Our world continues to be both positively and negatively disrupted by continuous advancements in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The capabilities and flexibility provided by these technologies allow innovative pedagogical methods to be adopted in education. The way the world interacts today has reshaped the workplace and the classroom. Educators must now engage their targets via relevant mediums and technologies where ubiquitous and effective learning can be experienced. There are numerous technological tools that allows the traditional ‘pen and paper’ classroom to be transformed into an interactive learning hub.
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The educator's Tool-box:/ Multimedia & Productivity tools.
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“The future of our children is in our pedagogical approach to delivering their learning experience”.
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Exploring creative depths |
A lasting journey |
Embedding these technologies into curriculum delivery methods requires creativity and assessment of its usability and effectiveness in delivering an improved learning environment. Educators must explore the creative depths offered through technology by constantly remaining abreast of ICT advancements.
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"The ambition is that ICT use will improve educational outcomes across the curriculum, as revealed in exam grades and other standardized measures of assessment. Achieving this aim would indeed justify the considerable expenditure and transformation of infrastructure witnessed in classrooms in the past decade".
Livingstone, Sonia (2012) Critical reflections on the benefits of ICT in education. Oxford review of education, 38 (1). pp. 9-24. ISSN 0305-4985
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