UNDERSTANDING ICT IN EDUCATION 1.2

1.2       IDENTIFY ICT-CFT FRAMEWORK PURPOSE AND APPROACHES

NOTE: This objective is teacher-centred. It demonstrates  how   the   ICT-CFT   affects   and benefits educators in their work by showing how them  how  to  make  the  classroom  more  alive and how  to introduce students  to the immense resources of the Internet and  digital tools.  This will help to open the minds of the students  and enable them  to become  collaborative problem- solving learners engaging  with real-world issues.

SCOPING STATEMENT

Understanding that:

 This is the first of three approaches in the ICT-CFT: Technology Literacy as the prerequisite to deepening knowledge (approach 2) and eventually creating knowledge (approach 3). There are six components  in each approach of the ICT-CFT.

TASK COMPONENTS

Recognize and accept that the ICT-CFT will require initiative and willingness to reflectively examine and explore the possibly unfamiliar ideas and approaches of the framework.  It requires active engagement and commitment to professional learning about ICT-CFT, not merely a passive attendance at a ICT-CFT professional learning event. List the uses and benefits of CFT in the classroom.