The use of ict in education
- 1. The use of ICT in Education ICT IN GEOGRAPHY
- 2. ICT in the Geography Curriculum There is now a wide range of multimedia resources available about the world in which we live: • Technology has created new ways of exploring the world through maps. • Multimedia software can help pupils to investigate geographical topics that would be too remote, too dangerous, or involve too long a timescale. • The internet and email enable pupils to interact with peers and other communities.
- 3. Application to teaching •Use their ICT capability to assist and progress their learning in geography. •Engage in higher-order thinking skills, for example, by using ICT to undertake detailed analysis when modelling data. •Demonstrate, apply and reinforce their understanding of ICT capability within a range of subject contexts.
- 4. Affective model An effective model of applying and developing ICT across the curriculum depends on a number of factors, including: • effective teaching of the curriculum programme of study for ICT; • appropriate opportunities for pupils to apply and develop ICT capability in a range of subjects and contexts (transferable knowledge, skills and understanding); • deployment of resources so that subject areas can access ICT when it is needed, including provision of ICT within subject classrooms or areas;
- 5. Opportunities for applying ICT in geography • Using data and information sources - Use of ICT allows pupils to analyze and evaluate evidence and draw and justify conclusions. • Searching and selecting – The ability to select and evaluate material relevant to a task is crucial. • Organizing and investigating - Using ICT enables pupils to undertake geographical enquiry efficiently, by collecting and organizing data during fieldwork. • Refining and presenting information -The use of ICT allows pupils to convey the outcomes of geographical enquiry, using a range of media and presentation techniques.
- 6. Google Earth Google Earth can be used: • To support hands-on inquiry by students in computer classrooms. • As a basis for homework assignments. • For dynamic presentations during class lectures. • For inquiry during class presentations. • To create imagery and maps for PowerPoint, word, and other presentation tools.
- 7. Summary Geography has long been acknowledged as an important vehicle for the use of ICT. It has the ability to fully engage and motivate pupils in geographical concepts using authentic data and information sources, and enables teachers to concentrate more closely on teaching geographical skills, whilst providing students with a pedagogical sense of location and place.