What+do+teachers+in+my+school+need+to+move+along+their+ICT+journey?

=What do teachers in your school need to move along their ICT journey? = = __Teachers need to: __ =
 * **Be open minded with new technology. **
 * **Be willing to learn somethingnew, that they might not be comfortable with. **
 * **Be willing to jump into the deep end. **
 * **Have patience. **
 * **Be prepared for times when something goes wrong. (Plan B)! **
 * **Improve their IT Skills. **
 * **Know how to fix things and be willing to learn how to fix it next time. **

We will be implementing a skills check-list on a whole school approach to IT. The pressure will come from the leadership team for teacher to teach the skills associated with their year level. Support will be offer by myself and various online self help websites for staff. The accountability will be an assessment mid way through the year and also a 'show and tell' of how the teacher has helped their students learn the skills needed for their following year. Furthermore i will be working with my special group of teachers and show them the benefits of using certain media. This will be done during my IT days out.

A creative tool that i will teach someone else at school is the Photo Funia tool. [|www.photofunia.com] This web site allows students to be creative with themselves and develop photo editing skills in a fun way. The year level I will be looking at is the current year fives who have experience with saving images from the internet and editing them in Microsoft Paint. Students will present a reflection on the steps they took to complete the task and present in a word document. The class will create a display for the front of the office area as term project. Teachers will also sit down with me to creat some goals for the year, key componets the hope to achieve wit their class.