3.08 Embedding ICT in differentiated learning tasks
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Description
The project aims to assist teachers to improve their skills in providing a differentiated curriculum for all students in their class. There will be a focus on integration of ICT into tiered assessment tasks and classroom activities. Teachers will be shown ways to use a variety of ICT programmes in student learning activities.
At this stage of the planning process it is anticipated that there will be involvement of a higher education institution. The academic partner will outline the theoretical background to differentiation and demonstrate how ICT can be integrated into learning and assessment.
Contacts
| Gene Smith email: smith@netconnect.com.au Ph 02 6332 3077 Sector: CEC |
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Outcomes
Through participation in an project, teachers will have strengthened the currency and depth of their pedagogical knowledge and skills.
Through participation in an project, teachers will in their interactions with students, have an increased capacity to provide inclusive learning environments within which all students can participate as active and engaged learners.
Access
Targeted Catholic Education Commission schools/teachers.
Design
The professional learning strategy for this activity includes:
- school-based projects to engage teachers in workplace learning that is based on a cycle of continuous improvement model
- clusters of schools connecting through collegial networks
- Workplace mentoring and coaching aligned to meeting the NSW Institute of Teachers' professional teaching standards
- flexible learning that includes components such as self-paced online learning, face-to-face workshops, online mentors, and discussion groups.
- Teachers will upload units of work which contain tiered tasks with ICT embedded in them to a website.
- an end-of-year conference that will enable participants to have their work publicly celebrated and critiqued
- partnership with a higher education institution to provide expertise in the development, design and/or implementation of professional development activities.
Implementation
The implementation of the activity will be supported by the designated project officer.
Delivery
Workplace learning, Online learning,Mentoring and
Action Learning Project
Timeline
By May 2009:
- all schools involved in the project will have been inserviced in models of differentiation and in skill development for ICT integration.
- teachers directly involved in the project will have developed draft lessons using the models and the process
- submit progress report.
By December 2009:
- teachers will have developed, delivered and critiqued lessons and assessment tasks using the differentiation models
- samples of students ICT tasks will be shared
- teachers will have uploaded their tasks to the website
- teachers will have met together at a conference day to share their learning
- submit annual report.
Sectors
