Thursday, August 28, 2025

12:45 PM - 1:15 PM

Classroom Of The Future Theatre

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Overview

There is a well-recognised conflict between those who advocate that technology can take over much of the teaching in our classrooms, and those who feel that replacing teachers with computers is just plain wrong. The feeling seems to be that explicit teaching is fundamentally inconsistent with using technology. However, there’s a different way of looking at this. This session will use StepsWeb, a leading online literacy program, to illustrate how technology can free a teacher up and enhance the ability of a teacher to genuinely meet the individual needs of their students within a busy classroom. It will show how technology can be utilised to do things a teacher literally cannot do, even if they had all the time (and energy!) in the world. The session will be of interest to literacy specialists – and any class teachers concerned about meeting individual needs within their primary or secondary schools.

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