Learn About a Technology
Information and communications technology (ICT) is the hardware and software that enables data to be digitally processed, stored and communicated. Technologies can be used in a classroom to access, process, manage and present information; model and control events; construct new understanding; communicate and collaborate with others.
The following content highlights information about technologies that are being used to enhance teaching and learning in Victorian schools. Below each description of a technology or application are actual examples of implementation in Victorian schools.
Schools who would like to feature on these pages are encouraged to contact the Innovation and Next Practice Division’s Emerging Technologies manager: cohen.daphne.c@edumail.vic.gov.au
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B
- Biometric Devices
- Blogs
- Braille Embosser - See: Assistive Devices
C
- Computer-aided Design (CAD)
- Claymation - See: Animation
- Closed Captions
D
- Data Projectors
- Decision Support Systems
- Digital Camera
- Digital Microscopes
- Digital Portfolios
- Digital Stories
E
- eBooks and eBook Readers
- Electronic Dictionaries
- Electronic Whiteboards - See: Interactive Whiteboards
- Encryption Software
- ePortfolios - See: Digital Portfolios
F
- Flip Videos – See: Video Cameras and Flip Videos
G
I
- Interpreting Devices/ Voice Translators
- Identification Devices - See: Biometric Devices
- Instant Chat - See: Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP)
- Instant Messaging
- Intelligent Maps
- Interactive Websites
- Interactive Whiteboards
- iPod Touch
L
M
- Mind Mapping Tools
- Mobile/ Smart Phones
- Movie Making - See: Video Cameras and Flip Videos or Animation
- MP3 Players
N
- Navigation Systems - See: Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
O
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Scanners or Pens
- Online Conferencing/ Seminars
- Online Surveys/ Quizzes
P
Q
- Quizzing Devices – See: Learner Response Systems
R
S
- Scanners – Desktop
- Scanners – 3D
- Screen Enlargers - See: Assistive Devices
- Screen Readers - See: Assistive Devices
- Search Technologies
- Semacodes - See: Telematics
- Smart Pens or Digital Pens
- Social Networking Websites
- Speech Recognition Software
T
- Telematic Devices
- Time-lapse Photography - See: Animation
- Touch Screen Displays
- TTY / TDD Phone Service - See: Assistive Devices
V
- Video Cameras/ Flip Videos
- Virtual Classrooms
- Virtual Libraries
- Virtual Tours
- Vodcasts
- Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP)