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The growth of enterprise pedagogy: How ICT policy is infected by Neo-liberalism. By Mark Brown

Melissa, Jessica Han, Jessica Vassarotti, Alice Rose Burdon, Angela Santoro, Danielle Felice, Rebecca Rourke

Questions: ====**How can schools improve ICT being taught in NSW? ** ==== - Availability of more resources - Needs to be modelled in the classroom - Needs to be incorporated into everyday classrooms - Find out what students need and want in regards to ICT - Teachers should be educated on how to use ICT effectively in the classroom so that tehy are able to build confidence in their abilities

I think it is important to consider that not all technology will be beneficial for the classroom. It is the teachers responsibility to know the students, discover how they learn and implement learning experiences which will allow for them to have meaningful learning, and it is important to be aware that technology is not the only answer to meaningful learning.

 There is accelerating natural evolution of ICT technologies by the students that we teach. Some schools are adopting a probable future approach and letting the integration of ICT evolved as being prescribes to them. Others schools are adopting a preferred future approach and making use of innovative teachers who model the use of emerging learning technologies. These teachers should be supported in time as they provide the basis for schools to move forward and may even lead to the appointment of ICT Integrators who help shape and evolve a school’s approach to using traditional and emerging learning technologies by providing ideas on how best to use the technologies your school has and provide ideas on how to use such technologies in teaching and learning. (Jessica Vassarotti)

Apply this reading to what you have seen or might see occurring in schools currently

I have attached a Youtube link to a podcast that describes ICT intergration within classrooms. It gives first hand accounts/responses to the above questions. URL: [] Danielle Felice

I have also attached a Youtube link which gives 10 great tips on ways to use ICT in the classroom, the teacher metions Wiki's and blogs, which are all ways for students to present their work and ideas. URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiisteObuhk Angela Santoro

Below is a website which I visited which I thought was very useful and informative: []

The website 'Learning, teaching and managing using ICT' identifies the latest news and key facts about ICT in both primary and secondary schools. Topical isuues such as funding, infrastructure and and different programmes which are up and running and will be in the future are also included on the website. I beleive it is a useful website addressing current and relevent issues concerning ICT.

Agostina Lombardi