19/3/2017

Reflections 1.1

When looking at the ICT capabilities on the Australian Curriculum website, it is quite daunting and brings a strong reality check for how different schooling is now. The ICT is woven through all the fabric of the teaching experience, in the hope that by the end of year 10 the child will be at or beyond an acceptable state of understanding. The knowledge must be deep and second nature to the teacher, to pass on the social/ethical  respect of intellectual property/security while outlining its impacts on society as a whole. Other important areas are the generating of ideas and solutions for challenges of multimodal creative outputs in which my competency is questionable at best. Learning how to communicate and operate  ICTs is a priority for myself right now as it has been made clear I fall short.
The AITSL website pdf is the ICT standards for graduate teachers and as such has brain befuddling columns of information overload at first sight. The 7 standards are broken into easily understood sections and as I am running out of space I will go into shorthand mode. I believe a lot of my anxiety will be dispersed once in the classroom as the standards are based around a practical hands on approach. Focus on knowing your students individually and how to reach them through content and teaching strategies is essential. The Standards embrace safe environments with quality feedback/reporting while engaging with parents, colleges and the community as a whole. 

All of the standards are hinging on our ability to demonstrate the students ability to understand and our demonstrated understanding of ICT delivery of the content through inclusiveness and adaptability. At the moment I feel I am a 4 out of 10, maybe a little higher but I want to be an effective teacher and this starts with focusing on my weaknesses .....and I have a lot.
The journey begins
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