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// “Fairy Tales are more than just children's stories, because behind all the fantasy and wonder, there's always a moral connected to reality. The stories were created, and were then passed on from generation to generation, to teach society about lessons in life.” //
 * //Kelly Moung//**

Our Understanding **

The creation of and ICT Wikispace and the ICT project provides an opportunity to experiment and develop and understanding of how ICT can transform learning and teaching experiences. Through this we were able to produce a sequence of lessons that contained rich technology based learning experiences. Our Wiki space can serve as a resource to us and other students in the same area of study. Through this project we were able to discover the various ways in which incorporating ICT caters to the diverse learning styles of students.

· Internet · Internet Access · Computers (one per student) · Inspiration Software · Interactive Whiteboard · Word Software · Comic Life Software
 * ICT Tool, Resources and Equipment Used **

These ICT tools are designed to provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate social constructivism through self learning which in the long run, aids in developing their knowledge of the chosen subject. These lessons are sequential, requiring students to recall on previous knowledge to complete the task at hand.

The use of inspiration allows students to brainstorm and express their ideas. It takes into account the diverse learning style of students (Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences) and enables students to easily create and update concept and idea maps. Comic Life also takes into account the diverse learning style of students, support visual thinking techniques and is a fun way to engage the students in their learning. Cognitive learning tools such as Word and use of the Interactive Whiteboard have been incorporated across all lessons.

All the chosen tasks for our ICT Integration Project relate and are based on English reading (contextual understanding) Learning Area Outcomes.
 * Learning Area Outcomes **

Task one’s LAO is readers identify the main idea of a stor y and retell events in sequence. Creating a story sequence with pictures and text relates directly to this outcome.

Task two and three’s LAO is Readers recognise main characters and general character traits, offer opinions on characters and events. Creating character profiles and designing questions to ask certain characters supports this LAO as it requires students to analyse how certain characters act and how they are portrayed.

The Final task in our ICT Integration Project’s LAO is stories have plots, settings and characters and can represent real or imaginary experiences. The task of comparing and contrasting the characters, setting and aspects of varies fairytales ensures students thinking about these recurring factors in fairytales.




 * Lesson Plans**