Technology for Learning – ICT
Ignite Your Digital Spark
Information and Communication Technology (ICT), including hardware and personal digital devices, software, and systems that manage, store, process, create, produce and communicate information, has become an important part of everyday life. ICT capabilities are integrated in our teaching, learning and assessment to equip K-12 students with the necessary knowledge and skills to use ICT effectively.
Explicit teaching of the knowledge, understanding and skills of Digital Technologies appears in the Science and Technology K–6 Syllabus and Technology Mandatory Years 7–8 Syllabuses. Digital Technologies is distinguished by providing students with the skills to become confident developers of digital solutions.
At Salamah College, Primary and High School students are provided with a range of interactive technology-enhanced learning experiences including:
- Explicitly teaching digital literacy and citizenship
- Promoting critical and creative thinking skills
- Supporting the development of effective student research and evaluation skills
- Using a range of learning platforms and digital tools effectively and appropriately
- Integrating digital and design technologies using robotics for coding across subjects
- Fostering STEM resources to enhance teaching and learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
- Digital Devices: K-12 classrooms equipped with Clever TouchInteractive Whiteboards, K-2 students can access IPADS during class time, and 3-12 students with individual laptops at a rental fee during their studies. K-12 students are provided with a school email and Ms Office 365.
- Learning Management Platforms: MOODLE
- Classroom Management Platform: CLASSDOJO
- Communication Management Platform: Sentral
- Design and Publishing Platform: CANVA
Subscriptions for Online Homework: Mathletics (K-6), Study Ladder (K-6), NAPLAN Literacy & Numeracy EXCEL Test Zone (Yr2 &4), Cambridge Maths (7-12)
