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What will teachers be doing?
Under a wireless school environment, either in computer labs or in classrooms, students are busy writing their field trip events/study reports with their classroom/specialist teacher. While the ICT teacher is helping one group of students to download their field trip pictures to make a movie, another group of students are using the scanner to import photos for a presentation slide show. Writing materials are prepared in their home room through class discussion using online video clips, teacher assigned websites and library resources. With the help of the ICT teacher, students record the narration they have worked out with their classroom/specialist teacher. (Wendy and Katie)

Teachers will spend less time at the front of a class lecturing. Instead they will meet with smaller groups of students to guide students through their learning projects. They'll check for understanding and assure the quality of materials the students are creating. They will guide students to pull from learning modules that together they have identified as appropriate for the student's learning needs. They may pull learning materials from internet sites like [|Merlot] or [|Thinkfinity] instead of trying to re-invent the wheel each time they plan a unit or lesson. They will use tools like wikis and blogs to collaborate with peers in order to create or find the best learning modules available.1190511476

Teachers will be using web pages to share class newsletters, assignments and handouts. They will also use the network to store and share resources they use in their teaching. The ICT resource teachers will regularly links to relevant web pages, video clips, etc. that teachers can use to support units. All faculty will use overhead projectors, document cameras and classroom computers comfortable on a daily basis. 1190349272

-Teachers are gathered in a classroom, planning a unit of study as part of a course they all teach. One teacher is using a laptop computer which is displayed on the digital projector mounted from the ceiling. The unit plan is currently displayed. The ICT Coordintor has joined the meeting, having research a number of possible activities in which students will use ICT. The suggested activities are based on a previous meeting where the standards, benchmarks, learning targets and essential questions the unit is to address were reviewed and agreed. The teachers reference a copy of the curriculum area philosophy, in which the role of ICT is defined. Not all teachers at the meeting are confident with the use of a wiki, a tool many have used as part of their professional work, but not with students. The ICT Coordinator reassures the meeting, that she will be available to introduce the wiki to the students, and assist the classroom teachers, especially in the early stages of the activity. The ICT Coordinator is using her own laptop, connected to the school network and Internet, and her screen is displayed on the digital projector, as she takes the teachers through the activity ideas.1190085156

-Teachers will be meeting with individuals and small, informal, organic groups. We will be using ICT and will be equipped to provide basic technology trouble shooting and support. We will model collaboration by teaming both in person and over networks. We will be asking good questions to promote individual ownership of the learning. You won't be able to immediately identify who's the teacher and who are the students. 1190033341

-Teachers will ensure that the processes of using the ICT tools are emphasized and evaluated as much as the the content produced and presented by the students using the ICT tools; lessons will be inspired and student-centered through effective use of a variety of ICT tools in achieving curricular goals; teachers will foster and promote collaboration among themselves and their students through the thoughtful use of ICT tools. 1190029442

Russel was very keen for us to paint a picture and I just kept on thinking that a graphic image could be the best way to represent what we are looking for. Maybe a graphic image and some annotation.tshrimpton