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ICT Policies and Safety Issues in Teaching and Learning

Here are some key discoveries from my research on other schools' ICT policies and best practices: - Supervision of internet use: Many schools require teachers to supervise student internet sessions to minimize risks of exposure to inappropriate material. - Filtering software: Schools commonly use filtering software to block inappropriate websites and content. - Restrictions on software: Several policies forbid students from uploading or downloading software without teacher approval to prevent virus spread. - BYOD policies: Some schools allow bring-your-own-device but have strict usage guidelines around internet access, software, and content viewing. - Digital citizenship: Many schools emphasize teaching digital citizenship curricula to promote safe, responsible and ethical technology use.

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ICT Policies and Safety Issues in Teaching and Learning

Here are some key discoveries from my research on other schools' ICT policies and best practices: - Supervision of internet use: Many schools require teachers to supervise student internet sessions to minimize risks of exposure to inappropriate material. - Filtering software: Schools commonly use filtering software to block inappropriate websites and content. - Restrictions on software: Several policies forbid students from uploading or downloading software without teacher approval to prevent virus spread. - BYOD policies: Some schools allow bring-your-own-device but have strict usage guidelines around internet access, software, and content viewing. - Digital citizenship: Many schools emphasize teaching digital citizenship curricula to promote safe, responsible and ethical technology use.

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ICT Policies and Safety Issues in Teaching and

Learning

Lesson 1

ICT National or International Policies That are


Applicable to Teaching and Learning

Activity:

1. Write down the policies and suggest what to do to implement the ICT in
Education policy first at the national level (all schools) and then how to
implement the policy in our classroom.

ANS. Eight policy themes are commonly identified in educational technology policies
around the world. These relates to (1) Vision and planning, (2) ICT infrastructure, (3)
teachers, (4) skills and competencies, (5) learning resources, (6) EMIS, (7) monitoring and
evaluation, and lastly (8) equity, inclusion, and safety.
Lesson 2 Safety issues in ICT

Activity:

1. Write a critique paper critically examining the implementation process of


technology integration about ICTs in education in not less than 200 words.

ANS. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) includes computers, the Internet, and
electronic delivery systems such as radios, televisions, and projectors among others, and is
widely used in today’s education field. Kent and Facer (2004) indicated that school is an
important environment in which students participate in a wide range of computer activities, while
the home serves as a complementary site for regular engagement in a narrower set of computer
activities. Increasingly, ICT is being applied successfully in instruction, learning, and assessment.
ICT is considered a powerful tool for educational change and reform. A number of previous
studies have shown that an appropriate use of ICT can raise educational quality and connect
learning to real-life situations (Lowther, et al. 2008; Weert and Tatnall 2005). As Weert and
Tatnall (2005) have pointed out, learning is an ongoing lifelong activity where learners change
their expectations by seeking knowledge, which departs from traditional approaches. As time
goes by, they will have to expect and be willing to seek out new sources of knowledge. Skills in
using ICT will be an indispensable prerequisite for these learners.

ICT tends to expand access to education. Through ICT, learning can occur any time and
anywhere. Online course materials, for example, can be accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a
week. Teleconferencing classrooms allow both learner and teacher to interact simultaneously
with ease and convenience. Based on ICT, learning and teaching no longer depend exclusively
on printed materials. Multiple resources are abundant on the Internet, and knowledge can be
acquired through video clips, audio sounds, visual presentation and so on. Current research has
indicated that ICT assists in transforming a teaching environment into a learner-centered one
(Castro Sánchez and Alemán 2011). Since learners are actively involved in the learning
processes in ICT classrooms, they are authorized by the teacher to make decisions, plans, and
so forth (Lu, Hou and Huang 2010). ICT therefore provides both learners and instructors with
more educational affordances and possibilities. More specific benefits of using ICT in education
are described below.
Lesson 3

Uses of ICT Policies in the Teaching


and Learning Environment

Activity:

2. You will research other schools‘ ICT policies and best practices by surfing
the World Wide Web and write down your discoveries using the graphic
organizer.

Internet
sessionsmust
besupervised
by the
teacher.

Filtering software
willbe used in order
tominimize the risks
Other Virus
ofexposure schools‘ ICT protection
toinappropriate policies and
material.
best practices

Uploading
anddownloading
ofsoftware
withoutapproval
isforbidden.

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