Monthly Archives: January 2016

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 →