On completion of this unit participants should:

Investigate and source digital versions of the Zambian curricula documents.
Determine what role for ICT has been envisaged by the national education authority as expressed within the official curriculum
Identify sixteen 21st century skills as defined by the World Economic Forum
Integrate at least two 21st century skills into their teaching and learning.

The Commonwealth Certificate for Teacher ICT Integration ( CCTI )has been developed to improve
teachers’ experience teaching in the classroom using a range of information and communication
technologies (ICT) appropriately, and increase school manager’s involvement in the ICT
implementation process in the school. It challenges school managers and teachers to constantly
reflect on what they do in their school and classrooms and how ICT can be integrated into their
evolving management and teaching styles.

How can you engage your learners in authentic learning that develops their 21st Century skills and that makes space for ICTs to be leveraged to maximum effect? There are many answers to these questions but one important answer is to be found in Project Based Learning (PBL).

This unit is part 1 of a 2 part series on PBL. In this unit, we will cover the basics of what PBL is, what its key components are and why it is such a powerful teaching methodology. In part 2, we will dig into some of the details of how to design a project for your class.

This unit is Part 2 of a 2 part series on project-based learning (PBL). In unit 28 we looked at the basics of PBL and what makes for good and effective PBL. You ended unit 28 by writing the driving question for your own PBL project. If you have not yet completed unit 28, you should complete it before continuing.

Module 12, that is Units 50-54, is meant to be experienced in sequence as the units are designed to work together. They identify a number of issues that need to be addressed when designing an online learning environment that embraces 21st Century Skills. In this unit we will look how students might use, 'Critical thinking, problem solving, reasoning, analysis, interpretation, synthesizing information' and 'Research skills and interrogative questioning' by tackling a real world problem. Then in subsequent units we will create an online environment to provide the digital tools to help the students find a solution to an identified real world problem.

A unit of study for teachers to consider some of the challenges raised by adopting a PBL approach, and how these can be overcome.
The objective is to look at ways of dealing with the challenges and fears of PBL projects.

Melinda dP. Bandalaria (Ph.D) from the University of Philippines Open University (UPOU) lectures on how ICT provides high levels of flexibility for learning. She also looks at collaboration, synchronous vs asynchronous learning, improved access to learning materials via OERs and MOOCs. She calls for teachers to use a 'Flipped Classroom'.

The full course of the Rwanda ICT Essentials for Teachers Course. The materials covered include:
Unit 00: Orientation & Baseline Survey

Unit 01 - Hardware
'Describe and demonstrate the use of common hardware' is the competency of this unit

Unit 02 - Troubleshooting ICT
Demonstrate ability to perform basic maintenance and repair on hardware and assist in software troubleshooting.

Unit 03 - Educational Internet
Describe the functions and purposes of internet in the classroom and demonstrate the capability of using internet.

Unit 04 - Word Processing
Describe and demonstrate the basic tasks and uses of word processors, such as text entry, editing text, formatting text and printing.

Unit 05 - Record Keeping (Spreadsheets)
Use ICT to support class administration through the keeping of a digital class record system using a spreadsheet package.

Unit 06 - eMail & Social Media
Describe the functions and purposes of internet in the classroom and demonstrate the capability of using internet including e-mail, search, and social media functions in classwork.

This is a unit of study whose competency is to Manage student project-based learning activities in a technology-enhanced environment to support collaboration.

This course has been developed to support the training of teachers to integrate ICT into their teaching practices. The materials, guides and activities are strongly aligned with the UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers (CFT).
While the course embraces the role ICT can bring to the classroom it is also not held prisoner by the need for high end or sophisticated technology platforms. The course can be deployed in areas of limited or no connectivity via CD ROM or memory stick as most of the resources have been previously downloaded and collected. There are also web and paper based versions of the lessons and guides.
This course uses materials that are Open Education Resources (OER) or free to use for educational purposes, allowing the use and distribution, and in some instances the repurposing of the materials, at no additional cost. (See the Open License tab for more information).
But most importantly we hope the lessons are fun and engaging enough to introduce new possibilities and refresh the participant's passion for teaching and learning.

By the end of this unit teachers should be able to:

Deepening knowledge 3- (d) Designing unit plans and classroom activities so that students engage in reasoning, discussion and use of key concepts of the subject matter while collaborating with peers in understanding, representing and solving complex real-life problems as well as considering solutions to these problems and communicating regarding it.

بحلول نهاية هذه الوحدة ، يجب أن يكون المعلمون قادرين على:

تعميق المعرفة 3- (د) تصميم خطط الوحدة وأنشطة الفصل الدراسي بحيث يشارك الطلاب في التفكير المنطقي والمناقشة واستخدام المفاهيم الأساسية للموضوع أثناء التعاون مع أقرانهم في فهم وتمثيل وحل مشاكل الحياة الواقعية المعقدة بالإضافة إلى التفكير في الحلول لهذه المشاكل والتواصل بشأنها.

By the end of this unit teachers should be able to:

Deepening knowledge 3. (a) Demonstrate how ICTs and collaborative project-based learning can support students' thinking and social interaction; Students come to understand the basic concepts, processes, and skills of the subject and use them to solve life's problems realism.

Deepening knowledge 3- (b) Identifying or preparing complex problems prevailing in real life and working to structure them in a way that integrates the basic concepts of the subject matter in the problems and is a basis for students' projects.

بحلول نهاية هذه الوحدة ، يجب أن يكون المعلمون قادرين على:

تعميق المعرفة 3. (أ) توضيح كيف يمكن لتكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات والتعلم التعاوني القائم على المشاريع أن يدعم تفكير الطلاب وتفاعلهم الاجتماعي ؛ يتعرف الطلاب على المفاهيم والعمليات والمهارات الأساسية للموضوع ويستخدمونها لحل مشاكل الحياة الواقعية.

تعميق المعرفة 3- (ب) تحديد أو إعداد المشكلات المعقدة السائدة في الحياة الواقعية والعمل على هيكلتها بطريقة تدمج المفاهيم الأساسية للموضوع في المشكلات وتكون أساسًا لمشاريع الطلاب.

A unit of study where teachers will help learners complete a tutorial, brainstorm a list of possible project ideas for a PBL project that includes gathering, processing and presenting information.
The purpose of this practical is to provide participants with clear directions so that they can design such a project.

A unit of study to introduce in-service teachers to Constructivist teaching methods. Teachers will look at a particular manifestation of the theory, Constructionism, or more specifically, Project-based Learning.

KICTCFT: The teacher can use ICT to support traditional methods of teaching and learning in the classroom. Specific Objectives: By the end of the unit you should be able to: 1] Identify ICT tools suitable for didactic teaching and learning, 2] Describe how didactic teaching and learning and ICT can be used to support student's acquisition of school subject matter knowledge, and 3] Incorporate appropriate ICT activities into lesson plans so as to support student's acquisition of school subject matter knowledge

KICTCFT: Teachers can plan and are aware of the practicality of designing Project Based Learning opportunities. Specific Objectives: On completion of this unit you should be to, 1] Identify and describe ICT tools that support Project Based Learning, and 2] Describe how to structure real-world problems into a project design.

Welcome to this unit on ICT to support collaboration and communication. In this unit we will look at how we can enhance collaboration and communication in classroom teaching using various ICT tools. What tools do we usually use to communicate? Can we use the same tools to communicate in the classroom? Let us find out.

Module 3: Pedagogy

Unit 12: ICT for teaching and learning (traditional pedagogies)
Unit 13: ICT to support project-based learning
Unit 14: Strategies to support remote teaching

A unit of study for teachers to provide participants with clear directions so that they can continue to design a PBL project.

The aim of this unit is that upon completion, teachers will be able to manage the learners' project-based (PBL) activities in a technology-enhanced environment to support collaboration.