JOINT STATEMENT 2016

Information and communication technologies (ICT) are becoming an

important part in a students learning experience, as the technology
grows its important that us as teachers grow with it. ICT has opened
the door for new possibilities when teaching within a classroom.
When it comes to creating an ICT Integration Project, its important
that our task was inquiry oriented and can encourage students to
problem solve and achieve a set objectives. In saying so, one of our
main aims was also to create a task that supported blooms
Taxonomy and catered for differentiated learning. To support this
objective we believed the structure of a Web Quest was most
suitable for the project as it supports the students in self directed
learning. It was important to us that we included the following within
the structure of our web quest: Motivation, production and
reflection/reflection. It was highlighted that we promoted motivation
and self-direction when it came to learning through the use of ICT
tools, but we made sure to include an assessment/rubric of some
sort to actually reflect on what the students have discovered or the
extension of their knowledge.
Once we had confirmed our structure, our understanding of the
project was to clearly define and support our chosen learning theory
throughout the tasks set for students. Social constructivism theory
is based around the idea of students self-directing when it comes to
learning experiences. As mentioned through out this statement, our
focus was on differentiated learning and encouraging students to
learn new knowledge through questioning, exploring and reflecting,
hence the chosen learning theory.
Our last aim we believed was an absolute requirement for the ICT
Integration Project was to make sure it was a co-operative based
task. We have covered what we believe is the structure and learning
theory, however its important that the task also promotes
collaborative experience for the whole classroom. We presented this
information by giving the students the opportunity to play a role
within their group/class when completing the project. This idea
performs in conjunction with choosing the right type of ICT tools,
which helps elaborate all that has been stated so far.
We believe we have created a high quality ICT integration project by
understanding and taking in consideration of all the ideas and
requirements that needed to be met. Such understandings include;
Blooms taxonomy and differentiated learning, Web quest structure,
learning theory (Social constructivism) and also to choosing the
appropriate amount and type of ICT tools.