ICT skills for graduate teachers: self-directed learning

The effective integration of ICT in the school and classroom can both transform pedagogy and empower students. It is important that teachers are able to successfully weave technology into learning projects.

Level of familiarity with ICT will naturally differ among beginning teachers. This site is designed to help you learn at your own level and pace to further develop your competency and confidence in the use of ICT. Below are a number of real-world scenarios or tasks you may encounter in your day-to-day work as a teacher. By clicking on a task you can access a range of tutorials and resources that will help you to further integrate ICT into your teaching and learning.

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To navigate all tutorials by technology, use the left-hand menu.

Browse by task

To find tutorials for a particular teaching task, browse the table below.

	Purpose	Type
	Animating diagrams in PowerPoint	Lesson preparation
	Building web animations	Lesson preparation
	Compiling a mark book	Administration
	Conducting a lesson using interactive whiteboards	Teaching and learning
	Conducting a presentation to stakeholders	Communication
	Conducting a presentation in class	Teaching and learning
	Conducting an online class or discussion	Teaching and learning
	Creating a quiz on PowerPoint using buttons and hyperlinks	Teaching and learning
	Creating a school newsletter or newspaper	Communication
	Creating a school publication	Communication
	Creating a talking book	Teaching and learning
	Creating a WebQuest	Lesson preparation
	Creating a worksheet	Lesson preparation
	Downloading images from the Internet	Lesson preparation
	Drawing a chart	Lesson preparation
	Drawing a table	Lesson preparation
	Inserting a video into a PowerPoint presentation	Lesson preparation
	Inserting pictures into an existing document	Lesson preparation
	Lesson notes	Teaching and learning
	Mail merge to create certificates	Teaching and learning
	Mail merge to create letters to parents	Communication
	Teaching students to write a report	Teaching and learning