Information Communication Technology
Introduction
On this page you will find information about studying information and communication technologies (ICT) education at UNE. There are two aspects of ICT education – teaching about ICT and teaching with ICT. Both aspects are provided for at UNE. Our priority in teacher education courses is to ensure teachers develop ICT skills, and learn about and use ICT teaching and learning strategies. Our focus throughout the many education course offered at UNE, is that graduate teachers have achieved the mandatory requirements developed by the NSW Institute of Teachers, namely
· An understanding of the underlying pedagogical assumptions of ICT, eg gender and ethnic bias, educational relevance, social impact, suitability for the classroom environment, for cooperative learning and for peer interaction
· Considered the issues of appropriate access to, and verification of,
information gained from a variety of sources including the Internet
· An understanding of innovation in information and communication
technologies and their potential for enhancing student learning
· Developed an awareness of the range of applications and adaptive
technologies available to support students with special needs.
· Selected and evaluated ICT-based learning materials and software for educational purposes
· Effectively employed ICT applications to support specific syllabus outcomes, content and processes
· Developed skills to design a range of ICT-based assessment tasks employing marking criteria clearly linked to syllabus outcomes
· Understood requirements that they and their students use electronic information appropriately including in relation to plagiarism, copyright, censorship and privacy.
· Developed a capacity to employ software to construct texts, manipulate images, create presentations, generate digital sound and visual sequences, store and retrieve digital information for classroom and on-line learning
· Demonstrated a capacity to critically evaluate, retrieve, manipulate and manage the information from sources such as the Internet, CD-ROMS, DVDROMS and other commercial programs
· Successfully used software that supports social networks and communication including email, forums, chat and list services
· Developed a capacity to use appropriate software for student profiling and reporting, lesson preparation and class/faculty administration
The ICT Education team have many years of classroom experience. They work hard to ensure that teachers have the required skills in order to use ICT effectively for active and meaningful learning. We emphasise that learning with ICT is interesting, engaging and provides the essential skills necessary to operate effectively in the 21st century. As developing teachers we encourage you to be confident and creative in your approach to using ICT in your classroom. During in-school experience pre-service teachers are required to deliver effective teaching and learning activities that employ ICTs to achieve their learning outcomes.
Why Study ICT Education at UNE?
At UNE we have great on-campus accommodation, a vibrant campus life, excellent distance-education, sporting facilities and skilled and experienced staff. ICT education at UNE is integrated across all teaching qualifications. We have an outstanding external study program, where we provide on-line support through podcasts, blogs and discussion forums to develop student-teacher interaction. On campus courses offer full interaction with staff and students in stimulating workshops and seminars related to developing skills and teaching with ICT. All students engage in practical teaching experience in schools as part of their course. Competence in using ICT effectively in the classroom to support student learning is seen as an essential aspect of all courses. ICT lecturers actively carry out research into learning with ICT, which directly informs the education programmes.
Courses
ICT Education is integrated into the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) (Primary) for full time internal students, the Bachelor of General Studies/Bachelor of Teaching (BGenStuds/BTeach) (Primary) for internal and external students, all the Combined degrees (Secondary), the GradDipEd and MTeach. Students wishing to teach about ICT in secondary schools are also catered for in the Bachelor of IT/Bachelor of Teaching or in the GradDipEd after completing a major in IT in anther degree. ICT Education is also offered to students wishing to upgrade from a 3-year teaching qualification.
Units on offer
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| Unit No | Unit Name | |||
| EDIT 412 | LOGO: The Language and Culture | |||
| EDIT 413 | Introduction to Computer Mediated Learning | |||
| EDIT 414 | Principles of Computer Programming (not offered in 2009) | |||
| EDIT 415 | Implementing ICT in Schools | |||
| EDIT 416 | ICT for Professional Practice | |||
| EDIT 419 | Project on Computers in Education | |||
| EDIT 511 | Research on Computer Applications in Education | |||
| EDIT 513 | Multimedia in Education | |||
| EDIT 515 | Managing a Web Mediated Learning Environment (not offered in 2009) | |||
| EDIT 517 | Web Mediated Learning Communities | |||
| EDIT 518 | Issues in Learning with ICT | |||
| EDIT 521 | Principles and Practices of e-Learning | |||
| EDIT 914 | Teaching Secondary Computing Studies: Foundation | |||
| EDIT 915 | Teaching Secondary Computing Studies: Advanced | |||
| EDUC 114 | ICT Across the Curriculum | |||
| EDUC 311 | K-6 Curriculum Planning and Assessment 1 | |||
| EDUC 321 | K-6 Curriculum Planning and Assessment 2 | |||
| EDUC 401 | Professional Learning Portfolio | |||
| EDUC 414 | ICT in Education (This unit replaces EDIT 312) |
Contacts
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