First Blog Post – Changing Practice
I’m currently looking at the possibility of changing the way we teach ICT in our school. I work in a special school, some children with moderate learning difficulties and a growing number with behavioural problems. I think our children would benefit more from ‘playing’ or experimenting with ICT to produce something relevant to them rather than just ploughing through the curriculum writing letters and making graphs. Surely these things could be done in English and Maths! However, i’m not sure if I can get away with doing this.
The first reason for my apprehension is the worry that we won’t cover the curriculum properly and I’ll end up in trouble with OFSTED (I’m sure every NQT’s biggest fear is OFSTED). The second reason is that I’ve only been qualified for a few months and I will be trying to get experienced teachers to use ICT who don’t want to. Tricky Stuff. Thankfully the school has teachers who really want to help get this new way of working off the ground.
More updates soon…
