UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers

I'll start by defining "framework"...

Framework: A structure for supporting or enclosing something else, especially a skeletal support used as the basis for something being constructed.

The framework project: Conducted and extensive consultation to identify the competences the teachers should develop to use technology effectively in the classroom.

1. Inculcating the community values

2. Supporting the personal development of children

3. Promoting democracy and increasing participation

4. Encouraging cross-cultural understanding, improving health and well-being

5. Supporting economic development 

The framework project: linking ICT, Education and the economy embraces the goals of these education programs and UNESCO's and the UN's aims of education

The three approaches of the framework...

⇨Technology literacy

⇨ Knowledge deepening

⇨ Knowledge creation

The 6 aspects of a teacher's work

 ↳ understanding ICT in education

↳ curriculum and assessment

↳ pedagogy

↳ ICT

↳ organization and administration

↳ teacher professional learning

Education Reform:

↠The use of new technologies in education implies new teacher roles, new pedagogies and new approaches to teacher education.

↠ The successful integration of ICT into the classroom will depend on the ability of the teachers to structure the learning environment in new ways.

Teachers should...

⬈ Incorporate a range of relevant productivity tools and technology resources

⬈ Changes in pedagogical practice

⬈ Use of various ICT tools and digital contents

⬈ Group and individual student activities