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 whole of the Bized site, and the ways in which you can
combine elements of it to make learning interesting and to make
your own life more productive.
First,
the relevant web addresses are:
www.bized.ac.uk
Bized home page.
www.bized.ac.uk/virtual
Virtual Factory/Economy.
www.bized.ac.uk/virtual/cb
Download the Factory.
www.bized.ac.uk/virtual/economy/model
Virtual Economy - must be run online.
The
download of the Factory is also available from this site, as are
the printed instructions on loading it to your own computer or
network.
How
do I download files from the Web?
Have
a look at the site first, and get a sense of how it is organised
and arranged. You will see a variety of resources that you can
use - don't be put off if the old curriculum specifications are
still on (they were at the last up-date of this case study, on
August 15th 2000) - most of the resources still have high value.
Then answer the questions below:
- Once
you have looked around the Virtual Factory, identify briefly
where in the GNVQ you think it would be useful - I made some
suggestions earlier in the case study that you might want to
improve upon.
-
Take a look at the Business data for the featured companies
- how might you integrate some of this data with a project featuring
the Virtual Economy?
When
you have looked at the web site in the light of these questions,
and perhaps written some worksheets 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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