EDIT312


 * Foundation Unit 6 /EDIT 312**

ICT Comments

Reworked EDIT312 has been redesigned to fit in with the requirements of the NSWIT. The content that will will cover in 2008 is:

1. Successfully use software that supports social networks and communication including email, forums, chat and list service (we will also include podcasts, blogs and wikis which were included in the Draft version).

2. Understand requirements that they and their students use electronic information appropriately including relation to plagiarism, copyright, censorship and privacy.

3. Consider the issue of appropriate access to, and verification of, information gained from a variety of sources including the Internet.

4. Demonstrate a capacity to critically evaluate, retrieve, manipulate, manage the information from sources such as the internet, CD-ROMs, DVDs and other commercial programs.

5. Develop 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.

6. An understanding of innovation in information and communications technologies and their potential for enhancing student learning.

7. Effectively employ ICT applications to support specific syllabus outcomes, content and processes.

8. Select and evaluate ICT-based learning materials and software for educational purposes.

9. An understanding of the underlying pedagogical assumptions of ICT e.g. gender and ethnic bias, educational relevance, social impact, suitability for the classroom environment for cooperative learning and for peer interaction.

10. Develop an awareness of the range of applications and adaptive technologies available to support students with special needs,

11. Develop a capacity to use appropriate software for student profiling and reporting, lesson preparation and class/faculty administration.