GUIDE :
ICT AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
HOW TO DEAL
WITH CYBERBULLYING IN SCHOOLS?
Cyber
bullying is a huge problem nowadays between students due to the facilities that
social networks offer them to hide their identity and bully other students. It
is one of the most frequent ways used of bullying that in many cases happen
without control of teachers or parents hiding threats behind the screen which
can contribute to create a psychological damage on students. Cyber bullying can
be even worse for the victims than the physical one and also it is easy for
stalkers to keep all their actions in a secretly way. This issue is trying to
be prevented in schools and high schools thanks to educative approach devised
by the educative centres or different universities. These are the links of some
of the prevention programs we explained in class:
In this
article we can find some information about ICT in class and the importance of
it. The video speaks about the uses of ICT in some schools and they give some
advantages and disadvantages about the use. One disadvantage is for example how
kids can get distracted while they are searching on the internet for
information and they start watching images or videos with inexistence relation.
Overall,
thanks to this video and in general, thanks to the link, we can understand
without problems what ICT is and how it can be used.
We have
used this video as an introduction to our topic because we thought it was
really good for explaining how ICT works and how we should use all the
possibilities we have. They are speaking about the education in Norway and some
other northern countries and how they have reached that.
They speak
about the importance of student motivation for a good work and how teachers
should encourage their students.
In this
one, we’ve got information about the 21st century education and how
it could be improved. We can see how they include information about social
networks and about how many videos, photos or friends we see or follow around
the world each day.
We can find
information about timetables in different countries and some example of
countries where they can use phones or tablets during school classes. In
Denmark for example they can use computers while they are on an exam, they just
can’t talk to each other or send messages during those tests but they are
allowed to use Facebook too.
This video shows the importance that technologies have
in nowadays society and also in education. It is giving an example of a school
which uses technology to the highest standard and in innovative ways so that
learners and the community benefit.
As increasing amounts of money are spent on ICT and new learning infrastructures in schools, it is important that these two areas of educational research and practice should be brought closer together. This article calls for more direct research and discussion on the issue of how ICT can contribute to processes of school improvement.
It would be
important checking this link if you want to lean more and understand about
self-review framework. It gives us a basic explanation of what it is, its
purposes and the ideas that should be reviewed.
It provides
a structure for reviewing your school’s use of technology and its impact on
school improvement.
The text is
really interesting due to its talks about the introduction process that ICT has
passed to be part of the education. It also mentions the influence that ICT has
in the education system nowadays. It shows statistics about the improvement
that schools, students and teachers have experimented, doing continuous
references to other authors that have worked with this topic. Various
methodologies are explained to improve ICT knowledge of students and teachers.
It can be useful to read this article just to know how ICTs are affecting our
educational system and to have a better perspective of what is happening in the
field of education nowadays.
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/themes/icts/policy/international-conference-on-ict-and-post-2015-education/ - International Conference on ICT and Post-2015 Education
After a short introduction giving some
background information and dealing with the importance of ICT nowadays the
texts gives some reasons for the use of Technology at school. Which leads to
the second point of the article which is an overview about the goals and
objectives of the conference which was held in May 2015 but is still actual not
only because of the content-related relevance but also because of the debate
about education after 2015. As we are now in 2017 we are still at the beginning
of fulfilling the goals which were developed in an agenda at the conference.
The main part of the article deals with the
subthemes concerning leaders and how they can improve future education by using
ICT in an effective way to guarantee quality learning. Furthermore the mention
the importance of ICT in inclusive education and the process of lifelong
learning. The last two subthemes are about the access to quality content and
last but not least ways how to monitor and evaluate ICT in future education.
Activity: Search on the website of UNESCO and their youtube channel for more
information and how teachers can benefit by using ICT.
Find out what the UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize is
and what for. http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/themes/icts/ict-in-education-prize/
HOW CAN WE
USE ICT IN RELATION WITH SPECIAL NEEDS?
DO YOU WANT
TO USE SELF-REVIEW FRAMEWORK TO ASSESS THE LEADERSHIP ELEMENTS IN YOUR SCHOOL?
WHICH WAYS DO YOU KNOW TO USE ICT IN THE CLASSROOM?
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