Ten day ICT integration course BEd students

Introduction

This is an introductory ten day course for students in B.Ed programme. The objectives of this course are to introduce students to the possibilities of ICTs for their personal enrichment and professional development and building an awareness of the transformatory power of ICTs in the way social processes and structures are organized through various applications on the Internet. The course will also focus on the pedagogic possibilities of using ICTs and explore how technology can be integrated meaningfully in teaching learning practices.

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The course is organized into three units:

1. Unit 1: Learning by connecting
2. Unit 2: Creating using ICTs
3. Unit 3: ICTs for teaching learning

Course content

Unit 1: Learning by connecting

Objectives of this course

1. To develop capacities for interacting with each other; for upload and download of resources
2. An awareness that ICTs allow connectivity possibilities, in multiple ways and hence multiple methods of interacting with one another for sharing, seeking and learning
3. ICTs allow for easier and quicker access and sharing of information and resources

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the Internet and information repositories on the Internet
2. Working with a browser and navigation
3. Downloading and organizing information; various formats of information, file folders, etc
4. Basics of networking, connectivity, operating system, etc
5. Emailing and mailing-list
6. Email as a method learning; participation in forums

Unit 2: Creating resources with ICTs

Objectives of this course

• To recognize that teachers are creators and not just consumers
• Resources can be created using and combining different applications/ formats

Syllabus

• Concept Mapping

KOER has resources for many topics in high school maths, science, social sciences. You can go to English or Kannada KOER and type - concept map (in the search bar on the left side below the map of Karnataka)or simply copy paste to your browser address bar, this link

• • You can see concept maps for many topics, in these subjects, you can also click and download them. You can open these downloaded concept maps in Freemind.
• Typing and formatting text documents (local language typing)
• Simple data analysis using spreadsheet s
• Simple image editing using GIMP
• Creating presentations and sharing
• Creating image repositories (photo albums) and sharing

Unit 3: ICT in teaching learning

Objectives of this course

• Possibilities in integrating ICTs in education
• Integrating in teaching learning (another TLM at the teacher's disposal)
• Creating TLMs using ICT tools

Syllabus

• Introduction and use of Geogebra (Mathematics tools)
• Introduction to PhET , Stellarium (Science tools)
• Introduction to Open Street Map, Marble (Geography)
• Model lesson plan developed integrating multiple tools and materials

Ten Day transaction plan

1. Ten day transaction plan. Spread over a month, with self study days and assignment submissions.
2. Participant information form
3. See Participant information
4. See mails in my subject forum

Lesson plan with Digital Resources

1. Identify two topics, one in each of your subjects/methods.
2. Based on your course learning, prepare your lesson plan, with digital resources included, such as
   1. concept map on topic
   2. relevant web pages/web sites/ portals
   3. videos
   4. images, photos, pictures
   5. audio clips
   6. presentation slides
3. Access digital resources from the www, using a search engine and accessing useful sites (See KOER - Resources - Useful Websites for list of useful sites for each subject)
4. Create your own digital resources, using a software applications for text editing, slide presentation, concept mapping, image editing etc
5. Create your own digital resources, using a educational software applications for your subject
6. Write the comments, ideas to organise the resources into a powerful and compelling lesson on your topic.

Assessment

Assignment Information form, to be filled by each student This form is for the faculty to know which student has submitted which assignment - by subject, by language.

Key objectives of the course

The key objectives of the course are:

1. Understanding integration of digital technologies into education
   1. Learning various software tools, applications and digital methods towards developing such understanding
   2. Self-learning possibilities through accessing different materials on the internet
2. Peer learning through collaborative communities of learning, facilitated by ICTs
   1. Learning to share, support and mentor
   2. Learning to seek help and guidance
3. Creation of teaching-learning resources using ICTs and integration in teaching-learning
   1. accessing Internet and web based resources
   2. using text, image, video editors, concept mapping tools etc.
   3. using educational software applications