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Information & Communications Technology (ICT)
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) focuses on providing students with the tools to transform their learning and to enrich their learning environment. This knowledge, skills and behaviours identified for this domain enable students to:
  • develop new thinking and learning skills that produce creative and innovative insights
  • develop more productive ways of working and solving problems individually and collaboratively
  • create information products that demonstrate their understanding of concepts, issues, relationships and processes
  • express themselves in contemporary and socially relevant ways
  • communicate locally and globally to solve problems and to share knowledge
  • understanding the implication of the use of ICT and their social and ethical responsibilities as users of ICT.
Through the selection and application of appropriate equipment, techniques and procedures, they process data and information skilfully to create information products in forms that are meaningful for themselves and their audience.
Students are provided with tools and strategies to monitor learning patterns and problem solving strategies. This provides a sound foundation for transforming personal learning. They gain an understanding of internet protocols and strategies for exchanging information, which enables them to share and challenge their own and other people’s ideas and solutions with a global audience.

At Wandin Yallock Primary School we integrate the use of the computer into all areas of the Victorian Essential Learning Standards. It is a vital part of our English and Mathematics programs. It is a valuable research tool and plays an important part in communication throughout the school. ICT provides a rich and flexible learner-centred environment in which students can experiment and take risks when developing new understanding. Its extensive capabilities allow students, by visually coding and representing their thinking, to clarify thoughts and to identify patterns and form relationships between new and existing knowledge.