Module 10: Activity 2

  

In activity two I have completed three activities which looked at scenarios of students regarding the use of ICT, My School’s ICT Policy and sharing an online school policy. All three activities were very beneficial. From the scenarios I have learn that when using ICT tools, software and hardware one must be very careful in doing so. Knowing ICT tools and how best they work can help us to safe guard against any threat.

The activity on my school policy has helped me to look more in depth on what policy should make up of. In collaboration with the staff of the Calder Government School we aim to provide the necessary technological tools, and resources to help students develop their academic skills in and out of the classroom. Some of the aims we came up with are:

• To provide a fashionable and cohesive technological environment, which can help sustains and strengthens the school’s ability to deliver its planned objectives, enabling collaboration, research, and efficient professional methods of teaching ICT.

• We aim to deliver an environment which will support students, researchers and academics by providing an empowering platform and functionality for knowledge creation and exchange.”

• To provide the technology to facilitate all modes of learning and teaching.

• Provide a flexible, expandable and secure infrastructure and an Information Governance framework to support and sustain excellence in learning and teaching at the school, so that established requirements and individual aspirations can be met.

• Ensure as far as possible that the school ICT infrastructure is agile and capable of change so that future requirements of the school and those of individual learners can be met with nominal impact.

• Enable unified communication in support of learning and teaching ICT.

• Identify and bring to the school’s attention technological innovations that could enhance the learning experience of each student.

• Work with academic staff and students to understand learner’s needs.

• Develop staff so that they can fulfil their duties by providing appropriate guidance, support and awareness of current and emerging ICT and information governance approaches, solutions and standards.

• Help ensure that staff is aware of the potential opportunities for improvements that may be realized by exploiting advances in technology and information management.

• Ensure the staff engaged by IT Services are sufficiently knowledgeable, skilled and motivated, and capable of supporting the school’s and this Strategic Plan.

 In the last activity we were asked to share an online school policy. This was fun for me because I went about researching many policies before I picked my final choice. In doing so, I compared it with the policy I develop for my school and it helped me to differentiate between the two. Overall, I learnt a lot in these activities.