ICT and Digital Tools in Education

Teachers today face with many challenges. While integrating technology in the classroom should be something all teachers enthusiastically embrace, the rapid onslaught of new tools has left teachers overwhelmed and unmotivated. Many schools have investedin hardware, software,and internet access but in order for the curriculum to be truly integrated, teachers must also invest their time and effort to learn how to enhance their lessons with the various tools at their disposal. The instructional goal, therefore, of the first professional development series is that given a standards-based instructional goal, the teachers will select the appropriate ICT and digital tools to integrate into the curriculum producing activities with these that promotes 21st Century Skills.

The aim of the course is to provide knowledge on contemporary educational approaches that draw on the principles of ICT education and promote equal learning, participation and learning opportunities for all students. The courseaims to be practical and with the use of digital tools to enableteachers to createtheir own educational material and apply participatory techniques in order to completethe needs of the modern education and make the lesson more flexible and attractive for young learners. 

The project aims for the participants to:

• Understand the concept digitalpedagogy and the need for developing a digital pedagogy of your own.
• Know some of the imperatives that drive changein educational practices.
• Learn aboutnew digital tools.
• Get familiar with ICT, digital storytelling and their emerging role in contemporary education.
• Plan and design effective learning experiences supported by contemporary ICT technologies.
• Gain basic knowledge, skills and understanding of concepts related to digital tools technology integration.
• Integrate and utilizetechnology in their instruction.