Anaru-ICT Reflection Term 3 2009

ICT has been a major component of our class program this term. ICT has been used extensively with our numeracy and literacy.  For example, the class IWB has been used as our modeling book for numeracy this term while exploring number strategies and more recently measurement and area. The software provides students with the opportunity to manipulate and then save tools on the IWB which can demonstrate their learning and understanding.  Students have commented during numeracy time that using the IWB has made numeracy more enjoyable and has helped with their learning during numeracy. 

The great number of websites that are available to reinforce numeracy learning has also been very beneficial in class too, as this has become a regular part of our numeracy rotation. This has reinforced new learning as well as maintained previous knowledge too.

In literacy the internet has become a regular part of our literacy rotation, either through reinforcing students spelling or a certain concept that we have covered in reading. The wickEd website through the www. tki.org.nz has been hugely beneficial for students motivation in reading as well as their comprehension strategies. In addition to these benefits students have become more confident in using the internet as a resource for information.

Students have become a lot more confident using ICT to record their learning during reading as they are required to regularly reflect on their learning and progress during literacy time. 

In summary ICT has been very beneficial for our student's learning and motivation in Room 4 this term.