Project-based Learning in ICT

The following article was written by a IT teacher blogging about more exciting ways of teaching ICT at school. ICT has been criticised heavily in recent months by the government and in the media with computing being cited as a better qualification. It is an interesting personal account from a practitioner researcher with the main trust being that ICT should be taught more discretely through independent projects facilitated by the teacher.

I like this approach but can't help thinking that the divisive timetable structure between subjects areas only serves to isolate the true potential of ICT and its cross curricular potential.

If there was more access to ICT facilities by subject specialists and the possibility of team teaching, then I'm sure that it would be used more creatively.

Here's the link to the article:

http://largerama.creativeblogs.net/2012/04/02/why-ict-should-still-be-taught-in-schools-and-a-way-to-do-it-properly/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter