ICT CAPABILITY ACROSS THE CURRICULUM LEARNING AREAS
What is ICT?
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a very common feature in our everyday lives. People today are progressively seeking new information and data about various things and the air is literally full of it. ICT according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is a “means by which we transmit, detect, access and reply to this information.” It consist of computers, smartphones, televisions, radios, tablet computers and many other things (see diagram). They have “great potential for knowledge dissemination, effective learning and the development of more efficient education services” (Semenov, Foreword, 2005). ICT plays a significant part in the way in live, learn and play. It has impacted economies of all nations including key aspects of society such as education where teachers and students interact. For teachers, the challenge is therefore to harness these ICTs that exists in the learning environments of their workplace in such a way that serves the interests of learners and the larger teaching community (UNESCO, 2017).
Figure 1. What is ICT - UNESCO (2017)
General Capabilities – What are your teacher responsibilities?
In the Australian Curriculum, General Capabilities are embedded and addressed throughout the content of the Learning Areas. They are 21st century skills required by students in order for them to live and work successfully in their future endeavours. If you teach the Australian Curriculum, you are required to teach and assess general capabilities “to the extent that they are incorporated within Learning Area content” (Australian Curriculum, 2017).
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