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Introduction - Digital Pedagogies

 Hello everyone my name is Justin Borland, I've been working as a youth worker/SSO at John Pirie Secondary School for the past 5 years and my goal is to become a secondary teacher. 

ICT is forever changing and as professional teachers we need to constantly update our capabilities while adapting to these changes in order to broaden our ways of delivering content to our students. In doing so we will maximise engagement and enhance student learning. 

Most students of the 21st century have been heavily involved with technologies since a very young age, being a professional teacher means being able to use these technologies to connect and deliver content. Teachers of the 21st century will need to become tech savvy and open minded to all the rapid changes they will occur at the start and throughout ones career. 

I'm super keen on this unit as I've seen how effective teachers can be when using ICT capabilities. I feel confident that as students become more diverse in the way they learn means teachers need to constantly improve the way they teach. 

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