My present values and beliefs about ICT in the classroom

My approach to teaching and learning is that it is very much an individual process. What works for one student does not necessarily work for others.

It is for this reason that I believe I will need to adapt my early beliefs about content delivery being from "teacher to student" to "collaborating with students on their learning". I think I will need to deliberately focus on differentiating my delivery to suit all learners. I believe that ICT can assist with this process.

I am willing to let go of who my learners learn from. This will result in a lot more time evaluating validity of sources and teaching the students how to identify quality sources.

In my early studies I have found myself comfortably questioning where my beliefs have come from. Were they mine or did I simply inherit them and not notice? For this reason I am not emotional when challenged on my beliefs so far this unit.

I have some experience with ICT in classrooms from my first prac. I learnt of Kahoot and it's uses, one school for accessing student data and have witnessed and utilised YouTube videos in content delivery.

My children are also in 1:1 iPad classes at their school and I have learnt some about many different apps. My working knowledge of most of them is minimal.My journey into ICT in classrooms is in it's beginning stages. However, at this early stage I do believe that it will be an important tool in my future classroom.