ICT Week 1

Believe it! This is my first ever blog entry! So i guess there is a start to everything.

My initial understanding of ICT is equivalent to IT. Totally ignoring the presence of C. When I was doing my contract teaching in my school, we were only reminded to incorporate ICT into our lessons. So, the first thing that came to my mind is Powerpoint, Visualisers, youtube videos and maybe simulations and animations.

Furthermore, in my school, they are only at the beginning stage of incorporating ICT into lessons. Most of the teachers do not dare to take the first step to initiate this. I feel the reason is due to time constraints and the need to finish curriculum.

To my surprise, 15 minutes into my 1st ICT lesson, i was surprised that powerpoint may not be considered as ICT. That is when I finally realized the importance or existence of C, which is communication.

You can call me a caveman. But i was being introduced to quite a fair bit of new items, like wiki, blackboard and maybe to me, blog. Why blog? Maybe because I do not own one.

One big unknown factor for me now is how to introduce Meaningful lesson with the help of ICT. I guess this is what I will be eagerly anticipating for my upcoming ICT lessons. Not only that, I think it is time for me to step out of my lazy shell and explore the possible the existing tools and resources that are being introduced to widen my scope.

Never say never. We are teachers. But above all we all learners!