Explanation of how a depth of curriculum knowledge also supports the decision making process relating to ICT use in the classroom.

Having a deep understanding of curriculum knowledge is knowing the outcome you want for your students and being aware of what tools you need to use to get there.

Being a teacher, you need to be able to use as many resources as you can to help guide the path for your students. There are many resources out there available, but guess where you can easily access resources, mostly, for free? If you guessed the internet, you guessed right.

Having being in the 21^st century we already know how dependant we are on technology, let alone the students that I will be teaching are teenagers who are the digital natives.

Digital natives CAN and WILL multitask with various IT tools, whether they are surfing the net whilst listening to their Ipod, or texting, watching a movie whilst skyping. If you present anything less in your classroom, students will become bored quite easily.

In saying that most, if not all, students are digital natives, what does that make everyone else? Digital Immigrants? For teachers to be able to feel comfortable in incorporating ICT use in the classroom they need to be up to speed themselves on all assets of technology.

If you look at the different models of the curriculum, the one model that stands out to me particularly is the Emergent curriculum. This particular model works with student’s needs and wants, allowing the students to reach the outcomes through their own style of learning.

Knowing that students are digital natives, and that they are so dependant on technology, it only makes sense that ICT should be used in the classroom if you are wanting the best outcome for your students.