Discussion of how pedagogical lens can assist teachers in making choices relating to ICT use in the classroom.

A pedagogical lens can assist teachers significantly in making choices relating to ICT use in the classroom, and there are many different ways this can be done.

One AMAZING piece of technology available to most teachers in the 21^st century is a smartboard. A smartboard can be used in a number of ways, and in particular for me, is very handy when working as a science teacher, in or out of a lab. One particular attribute I found quite useful was the tool to create a virtual dissection, which is of a frog. To have to do an actual live dissection on a real frog can be quite daunting, smelly and messy, and to be honest I remember back when I was in high school many student’s would refuse to participate. So having the tool of being able to use the smartboard in this situation is extremely beneficial when demonstrating the outcomes of a frog dissection.

Another useful ICT tool are student’s laptops and software. These days having a student laptop is the norm, compared to 15 - 20 years ago when it was pen and paper. To not have the availability of laptops in classrooms in the 21^st century is basically a disadvantage to both the students and teachers with all the technology available throughout the syllabus, as all syllabus documents contain specific reference to the use of ICT’s.