Learning and Teaching with ICT

The first week of the topic was a bit of a head spin for students as they tried to get their head around the topic requirements. However, I have high expectations that everyone will finish the topic with increased knowledge about web 2.0 tools and how these can be used to enhance learning and teaching. A quick overview of the results of the survey what what students already know about web 2.0 indicated that there is a lot of exciting learning to be done. Hopefully, I haven’t scared anyone off and they will be back next week to find out what tool they have been allocated to investigate.

This week we focused on establishing our edublog and completing our first entry. We also looked at Pam’s blog and highlighted some of the issues around child safety and filtering. We also looked at how to embedd video using vod pod. Finally, we discussed what we believe 21st century learning looks like and focused on the following three questions:

1. What will the world be like in 20 years?
2. What skills will students need to be successful in that world?
3. What are the conditions around quality learning experiences?