My reflection of ICT so far...

23/10/12 - Well, where do I start...

I am 25 years old and am currently a trainee teacher. I was born and breed in LDN with my ancestral history from the spiritual land of India.







































I am currently studying @ Middlesex University (AKA MDX) in Hendon. My first month has been very challenging in regards to balancing my social and educational aspects of life which are both as important as each other....











I am a big football fan and follow the greatest team on the planet, Manchester United. I know i'm a Londoner who supports Manchester United, how original. Why I support Manchester United started in the summer of 1995. I went to stay at my uncles house in Aston-Under-Lyne in Greater Manchester. My cousins were huge supporters of Manchester United and explained the history of this great club, telling me everything from how Man United were the first English team to lift the European Cup (now called the UEFA Champions League) and the tragic story of the infamous 'Busby Babes'. This was all I had to hear before I pledged my allegiance to the men in red. My favourite football player of all time is Ryan Giggs as he has created so many great memories for me. The amazing run in the 1999 FA Cup Semi Final against our bitter rivals Arsenal where he scored after taking on literally the whole squad will be forever ingrained in my memory.




The Digital Era

From the first computer as early as the 1980's , man has thrived in the digital technology era. From the early technologies of the Atari and the Commodore 64 we moved over to the Internet and now we have some of the most advanced gadgetry ever created. As the children of today are all too familiar with the Ipad's and the Playstation's it makes sense in incorporating this technology in today's education. Many schools are committing themselves financial to provide as much technical aids in the classroom as possible. This has brought in the astonishing Interactive Whiteboards in to almost 95% of all schools. This technology has rejuvenated the classrooms giving an interactive element to lessons in the classroom. Teachers now have the ability to share online resources and have interactive tasks such as number grids for Mathematics and Audio-books for English and tips of their fingers. On top of this, children in schools are encouraged to introduce Blogging, Podcasting and Vodcasting on the World Wide Web. This has therefore put a great importance on e-safety. Schools have now got to appoint someone to be responsible for e-safety.  The role of e-safety entails preventing the children from the following:

• viewing unsuitable content e.g. hate material, adult content, sites that endorse unhealthy behaviour
• giving out personal information
• arranging to meet an online 'friend'
• becoming involved in, or the victim of, bullying, identity theft, or making and sending indecent or illegal images
• spending too much time online (internet addiction), which can effect concentration, sleep and health
• copying information from the Internet or buying work from other people to use as their own.