e-Teaching

= e-Teaching =

e-Learning is defined as "the use of information and communication technologies to enhance the act of learning"


 * ===How do we best support teachers to shift their teaching pedagogy toward a focus on student interactivity and understanding?===
 * ===How do we plan for moving teachers through the three phases of implementation? How do we encourage teachers to use the software to do new things in new ways?===

Notes from our reading:


 * Infuse your lessons with rich media, digital resources, and engaging communication technologies. The shift in pedagogy starts to change as a result. Teachers move away from 'content delivery' and approach more deeper, more personal understanding of key concepts.


 * The introduction of interactive whiteboards should be about teaching, not technology!

Phase I: Doing old things in old ways Phase II: Doing old things, but in new ways Phase III: Doing new things in new ways

What does the research say?
 * IWB lessons tended to occur at a faster pace with more interactions.
 * IWB teachers ask better and more open questions, probe students for further information or more detailed explanations.
 * IWB teachers provide richer, more evaluative responses during IWB lessons and addressed follow-up questions to the whole class.
 * IWB teachers replaced existing practice with more interactive, constructivist approaches.
 * In IWB classrooms, students learn more effectively.

100 Ways to use your IWB

Ginno Kelly (Promethean Consultant) - Hitchcock & Stahl, 2003; Peters & Bill, 2004; Samuels, 2007 When planning an interactive lesson, ensure that multiple types of interactivity are addressed:
 * Interaction with the interface
 * Interaction with learning schemas (cognitive interactions)
 * Interaction with others (socio-cognitive interactions)