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Even though I would consider myself equally a producer and consumer of technology, I have had very little experience with blogging as throughout my Bachelor’s degree I focused more on website creation. I have found that I have thoroughly enjoyed experimenting and discovering the tools available in the free platform, Blogger.   Online sites, such as a blogging platform can benefit students learning through several aspects. Incorporating ICTs into the classroom allows students to engage, enhance and extend learning in pedagogically sound, flexible, and innovative ways (Moges Alemu, 2015) . Furthermore, technology allows for the creation of new tasks (such as formative and summative assessment pieces) that were previously inconceivable while catering to learns through interactive resources, individual and collaborative work. While familiarising myself with Blogger, I found that the web space reminded me of the program Microsoft Word as it essentially has all the same basic functi...

  Pedagogical Principles What are the Pedagogical Principles (defined in the Learning Materials)? 1. Facilitating deep knowledge through higher order thinking 2. Facilitating collaborative learning in which conversations are important 3. Supporting students in knowing how they learn best 4. Planning learning that is problem-based, and situated in real life contexts 5. Is relevant to students, and connects to their background knowledge 6. Supports learning that is owned, controlled and managed by students themselves 7. Is socially supportive, engaging, and values cultural knowledges 8. Is supportive of the development of active citizenship, and strong group identity. What do the Pedagogocial Principles mean to you in common language? These pedagogical principles are about supporting learners in developing deep learning skills that will help to ensure that they are equipped to deal with real world problems and be able to utilize critical thinking skills to develop a solution. Conside...

This blog discusses my views on contemporary learners and teachers.  Contemporary Learners How will the characteristics of our Gen Z learners depicted in the Meet GenZ video define their engagement in the traditional classroom snippet? The traditional classroom showed in the video would be ineffective in classrooms across the globe in nowadays. Gen Z learners have become accustom to inclusive classrooms and differentiated teaching strategies. Some of the key characteristics that have been established in Gen Z's include: - Question traditional choices - Value inclusiveness and differentiation - Communicate with speed and images (Ratinecas, 2014) None of the above key characteristics are compatible with the traditional classroom and even earlier generations as seen in the video are disinterested in the class. The current generation needs to be constantly actively engaging their brains and this is where ICT can really come into play. ICT would allow students to access information quic...