Professional Communication in Education with ICT

Running Head: PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
Name of Student
Name of University
Author’s Note

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Activity 8.1
I belong to the Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE) processional
network. ACCE is a professional body of national level. It has been found for the people who are
involved in usage of communication and information technology in the field of education
(Morgan, Sheard & Butler, 2015). It includes the educators who provide tuitions on the subjects
regarding information technology or computing technology. It is also found for the teachers who
want to improve the outcome of student learning with the help of ICT. ACCE aims in
encouraging as well as maintaining the level and quality of excellence in the area of endeavor all
over Australia. Every state as well as territory owns their own independent association (Morgan,
Sheard & Butler, 2015). These associations advance the development in professional area of the
members in the usage of learning technologies in the education.
ICT has been very common in most of the businesses, teaching profession has also been
benefitted by the advantages provided by ICT. It helps the teachers to boost their professional
development (Moore, 2016). The usage of ICT in professional development of teachers can be
divided into three parts. First is a focus of study. It develops the ability of the teachers to use
necessary tools of ICT for delivering knowledge to the students. Internet is one of the ICT tools
that can be used by teachers in order to teach students regarding any subject. Second is a delivery
system. This system provides teachers with information that helps them to improve pedagogy as

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well as content mastery (Moore, 2016). With the help of this system they are able to acquire
more knowledge regarding any subject which in turn will help them to deliver complete and
perfect knowledge to the students. The third category is a catalyst for newly developed forms of
learning and teaching. As time pass by, the system of teaching as well as learning become more
developed and there are certain changes in the system every time (Moore, 2016). The teachers
need to stay updated regarding the changes. Some changes include learning procedures that are
inquiry-based, collaborative learning and many other forms of learning. In brief, it can be said
that professional development under ICT has three categories, they are
 Learning how to use ICT
 Learning through ICT
 Integration of the usage of ICT in teacher learning and teaching.
Activity 8.2
ICT can be used in a teaching profession for various purposes. One of the major purposes
is to meet the needs of students as well as teachers. Some uses are as follows
 Use of ICT as tools for presentation such as LCD projectors, electronic whiteboards,
television and many more. Students are provided their academic classes with the use of