Speaking to Amanda today and her Year 2 GEMS was an amazing experience. I couldn't help but think how fortunate those children were to be in the classroom of a teacher who has the knowledge and more so willingness to adapt and involve herself so openly with ICTs. After a year with Amanda, those children (and their parents) will not only have the knowledge and confidence to use a range of tools on the internet, Amanda has taught them how to do so safely. Seeing practices like this encourage me to adopt the same philosophy in my classroom.
What hold many teachers back or accelerates us forwards is (in my opinion) our attitude and willingness to learn. I don't believe we are ever in a position where we know enough. My principle aim in my classrooms is to enable my students to become confident users of ICT. This is the biggest hurdle to overcome I believe.
Our assignment is taking on more specific direction this week after clarifying with Jason what is required and running our ideas past him. Jasmine and I have spent 4hrs to date working on it, so it's great to have this direction in place.
I am looking forward to learning about augmented reality and some fun animation programs that I can use interactively with children in the classroom. Of course I'm still always thinking about what games or lessons I can design that incorporate the game philosophy of leveled success combined with the curriculum - no ideas spring to mind yet.
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