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.

This unit of study will brainstorm ideas on how MS Word can be effectively used in your classrooms in a way that will benefit both teachers and learners. (This unit focuses on MS Word but the same principles can be applied to other Word processors like Google Docs, LibreOffice Writer and Apple Pages).

Knowing how technology works is important, however, it is even more important that you feel equipped and confident enough to use technology to enhance your teaching and the learner experience. This unit will refresh the knowledge that you gained in the face to face workshop and also help you to create some useful documents that you can use in your classroom.

This unit will give you the opportunity to learn how to use MS Word in order to edit an existing document and how to print a document once you have completed it. Throughout this lesson you will be challenged to think about ways in which you can encourage your learners to use MS Word in their classroom activities and homework assignments.

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.

By the end of this unit you should be able to explain basic ICT concepts, use and demonstrate the use of software applications (particularly Word Processor).

This course is designed to provide teachers with the skills and competencies needed to both incorporate information and communications technology (ICT) in their teaching as well as to use it for their professional development.

The course covers a wide range of thematic areas, from basic computer use and maintenance (including hardware, software, applications and troubleshooting) through to internet, email, and social media in the educational context. Through the course, teachers will develop the skills to understand, evaluate and operationalize ICT within the context of related national educational policies, integrate ICT in education from a pedagogical perspective, manage learners’ project-based learning (PBL) activities in a technology-enhanced environment and even integrate ICT into the curriculum.

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.

This module contains the following units

Module 1: Basic ICT Skills

Unit 1: Know your device
Unit 2: Introduction to word processing as a teaching tool
Unit 3: Using a presentation package for teaching
Unit 4: Use a spreadsheet as a mark book
Unit 5: Internet, search engines, and curriculum resources
Unit 6: Social media to support teaching

This unit from the Guyana ICT in Education for Teachers Course provides training so that teachers are able to describe and demonstrate the basic tasks and uses of word processors, such as text entry, editing text, formatting text and printing (TL.4.b ). This is done by summarising the impact of the Guyana ICT in Education policy

UNESCO’s Framework emphasizes that it is not enough for teachers to have ICT competencies and be able to teach them to their students. Teachers need to be able to help the students become collaborative, problemsolving, creative learners through using ICT so they will be eff ective citizens and members of the workforce. The Framework therefore addresses all aspects of a teacher’s work:

Understanding ICT in Education
Curriculum and Assessment
Pedagogy
ICT
Organisation & Administration
Teacher Professional Learing

The Framework is arranged in three diff erent approaches to teaching (three successive stages of a teacher’s development). The first is Technology Literacy, enabling students to use ICT in order to learn more effi ciently. The second is Knowledge Deepening, enabling students to acquire in-depth knowledge of their school subjects and apply it to complex, real-world problems. The third is Knowledge Creation, enabling students, citizens and the workforce they become, to create the new knowledge required for more harmonious, fulfi lling and prosperous societies.