1. New technologies, new opportunities, new challenges Tim Brosnan Institute of Education University of London Presentation at the conference ‘Planning and Connecting in the Science Curriculum’ Radenci, Slovenia 16-18 December 2001

2. The opportunities: enhancing learning by using ICT to Find Collect Evaluate Explore Visualise Communicate Scientific ideas and information

3. The challenges: to develop A vision of how ICT can help our pupils learn The technical skills and capabilities to start using ICT with confidence The organisation skills required to use the technologies effectively - including developing a new role for ourselves in the classroom Not to forget our pedagogic aims and values

4. The opportunity: finding information by asking The challenge: not to wander meaninglessly in hyperspace

5. The opportunity: finding information from a portal The challenge: what is my role?

6. The opportunity: collecting information from an experiment The challenge: not to use a hammer to crack a nut

7. The opportunity: evaluating information The challenge: to use information not (just) copy it

8. The opportunity: exploring ideas through modelling The challenge: to relate models and reality

9. The opportunity: visualising phenomena The challenge: to value substance over style

10. The opportunity: pupils communicating information The challenge: to value capability more than skills

11. The opportunity: teachers communicating ideas The challenge: to weed out the useful

12. Summary Key opportunity: to use new tools to achieve old pedagogic aims in a way that has never before been possible Key challenge: to reconsider our role and develop new pedagogic practices

13. Further information http://www.ioe.ac.uk/scitech/Staff/TB/slovenia/