Use of ICT in Learning and Teaching

  Chapter 8: Exploring ISTE Standards for Students “Computational Thinker” - Part 7 Date/Time:25th April 2024 Thursday 3:23 am - 26th April 8:34 pm This is my 7th post on the ISTE Standards for Students, this time exploring a new standard “Computational Thinker”. This is also based on my key learning from the online course on ISTE about exploring ISTE student standards. This module focused on computational thinking and how to incorporate it into teaching and learning in our schools. There were in context and relevant examples shared in the course, that I will be sharing here in this post. There are some great resources that can be used to teach computational thinking in schools stated in the course and I will refer to those in the post too. This standard too has four indicators and I will try to explain each with examples. Let’s start exploring. ISTE Standard Computational Thinker 1.5 says students learn different strategies to solve difficult problems , and then they use tech...

  Chapter 7: Exploring ISTE Standards for Students “Innovative Designer” - Part 6 Date/Time:17th April 2024 Wednesday 6:41 pm - 18th April 2024 Thursday 6:33 pm This is my 6th blog post on the ISTE Standards for students, and this time exploring a different standard “ Innovative Designer ”. This module added a lot of clarity into this standard as well. This is a challenging standard and requires effort in understanding. I will try to explain the ISTE standard using several examples from the module as well as from my own teaching & learning practice. Let's start digging in. ISTE Standard Knowledge Constructor 1.4 says that students should have an understanding of the design process and the use of technology within the design process to solve real life authentic problems. So basically the standard requires that students have clarity about the design process and the different types of technology that can be used within the design process to accelerate the process of creating solut...