d.
Developing Your Own Knowledge of the Resources
Having
made decisions about using some of the resources and opportunities
in tandem, it is important for the teacher in the case study to
get to know the resources well enough to feel confident about
using them in the classroom. It is also important that the pupils
will feel comfortable about using resources. We can focus on this
with an exercise that should provide some focus on the relations
between focused web-based resources and the things the teacher
wanted to do with these resources.
First,
take a look at the resources held on the CD supplied to you with
this case study. They are:
- This
case study as a Word document.
- A
folder of images of film stars for use in your own products.
- An
Excel spreadsheet showing the comparative earning of films starring
Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mel Gibson.
-
A Word document, showing the transfer of information from the
spreadsheet as another way of expressing it.
These resources can also be downloaded below and are also available
from your mentor or your school's SBOLP contract manager.
How
do I download files from the Web?
Then
answer the following questions - just to give you some focus to
begin with:
- How
far does the CD (or the downloadable documents above) provide
you with textual and graphical resources and teaching ideas
you could make use of with ease in the school?
- Do
you know how to copy and paste elements of the CD (or the above
documents) to your own worksheets, and are you aware of the
legal constraints on your activity in this respect?
When
you have done this, take a look at the web
sites mentioned earlier and answer the following questions:
- If
you were able to look at the sites, how would you compare them
in terms of relevance to the objectives the teacher in the case
study wants to meet?
- Do
any other sites you know about offer opportunities for downloading
number-data, and how would you use this to the benefit of pupils?
When
you have looked at a CD and the web in the light of these questions,
and perhaps written some tasks or products of your own to go with
these resources, you should discuss with your mentor what you
want to do with the material in the classroom. This can be done
in a mentor visit, over the telephone or by e-mail, and should
serve merely to satisfy you that you are on the right track with
your use of the materials.
 e.
Planning the Work of Learners
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