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Asia capable teacher pathway

Asia capable teacher 
- Leading Asia capability 
Asia capable curriculum 
- Opportunities to include Asia 
- Intercultural understanding 
- Designing an Asia capable curriculum 
- Pedagogy and assessment 
- Defining Asia 
Using ICT 
- Integrated ICT 
Leading learning 

How do teachers use ICT to support a curriculum for Asia capability?

INVESTIGATE ICT capability in the Australian curriculum.

CONSIDER resources to support the integration of ICT.

EXPLORE frameworks for ICT integration in curriculum planning.

REVIEW the use of ICT within teaching and learning programmes.

Information and communication technology - ICT

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enables Asia capable teachers to select and use ICT with effective teaching strategies to expand learning opportunities and content knowledge for all students, connecting students with peers in Asia and utilizing a range of resources that connect the classroom to Asia.

Adapted from AITSL: Australian Professional Standards for Teachers

ICT elements

The Asia Literacy and Teacher Workforce Report showed how the development of Asia capabilities in Australian schools today is essentially intertwined with the use of ICT. The report also argued that a key feature of Asia capable teachers is their use of ICT in the studies of Asia and Asian languages classroom.

From AITSL: Asia Literacy and the Australian Teaching Workforce Report

The ICT capability of the Australian Curriculum is organised around the five interrelated elements of:

From the Australian Curriculum: ICT Organising Elements

The table below features examples of Asia-focused activities aligned to the ICT capability.

ICT organising elements	Asia-focused activities
Investigate Asia	Explore contemporary Asia through online newspapers: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam Walk the streets of Asia with Google Maps or a Trip Around Asia with Google Earth Investigate Asia for Educators Journey into the lives of women from across Asia in Mama-Asia Explore the Art of Asia and discover exhibition on Asia across a number of Museums
Communicate with Asia	Use collaborative platforms like Wordpress or Wikispaces for a shared online classroom Share resources and comments on a Studies of Asia blog Learn with experts through Skype education Talk with peers in Asia through apps like Viber, Tango or FaceTime Try ideas about Pen Pals in the 21st Century from Edutopia Mystery Skype can be great way to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills whilst connecting two classrooms globally
Create with Asia	Create music and culture through Sound Infusion or podcasts with SoundCloud Document a shared history of Asia and Australia with Making History Create videos with GoAnimate, Tellagami or Animoto Post an InstaGram Photo Journal Create a visual tour through Google Tour Builder
Managing and operating ICTs for Asia	Manage knowledge with Evernote, OneNote or Diigo Gather resources like Pinterests of Southeast or Central Asia
Social and ethical protocols and practices	Engage students in exploring Digital Citizenship from Edutopia Posting to peers in Asia? See what Google says about Managing your Online Reputation or Australia on the CyberSmart site. How can we develop student fluencies? Try GlobalDigitalCitizen’s Fluency Snapshot

Acknowledgements

Images: ICT icon – AEF; ICT capability – adapted from ACARA

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Asia capable teacher pathway

How do teachers use ICT to support a curriculum for Asia capability?

Information and communication technology - ICT

ICT elements

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