Part 3:
Evaluating the Use of ICT in Teaching and Learning
a.
Evaluating the Lessons
When
evaluating the lessons, you need to distinguish between the traditionally
run elements and the elements run using ICT. It is also probably
more difficult to judge effectiveness where technological problems
arose, such as computers not working as they should, the World
Wide Web access slowing down dramatically.
You
will need a framework within which to evaluate the lessons run
using ICT, and the best way to approach this is to use your own
or your school's evaluation framework, paying particular attention
only to the differences between lessons with and without the use
of the technology.
The
main point is that evaluation is based on learning rather than
on technology, and that your own ability to evaluate the effectiveness
of the learning experience is paramount.
For
this reason, and because it is possible that you will be evaluating
work with ICT that is new to you, I suggest that you do the following:
- Apply
your usual formal or informal method of lesson evaluation to
the lessons where you used ICT in a way you hadn't before.
-
Discuss this set of evaluations - ideally two or three in the
first instance - with your mentor.
- Determine
from the evaluations and the discussions where you would do
things differently in the future, both with the same lessons
and with lessons where the subject matter or the technological
response to the subject matter are common.
 b.
Evaluating the Resources Used
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