1. New technologies, new opportunities, new challenges
Introduction to the Science MA session
23rd May 2002
Tim Brosnan
Institute of Education
University of London

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: learning to ask

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. End note - why bother?
What is the evidence that ICT raises pupil attainment in science?
Is this the reason to use it?
If not - what is? (Other than ‘motivation’)