NCTE

The National Centre for Technology in Education is the government agency established to provide advice, support and information on the use of ICT in education

ICT and the Curriculum

Is your school at the initial, intermediate or advanced stage for ICT and the curriculum?

 

Initial Students and teachers acquire basic ICT skills
Intermediate ICT is integrated into a number of subject areas
Advanced ICT is integrated into project-based learning
 
Initial ICT is considered a stand alone activity
Intermediate A range of ICT issues is commonplace (teacher preparation and classroom management; whole class teaching; group and individual work)
Advanced Teachers and students use open-ended software to support curriculum activities, eg Logo, authoring, programming
 
Initial Students use computers in isolation from the school curriculum
Intermediate Email is incorporated into the communicative and research aspects of the curriculum
Advanced Teachers and students use ICT to create digital content, eg project presentations, Web and multimedia authoring, student electronic portfolios
 
Initial Internet use is confined mostly to email and WWW browsing
Intermediate The Web is used as part of general class teaching
Advanced Students use ICT to collaborate on curriculum activities both within the school and with other schools
 
Initial ICT use is experimental and emphasis is on application software, like word processing
Intermediate ICT use reinforces existing curriculum activities
Advanced Problem solving and questioning learning approaches are supported by ICT