workshop aims & objectives
The overall purpose of a Category 3 workshop is to provide a forum for experienced educators to build on and enhance their professional development portfolios. In this workshop, participants will engage in detailed discussion and in-depth investigation into the role of information communication technology.
Specifically we aim to develop the following understandings:
Specifically we aim to develop the following understandings:
- We should consider ICT an increasingly integral partner in teaching and learning through the PYP, rather than as a separate subject area.
- ICT facilitates students’ and teachers’ development of international-mindedness through collaboration with others who represent diverse cultural perspectives.
- To be fully effective, ICT must engage students in applying and developing the transdisciplinary skills and conceptual understandings presented through the PYP curriculum.
- Collaborative planning and teaching supports effective ICT integration within the PYP curriculum.
- ICT skills support the needs of learners in their inquiries.
- ICT can enhance reflection and the decision to take action.
- All staff at a PYP school need appropriate training and resources in order to integrate technology across the curriculum.
- Educators should choose ICT resources and use them critically. In the context of the learner profile, the resources should be used to address the learning needs of students and teachers at a PYP school.
- A PYP school community should collaboratively identify and agree on the role of ICT in a PYP school and the structures they need to support this.
- Parents can serve as critical partners in students’ application of ICT at school and at home.
- ICT can enhance the effectiveness and engage the collective wisdom of professional learning communities in a PYP school.