Information+Communication+Technology+ICT

One of the seven General Capabilities highlighted in the Australian Curriculum is ICT. Students continually develop their ICT capabilities through the effective and safe incorporation of ICT where they are able to create, communicate and investigate along their learning journey. This page has been dedicated to providing teachers in the Katherine region with up-to-date, innovative ideas and classroom practice around the use of ICT. A number of these sites have been aligned with the Australian Curriculum and are endorsed by ACARA.

**__Policy Updates__** The Department of Education - DoE and ICT for Learning have just released the **Social Media Policy** and **Social Media and Schools Guidelines.** It is important that Principals and school leaders are aware of and have an understanding of these documents and feed this information to all staff at their school. Please find a copy of each document below.



media type="custom" key="20549974" align="left" This resource has been created with the support of the Australian Government to illustrate the kinds of professional knowledge that facilitate teaching and learning in the 21st century. Please take a look at these great resources and lesson activities to ensure you are delivering innovative, high quality teaching and learning opportunities to our future leaders.

**__ iPad Apps for Learning in Early Childhood __** 19th June, 2012
 * __Using Your Smartboard__**
 * Presenter:** Amy Higgins
 * Location:** Katherine High School

__**ICT and the Australian Curriculum PD**__ 6th June, 2012
 * Presenters:** Georgina Gunson and Amy Higgins
 * Location:** Casuarina St Primary School

 Access Scootle for interactive, on-line learning objects that are aligned with the Australian Curriculum. Teachers can create and share learning paths to allow students to work at their own pace and to their individual learning requirements.

 An online formative and summative assessment tool. Questions are based on NAPLAN style questions. Teachers can use the tests already made or create unique tests using the questions online. The questions online are linked directly to scootles on-line learning objects to improve student learning outcomes.

 This selection of digital curriculum resources is a sample of some of the best resources from the thousands of items made available by the National Digital Learning Resources Network. The sample is designed to assist teachers find, use and adapt teaching and learning materials that are aligned to the Australian Curriculum subject areas for Foundation year to year 10.