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=Learning, Teaching, Assessment & Reporting (Part 1) =

**//Curriculum Planning & Delivery //**

 * **SAMPLE STRATEGIES** || **RESOURCES** ||
 * * Make a structured ICT component of your school's unit planner template || [|Sample unit planner] ||
 * * Organise logical shared folders to allow staff to easily share curriculum content **on your network** || Shared folders on network ||
 * * Create an **online** shared folder allow staff to share curriculum content anywhere, anytime || Sharepoint, Wiki, Blog, del.icio.us ||
 * * Organise a list of common links that staff are able to access **within your school network** || Links list in Word documents on network ||
 * * Create an **online** list of useful links to resources and digital learning objects || Sharepoint, remote access to network ||
 * * Enable staff to plan collaboratively online, contributing to one document || Wiki, Sharepoint wiki page ||
 * * Use electronic whiteboards for student-centred learning (not just a new tool for traditional delivery) || Interactive whiteboards, Wiimote touch-screen ||
 * * Deliver learning content via podcasts || Audacity (audio), Photostory (video), Podomatic (podcast hosting) ||
 * * Deliver resources and activities via a Virtual Learning Environment to allow anywhere, anytime access || Blog, Wiki, Sharepoint, Moodle, Yacapaca ||
 * * Provide opportunities for students to communicate via video conferences, voice conferences, e-mail or instant messaging with external experts or other classes in the school or on the other side of the world for research or data collection || Communicator, Skype, ePals ||
 * * Create opportunities for students to learn experientially through use of digital learning objects / learning games || DigiLearn, Educational CD-ROMS ||
 * * Use online tools to encourage students to develop higher order thinking and decision-making skills || Freemind, Bubble.us, Mindomo, Intel Visual Ranking tool, Intel Seeing Reason tool, Intel Showing Evidence tool ||

//Student Personalisation//
[|Sample form] (feel free to copy) ||
 * **SAMPLE STRATEGIES** || **RESOURCES** ||
 * * Empower student to decide how to present their understandings in a unit || Video, Audio, Music, Animation, Blog, Graphics ||
 * * Integrate webquests into unit plans which allow students to collaborate, research and problem solve using a variety of online resources || Filamentality ||
 * * Allow students to create audio/video podcasts to explain or reflect on their understandings, as an alternative to a written journal/essay (or to use as coaching tutorials for other students) || Audacity, Photostory, Podomatic ||
 * * Create an online database to keep track of student choices for ICT use to encourage diversity || Wufoo, Zoho Creator
 * * Utilise discussion forums to encourage student voice and input into the negotiated curriculum || Wiki, Sharepoint, Moodle ||
 * * Personalise activities for individual students within a virtual learning environment (i.e. different activities appear for different student) || Yacapaca ||

//Applying ICT Capabilities//
Instant Messaging Video/Voice Conferencing Discussion Forums Social Networking || Microsoft Publisher Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Frontpage || Movie-Maker, Photostory, Kahootz ||
 * **SAMPLE STRATEGIES** || **RESOURCES** ||
 * * Students use online mind-mapping, ranking, sequencing tools to visualise their thinking processes throughout a unit of work || Thinking Tools ||
 * * Students communicate using a variety of online tools to conduct research and collaboratively explore new ideas and topics with their peers (local or overseas) and external experts || Email
 * * Students create text-based content such as brochures, posters, powerpoint presentations and websites to demonstrate there understandings throughout a unit || Microsoft Word
 * * Students create multimedia content such as animations, movies and podcasts to demonstrate their understandings throughout a unit || Audacity, Podomatic,

**//ICT Ethics// **
[|Website Toolkit - Policies] || [|Website Toolkit] || [|Website Toolkit] ||
 * **SAMPLE STRATEGIES** || **RESOURCES** ||
 * * Invite teachers and students to have input into developing school-wide protocols which support the safe, equitable and ethical use of ICT || Cybersafety page
 * * Educate staff and students about their reponsibilities surrounding privacy, 'netiquette', recognising advertising, plagiarism and copyright || Cybersafety page
 * * Educate students about the use of the internet for research, including how to evaluate the quality of websites, the differences between researching at the library and on the web || Cybersafety page