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__**Rubric**__

It is our understanding that through this ICT integration project, we will be required to engage students and challenge their thought process via the use of different technologies that both adhere to the curriculum and encourages ICT as a tool in assisting students to learn.

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 * MindMap**




 * Project Plan**




 * Forward Planning Document**

In our 4 lesson sequence, we will be using an online text poll, multimedia clips from a range of sources from the web, interactive activities from The Learning Federation and SpiderScribe for collaborative work as we feel these forms of ICT best suit our intended objectives while being interactive, fun, non-intrusive and educational. These three forms of ICT are useful to both us and the students, with each form having different advantages that help tie our objectives together as a whole.
 * ICT to be used**


 * The poll/mobile phones: interactive, fun, good way to finish lesson, non-intrusive, good way to see if people learnt what they were meant to.
 * Multimedia clips eg. Youtube: educational, quick, covers content well and often explained better than we can, students like using it.
 * Interactive activities from the learning federation: interactive, fun, interesting, something different,
 * SpiderScribe for group brainstorm activity. Groups investigate different parts of a system and their role, post it on the brainstorm and everyone can use and view it. Good tool to use for collaborative work simultaneously

Piaget suggested that people develop knowledge through the interaction from an interaction between their experiences and their ideas. In this way interaction is very important for students to learn, especially from their peers. In our WebQuest we are planning on using multiple small group activities to further student understanding and peer to peer learning.
 * Evidence-based Learning Theories**

Piaget and other social constructivists talk about the importance and influence the background of a learner has on the meanings they take from different information and experiences. This makes it apparent that everyone is different and thus learns in different ways. Roy Killen said that no one strategy will work for all students on any one day; this is why we are attempting to provide multiple methods for students to reach the desired conclusions. We plan to have a number of different resources available to students that won’t simply provide the answer, but encourage them to read, think and create their own understanding. ICT is a part of this but certainly won’t be the only tool for teaching we will use.

Originally introduced by Bruner, ‘scaffolding’ is a concept that we would like to incorporate in our teaching style. We wish to use key questions and interesting ideas to motivate students to think and research outside the information provided. Having resources that the students can interact with and presenting the content in an interesting manner will go a long way in helping gain student interest and autonomy, so as teachers we can guide. Applying blooms taxonomy is a good way to encourage further thought and intrigue using open ended questions which should lead to a deeper understanding.