Before doing anything else, I hope you will take time to watch this video below and see the reason why we are enforcing the need for school to be tech-savy.. maybe this will change your mind if one moment ago you had not thought of the importance of starting children young to be tech-savy in schools. Who knows? we may be the teacher who once taught ICT to the future Bill Gates/ Steve Jobs/ Mark Zuckerberg...
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
- Bill Gates -
In today's classroom, our students today are all “native speakers” of the digital language of computers, video games and the Internet. Hence, teachers are now starting to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in various ways and for many different purpose. As a pre-service teacher, and part of my current course EDC 3100 Assignment 1 requirements, I have incorporated a little research into the incorporation of digital storytelling in the classroom environment. The following pages will provide a summary of the CONTEXT, WHY AND HOW DO WE INTEGRATE ICTS into children's learning in accordance to the Australian curriculum .