Final worshop and reflection
ict-competencies-2It is the end of this unit and I believe that I have learnt and understand so much more about computers and technology than I knew before. I have redone the Personal Competency Test and have definatley made some improvements in areas that I previously had little or no knowledge in . I now feel [...]
portfolio8.wmv This week I used Photo-story for the first time. I found it really similar to creating slide shows on social networking websites such as myspace, so not too hard. This sort of program will be excellent to use in schools for children to make movies, etc. Using this kind of technology in lessons will [...]
online-games-powerpoint.ppt This week I created a PowerPoint presentation based on last weeks inspiration mind map and pretend that we were presenting it to a board or school to encourage the use of information technology in the school curriculum. I choose online games as I believe that with the emerging concept of online games both educational and recreational [...]
games01.doc Okay so this week I finished my inspiration map. I discovered that there are many online games both educational and recreational available. Both of them have advantages and disadvantages, however I came to conclusionthat there are more benefits of online games which seem to outweigh the negatives as long as they are used in proportion [...]
Inspiration!
This week we started to create a mind-map using inspiration. Inspiration is used for brainstorming etc in high-school and upper primary however kidspiration is used for lower primary school years. As a teacher of computer literate generation it is important to be familiar with these types of programs so that I can teach children how to [...]

