GJ Harvey - Digital Learning Technologies ITEL7.101: Assessed Activity 3.3

Have you ever wondered what skills a teacher would need to use IT within a school? All teachers use some form of IT within the classroom at some point.

Here is a list of some of the skills that they would be required to know to enable them to carry out a lesson using IT.

Some basic skills are required before a teacher can even start, these are:

How to use a computer
Basic word processing
How to create a presentation
How to use a printer
How to use a projector
How to link a computer to a printer and projector
How to access the internet
How to search the internet for the information required

From these skills a teacher needs to progress to having intermediate skills such as:

How to make a video
How to turn the audio on/off for the lesson
How to download and store information
Know about security
How to cite where the information comes from
How to do a backup and where the information is stored
Learn about the schools policies regarding internet and presentations

Then of course, once the teacher has intermediate skills they need advanced skills such as:

Create and develop resources
How to share resources with learners (and other staff if required)
Know which platforms to use/access
Trouble shooting
What to do if you get a virus

The list goes on. Not only do they have to know how to do this they also have to know other things. For example is the content suitable for the age range. Is the audio set to low/high, is the contrast correct, is the font size used appropriate, does it follow the curriculum etc. etc. etc.

Another aspect a teacher would need to know would be the tools to use in an application. For example if the learners had to use change photos into cartoons. There are lots of different tools/sites one could use but I tried cartoonize,net. This however took me to another site, Mywebface.net. The result was not what I thought it would be and after waiting five minutes for the caricature picture to download I gave up. Have you ever tried one of these and if so which one was it and what was the result?

So another thing teachers have to do is to use the software tools to see if the learners would be able to use them too. They also need to be aware of the software that they download.

Here is a tweet with a link you may wish to look at:
https://twitter.com/glenys_jane

Glenys-Jane Harvey @glenys_jane ·

Kharbach, M. (2012). The 20 digital skills teachers should have. Retrieved from http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/33-digital-skills-every-21st-century.html … … #vmvdlt @medkh9