I have seen ICT being used here at FPS on a daily basis by students, staff and whanau. It's very encouraging to observe and I am so proud to share this with any visitors to our school. Just yesterday an ex-pupil came for a visit and as we walked through the school she made a comment that we have heaps of computers in the school (7-11 in each class). She also stated how confident the kids were as they were using the computers for a variety of reasons. We saw students publishing stories about favourite family members, others graphing their dream house into a floor plan, some were on the blogsite adding comments about the great Whanau Hauora Day we had last week, and some were listening and watching Utube childrens songs. Of course that was just a typical moment in the life of our school.
I think one of the major benefits of ICT at our school has been the increased confidence that our students possess in being able to access ICT, understand what it can do to enhance their own knowledge and skills, manipulating it, transforming it and producing outcomes which they created with the teacher as the facilitator - this is 21st Century learning in action, this is inquiry, this is the NZ curriculum.
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