ICT Essentials for Teachers - Zimbabwe

Topic outline

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  General

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  • Announcements Forum
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  ICT Essentials for Teachers (Full Course)

  • ICT Essentials for Teachers (Zimbabwe) SCORM package
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  Module 1: Hardware

  • The aim of this module is that, upon completion, teachers will be able to demonstrate the use of common computer hardware. By the end of this module, teachers should be able to apply basic ICT concepts and identify computer parts and peripherals.

  • ICT Essentials for Teachers (Zimbabwe): Module 1: Hardware SCORM package
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  Module 2: Basic computer maintenance and troubleshooting

  • This module is designed to provide teachers with the skills and competencies needed to perform basic troubleshooting and computer maintenance.

  • ICT Essentials for Teachers (Zimbabwe): Module 2: Basic maintenance and troubleshooting SCORM package
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  Module 3: Educational Internet

  • The aim of this module is that, upon completion, you will be able to describe the functions of the internet in the teaching and learning process as well as demonstrate the ability to use the internet. 

  • ICT Essentials for Teachers (Zimbabwe): Module 3: Educational Internet SCORM package
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  Module 4.1: Microsoft Word

  • This course is designed to provide teachers with the skills and competencies in understanding the concepts, and use, of Microsoft Word in education.

  • ICT Essentials for Teachers (Zimbabwe): Module 4.1: Microsoft Word SCORM package
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  Module 4.2 Microsoft PowerPoint

  • This course is designed to provide teachers with the skills and competencies needed to understand presentation software such as MS PowerPoint (or Google Slides) and be able to create a presentation using this tool. 

  • ICT Essentials for Teachers (Zimbabwe); Module 4.2: MS PowerPoint SCORM package
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  Module 4.3 Microsoft Excel

  • This course is designed to provide teachers with the skills and competencies needed to use ICT to support class administration through the keeping of a digital class record system using a spreadsheet package.

  • ICT Essentials for Teachers (Zimbabwe): Module 4.3: MS Excel SCORM package
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  Module 5: e-Mail and Social Media

  • This course is designed to provide teachers with the skills and competencies needed to effectively use the internet including e-mail, search and social media functions, in classwork.

  • ICT Essentials for Teachers (Zimbabwe): Module 5: e-Mail & social media SCORM package
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  Module 6: ICT and the physical environment

  • This course is designed to provide teachers with the skills and competencies needed to integrate ICT into the learning environment and manage the use of supplementary ICT resources with individuals and small groups.

  • ICT Essentials for Teachers (Zimbabwe): Module 6: ICT and the physical environment SCORM package
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  Module 7: ICT in support of traditional pedagogy

  • This course is designed to provide teachers with the skills and competencies needed to incorporate the use of ICT into learning and teaching processes to support the acquisition of learning area content and skills.

  • ICT Essentials for Teachers (Zimbabwe): Module 7: ICT in support of traditional pedagogy SCORM package
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  Module 8: Project-based Learning (PBL)

  • This course is designed to provide teachers with the skills and competencies needed to manage the learners’ project-based learning (PBL) activities in a technology-enhanced environment to support collaboration.

  • ICT Essentials for Teachers (Zimbabwe): Module 8: Project based learning (PBL) SCORM package
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  Module 9: ICT and the curriculum

  • This course is designed to provide teachers with the skills and competencies needed to demonstrate how various ICT's can be used to support the teaching of the curriculum.

  • ICT Essentials for Teachers (Zimbabwe): Module 9: ICT and the curriculum SCORM package
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  Module 10: ICT to support assessment

  • This course is designed to provide teachers with the skills and competencies needed to demonstrate how various ICT can be used in the curriculum and also used to improve assessment.
    

  • ICT Essentials for Teachers (Zimbabwe): Module 10: ICT to support assessment SCORM package
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  Module 11: ICT and policy

  • This course is designed to provide teachers with the skills and competencies needed to demonstrate how existing and planned national policies related to ICT impact classroom practices and vice versa.

  • ICT Essentials for Teachers (Zimbabwe): Module 11: ICT and policy SCORM package
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  Module 12: ICT and professional development

  • This course is designed to provide teachers with the skills and competencies needed to be able to locate and use resources that will assist in providing professional development opportunities.

  • ICT Essentials for Teachers (Zimbabwe): Module 12: ICT and professional development SCORM package
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  Conclusion

  • Attribution

    The following OER were adapted to create this Zimbabwe ICT Essentials for Teachers Course:

    • Ministry of Education Rwanda. (2018). ICT Essentials for Teachers. Available on MoodleCloud here (CC BY-SA)
      
    • Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Kenya. (2017). Kenyan ICT CFT Course. Available online here. (CC BY-SA) 
    • Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Management. (2019). Teacher ICT Integration Course. Available online here. (CC BY-SA)

    
    References

    The following web resources have been linked to as a component of this course:
    

    • Goodwill Community Foundation. (2021). GCFLearnFree Technology Tutorials. Available online here (C - free to use and access)

    
    Open license

    ICT Essentials for Teachers (Zimbabwe) by the Zimbabwean Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is licensed under under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.