Part 1:
Preparing to Use ICT in Teaching
a.
Aims and Objectives
In
this case study, the teacher's aims were to develop her pupils'
appreciation of some commercial aspects of drama, most particularly
the economic aspects of the film industry and some of the gaps
between the economies of Hollywood, the British film industry,
TV and the theatre. The teacher's intention is both to instil
a sense of the economic importance of drama as a social phenomenon
and to give pupils a sense of the inequalities that exist between
sectors of the industry and between the industry in geographical
areas.
Specifically,
she wanted pupils to be able to:
- Investigate
the Hollywood industry to gain a sense of its economic importance.
- Describe
and explain the respective earnings of a variety of film stars'
movies.
- Compare
film earnings within the Hollywood sector.
- Compare
film with TV in terms of earnings and film with theatre in terms
of economic activity.
- Present
at least some of their findings in the form of a comparative
spreadsheet.
- Transfer
some findings from spreadsheet format to Word document format
for inclusion in a project.
Questions
for Consideration
- If
you currently deal with this area of work in the classroom,
or with an analogous or related area, how do you do so?
- Do
you use real examples of comparisons between film, television
and theatre, and how do you manage use of and access to these?
- What
are the main problems you would expect to encounter when you
work with examples of information about the economy of drama?
Keep
a short record of your responses to these questions for discussion
with your mentor.
 b.
Deciding Whether to Use ICT
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