Session+4

You are investigating one particular essential element (as assigned). Look at the 6 skills in the new ICT in the PYP document. What effect do these skills have on your element? For your curriculum? You're looking for anything positive/negative/interesting.

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Etherpad Summary:

 How do the ICT skills effect the **concepts** ?  How do the ICT skills effect the Skills How do the ICT skills effect the Attitudes  How do the ICT skills effect Action: How do the ICT skills affect Knowledge?
 * GOOD QUESTION!
 * -Are we looking at the skills through the lens of concepts or concepts through the lens of skills?
 * -Can you map them or represent them on a matrix?
 * -ICT as the means to connect and collaborate to deepen understanding and reflect perspective.
 * -In thinking about this question are we thinking about the concepts individually or holistically?
 * -Does this change the concepts or just change how students go about learning the concept?
 * Most of the ICT transdisciplinary skills are related to and require an understanding of the existing transdisciplinary skills.
 * By addressing on one of the ICT skills you know that you have hit upon one of the six essential agreements.
 * Investigating = Independence, confidence and curiosity
 * Creating = Confident, Creativity, Appreciation, Enthusiasm,
 * Communicating = Cooperating, Empathy, Respect, Tolerance
 * Collaborating = Empathay, Tolerance, Respect, Empathy, Integrity, Commitment
 * Organising= Commitment, Independence, creativity
 * Becoming Responsible digital citizen = Apprecition, COmmitment, Confidence, Cooperation, Creativity, Curiosity, Empathy, Enthusiasm, Independence, Integrity, Respect, Tolerance
 * Reseaching is a good way for children to show action and spread awaremess - Children have inquired into sponsoring animals and extend their learning to educate other students / world.
 * Communicating - Action through communication - Skyping, forums, social networking, emailing, blogs, etc.
 * Action through collaborating - creating dialougue, editing and collaborating throgh editing.
 * Responsible digital citizens - Students click on an icon that enables them to report inappropriate content.
 * Organisation of action - taking action by disagreement with other students on forums.
 * INVESTIGATING
 * -it is a challenge for that extra knowledge to analyze and synthesize valid information that they are inquiring about
 * -where do students go and choose their sources when so many are available
 * CREATING
 * -all the different mode to share their knowledge nowaday is a challenge to choose what to share and what is the most efficient way to share
 * -which tools to use for the different audience based on different purposes
 * -finding the balance of creating with their new knowledge and not just focus on the style of presentation
 * -teachers need to have new understanding of assessing knowledge with different ways of presentations:differentiation
 * COMMUNICATING
 * -how your knowledge is now constructed with the access to a global audience and network
 * -tools allow ESL learners to communicate their ideas in an easier way
 * -communication becomes a conversation and it's two ways which makes knowledge a conversation
 * COLLABORATING
 * -Sharing your knowledge becomes easier and it's far more powerful with children
 * -makes them more accountable learners when they know that their knowledge can be communicated with others
 * ORGANIZING
 * -taking the knowledge and be able to organize it so that it's flexible and easier transfer the information
 * BECOMING RESPONSIBLE DIGITAL CITIZENS
 * -knowing the copyright and cybersafety issues and their responsibilities and the behaviour -how they choose to represent themselves online