Author Archives: Nick

Collaboration is easier than ever before with technology. There are many Web2.0 sites and platforms which teachers and students can take advantage of to help with collaboration such as: Wikis – A online collaborative site, where anyone is able to … Continue reading →

TPACK could be used in developing my classroom technology skills by allowing me to work with it like a checklist, ensuring what I’m teaching is using the right Technology, with the appropriate Pedagogy, to convey the selected Content for the … Continue reading →

An ethical issue I think I’ll be facing in my teaching career is Illegal software downloading/piracy. One main suite of software used within TAS is the Adobe Creative Suite of applications, which includes Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver and Premiere Pro. As … Continue reading →

Some web-based activities and tools I could use in my classroom are: A Google A Day (http://www.agoogleaday.com/) – This site could be used to help students to learn how to search using Google better, by providing them with situations which … Continue reading →

One of the issues I can see impacting the integration of technology in my lessons is Accessing sites with inappropriate materials. Based on my experience with school internet filtering software, there is often lots of sites which accidentally get classified … Continue reading →

Integrating technology into the classroom and teaching allows teachers to deliver the content for their subject in more creative and engaging ways than previously possible, such as giving students a virtual tour of a data centre, something which would not … Continue reading →

My focus area is IT, specifically Information and Software Technology; and Tech Mandatory in Yr 7-10. I’m also interested in learning to teach the Information and Digital Technology TVET curriculum in Yr 11 and 12, but haven’t had much chance … Continue reading →

From my experiences with IWB’s in the secondary school I currently work in as IT Administrator, the IWB’s are rarely used for their interactive components, with most being used as digital projector screens or not at all. With our recent … Continue reading →

I’ve found reading about the Connectivism theory interesting, as it’s helped me to see how Connnectivism places technology as one of the components of learning, an essential cog in the learning machine. From my experience, trying to learn without using … Continue reading →

In today’s modern Internet era, the device is becoming less and less important, as many website and services are now being made easily available on any device. All you need is a web browser and you’re set to go. Whilst … Continue reading →

I found this weeks reading and videos interesting as they explored different areas of technology in the classroom and the reasoning behind why some technology is here and others aren’t. As Margaret said in her journal article, technology in the … Continue reading →

I agree with Greg Whitby’s observation that focusing on technology is a waste of time, if you don’t have good quality teachers behind the technology to actually make it work and be useful in the learning process. Too much today … Continue reading →

Hi My name is Nick and I live in Southern Sydney. I’m currently studying a BEd (Secondary) in TAS (IT) whilst working part-time as an IT Admin at a local catholic high school. Working in the high school I’m able … Continue reading →