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When it comes to technology integration planning, early childhood education parent involvement is essential in establishing a starting point for learning for every generation of digital natives that comes into your learning environment. Learn what you can do help parents and families understand what you do and why today. Embrace parent involvement in early childhood education today.
High impact teaching strategies provide the research-based roadmap for effective practice, but the real challenge is knowing how to bring them to life with technology. That’s why I first introduced what these strategies are and why they matter, before showing you how they come alive inside the ICT in Education Teacher Academy through workshops, lesson plans, and the Success Path — your guided journey to learn, apply, and reflect. The final step is understanding ICT teaching strategies themselves, the engine that powers high impact teaching in your classroom. Together, these three parts show why the membership is the place to confidently integrate technology, grow your practice, and transform learning in early childhood and primary education.
When early childhood educator Talia began integrating digital technology into her classroom, she quickly realised that confident tech teaching wasn’t about mastering tools—it was about mastering support. This article follows her transformation using scaffolding strategies that promoted independence, creativity, and critical thinking in young children. With real-world examples of scaffolding in early childhood education and ICT-rich activities, you'll learn how responsive teaching and intentional scaffolding can empower both you and your learners.
Finding new and exciting activities to develop fine motor skills in preschoolers can sometimes feel like a challenge. You want activities that are engaging, practical, and effective—but where do you start? Here, we’ve put together some of the best fine motor skills activities for preschoolers and kindergarten children that combine technology with hands-on learning. These activities are designed to build coordination, precision, and creativity while keeping young learners interested and motivated.
By being a member of the ICT in Education Teacher Academy, you not only access these valuable activities but also gain the structured support needed to implement them effectively. From using Bee Bots to enhance motor coordination to engaging children with creative name-writing on tablets, each activity becomes a pathway to professional growth. Discover how to develop fine motor skills in early childhood with purpose and success!
You can promote higher order thinking skills primary school when choosing employ these strategies to integrate digital technology into key learning areas and developing ICT capability today.
Formative assessment is more than just collecting data—it’s about responding to the way children and students learn in real-time. This comprehensive article explores why formative assessment is essential in both early childhood and primary school settings, especially when integrating ICT and digital technologies into teaching and learning environments.
🔹 In early childhood education, you’ll discover:
The importance of observation as a foundational assessment tool
The different types of observation in early childhood education
Real examples of how formative assessment strategies are applied during digital play-based learning using Bee Bots, storytelling apps, and digital drawing
How to assess children's growing ICT capability through everyday interactions with technology
🔹 In the primary school section, we unpack:
What formative assessment looks like in ICT-rich classrooms
Practical, subject-integrated examples of formative assessment in primary schools using literacy and technology
How to use observation, portfolios, feedback, and the Australian Curriculum’s ICT Capability Continuum for planning and reporting
Both sections highlight how educators can use the resources and structured support found inside the ICT in Education Teacher Academy, including the Early Years workshop ‘Observation and Documenting ICT Learning’ and the Primary workshop ‘Formative Assessment in Primary Schools’. Members also gain access to downloadable resources, professional workbooks, and ongoing support to confidently assess and track digital learning across age groups.
Discover the real advantages and disadvantages of technology in education—including in early childhood settings. Learn how educators can overcome common barriers like limited access, screen time concerns, and planning uncertainty. Two in-depth blogs explore how to maximise the benefits of ICT while minimising drawbacks—featuring real member journeys, downloadable lesson plans, and step-by-step support inside the ICT in Education Teacher Academy.
Personalised learning with ICT empowers educators to respond to each child’s interests, abilities, and pace — from adapting hands-on digital activities in the early years to designing complex, curriculum-linked projects in primary school. In early childhood, it’s about capturing moments of curiosity and extending them through responsive, play-based technology use. In primary, it’s about giving students agency, using adaptive digital tools, and building higher-order skills like creativity and critical thinking. Across both stages, the ICT in Education Teacher Academy provides the planning templates, differentiated lesson plans, observation tools, and reflection prompts you need to make personalised learning an everyday reality.
Outdoor Classroom Day is coming soon! With technology being as much a part of a child's world as literacy and numeracy, here are some helpful tips to help you stress less and be able to optimise the use of tech in outdoors today.
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