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Course: Unit 01: Imperatives in the SA ICT in Education Policy

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In this unit we will study the national policies on ICT in Education and ask you to design, modify and/or implement classroom practices that support these policies. To be able to do this, we need to be able to answer these questions: 'Do you currently understand why the Department of Education has identified the use of ICT as an important component of our teaching?' and 'What are the challenges of using ICT in our teaching?

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Author: Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance

Course: Unit 02: Types of ICT Used for Education

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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) use is increasing all over the world. ICTs make our lives easier and can be used as tools to teach, learn, communicate and to store and retrieve information. ICTs greatly increase the possibilities of what can be taught and how it can be taught. Because of this, it is important to understand how to use ICT to your advantage in the classroom. In this unit you will learn about the different types of ICTs such as smartphones, laptops and desktop computers and how best to make use of them in your teaching.

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Author: Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance

Course: Unit 03: Approaches to ICT & Pedagogical Integration

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Today’s learners use a variety of technologies to access knowledge resources and interact globally with people. These interactions create a digital society that affords learners opportunities for education, entertainment and social interaction. Consequently, teachers should consider harnessing this know-how to create learning experiences that advance the curriculum objectives and respond to the directives of the national policy studied in Unit 1. In this unit we will evaluate pedagogical approaches to using ICT in such a way that it supports the attainment of curriculum objectives.

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Author: Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance

Course: Unit 04: Integrating Word Processing into Teaching

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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.

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Author: Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance

Course: Unit 05: Integrating Word Processing into Learning

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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.

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Author: Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance

Course: Unit 06: Integrating Presentation Software into Teaching

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With increasing access to television, the internet and movies, learners have become increasingly more visual. As teachers, instead of trying to continue using only traditional ‘chalk and talk’ methods, there is a need to meet our learners' need for visual stimulation, never at the expense of good sound teaching/pedagogy but rather to enhance the information that we are sharing with them. This unit will guide you through using presentation software to help you enhance your current teaching methods and materials. For the purposes of this unit we will be using Microsoft PowerPoint as an example of presentation software.

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Author: Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance

Course: Unit 08: Create a Spreadsheet Markbook

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In this tutorial we will use a spreadsheet package, MS Excel, to generate a class mark book to track student test performance throughout the year. The mark book should also calculate class average per test and derive a symbol per student based on their final year mark. Access the instructions below by working through the pages in sequence. Have both the tutorial and your spreadsheet program open and recreate the steps yourself. Once you have experienced the power of a spreadsheet program you will never keep a paper version again. Let’s get started.

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Author: Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance

Course: Unit 10: Orientation to Your Laptop (Revision)

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In your orientation workshop your facilitator will show you how to use your laptop issued by the Gauteng Department of Education. This unit is intended to help you review what you have already learned. In addition there is short section that will get you thinking about how you can use your laptop to enhance your teaching and learning

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Author: Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance

Course: Unit 16: Presenting a Lesson Using Your Laptop

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Welcome to unit 16. In this unit, we are going to look at a couple of really creative ways in which you can use your SMART board or laptop to improve the learning that happens in your classroom. By the end of this unit you will be able to: List at least 3 creative ways to use your SMART board to improve the learning in your classroom. Describe something that you can do with your learners using your SMART board.

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Author: Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance

Course: Unit 18: Finding Internet Resources

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Do you sometimes feel that your teaching materials are old fashioned or out-dated? Are you able to stimulate the interest of learners who have access to videos, graphics and interesting articles online? This unit will guide you through the process of enhancing your existing teaching materials by finding good quality resources online.

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Author: Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance

Course: Unit 19: Finding and Using Open Education Resources (OER)

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You should already be able to use the internet and search engines to find high quality resources that can supplement your current teaching materials. As you are searching for resources you may be wondering, am I allowed to copy or share this resource? Can I change or adapt it to better suit what I am trying to do? This unit will take you through a special type of resource called Open Education Resources (OER) which are available for teachers to use, share and adapt as they need to. You will learn where you can search for these types of resources and to be aware of the different types of licenses that may apply to these kinds of resources.

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Author: Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance

Course: Unit 20: Using eMail to Support Learning

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Electronic Mail (e-mail) is a way of communicating with people by sending messages via an internet mail service to their mailbox. As a way of communicating it is fast, simple, and reliable. Because of this, knowing what e-mail is and how it can be used is a very important skill that can be used in the classroom and in daily life. This unit introduces you to what e-mail is and teaches you about how it can be used in the classroom to support learning and teaching activities.

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Author: Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance

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