1. ICT in teaching psychology Matt Jarvis

2. Why use ICT? To acculturate students to useful ICT To satisfy QCDA & Ofsted requirements To enhance the quality of student learning A blend of pragmatic & idealistic reasons

3. Potential benefits of IT Prepares students to the ICT-based work environment Enables high impact transmission of information Provides opportunities for independent learning Caters for different learning styles and strategies Opens access to huge volume of searchable information Facilitates interaction with teacher, peers and software Engages disadvantaged students Using computers is neither necessary nor sufficient to achieve these

4. A tale of two species Papert (1996) => cyberostriches ignore ILT or don’t adapt their teaching to fit in with technological developments Jarvis (2006) => cyberlemmings leap into ILT without considering how they teach or how students learn

5. Principals of Effective learning Active Interactive Relevant Memorable Jarvis (2006) All these general principles apply to teaching with ICT ICT is always a tool, never the purpose

6. Keep it simple!

7. Think beyond the PowerPoint ceiling

8. Keep it free or very cheap ➲ I'm a total geek and I only pay for 2 things ➲ You can do virtually anything free on-line ➲ For almost every 'industry standard' piece of software there are free equivalents ➲ Some free software is better and more successful than commercial equivalents