Curriculum+and+assessment

In this extended session we talked about the importance of curriculum involving all 3 of the below:

- Content - Good pedagogy - Technology

A lesson and curriculum that involves are 3 hits 'the sweet spot.'

Here is a link to the presentation we were shown.

__Some interesting ideas__ Using screen recording software for assessment e.g. students record themselves explaining how to solve a Maths problem. On the Macs Quicktime is probably best. On iPad Educreations and Screenchomp are good free apps.

Digital storytelling - in this case as a form of assessment for Humanities

Have students keep a blog of all the interesting things they found out while looking for other information. (E.g. like what happens when you get distracted by a hyperlink of Wikipedia and end up unintentionally finding out something interesting).

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Heidi Heyes Jacobs discusses "upgrading" rather than "reforming" curriculum. There is no need to totally revamp our curriculum, but rather, look to integrate and find ways of improving what we already do with modern ICT technologies.