also be used as a sophisticated tool to collaborate. For example, students can engage in shared real time research. | |||
Think about what you want your students to get out of a tool. Weigh up a good but relatively simple use, besides a 'hope for the best' use of more advanced features. At times you might want to let the pupils play with a general idea, and choose their own tools. A key question is what achieves your objectives? | |||
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ICT tools – what achieves your objectives?
Just a few years back, the software tools you used were stored on your computer but today you can find similar tools online. The tools offer the added value of giving your work an audience, getting feedback, sharing and improving it. Somewhere in the process, you can imagine that learning does happen. There is surely a resource in this list that will help you achieve your objectives. Several will chime with some teachers and not others. So do experiment with these tools, and even return here to share your finding. Ideas that achieve gains are welcome. Of all the words we’ve available to describe these tools, you ought notice that some are entirely absent. The words are enjoyable, cool, innovative and new way to learn.
While we've provided some guidance on how to use a number of tools, and we've often tagged them with ideas on how they may work. Do remember that ICT is often not about what the tool can do, but what you do with the tool. For example, Google Drive can be used as an office file management system ... but it can also be used as a sophisticated tool to collaborate. For example, students can engage in shared real time research.
Think about what you want your students to get out of a tool. Weigh up a good but relatively simple use, besides a 'hope for the best' use of more advanced features. At times you might want to let the pupils play with a general idea, and choose their own tools. A key question is what achieves your objectives?
