Introduction:
Finding and Structuring Information
During
this case study, you will discuss and develop your skills in using
ICT in teaching and learning to do the following:
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Use ICT to manage information using Design and Technology specific
hardware and software - this is specific to this case study.
Plus you will develop your ability to:
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Plan for the effective use of ICT.
- Organise
classroom use of ICT.
- Prepare
and present materials for learners using ICT.
- Use
the functions of ICT and understand its limitations.
- Review
and evaluate courseware and software.
- Relate
the use of ICT to learners needs.
- Develop
your learners' subject based learning using ICT.
- Assess
your learners' progress in Design and Technology as a result
of using ICT.
- Help
develop your learners' capability in the use of ICT.
- Help
your learners develop within the Design and Technology curriculum.
The first of these objectives is specific to this case study,
and represents the core of what the case study is about. The other
objectives are common to all three of the case studies in Design
and Technology, and represent the application of your understanding
of ICT to teaching and learning.
Before
we get in detail to the case study, we should begin to look more
closely at what is meant by "managing information" in it. Specifically,
the case study will consider 'information' as the data that ICT
helps you to manage in the commission of a variety of tasks in
Design and Technology. This means that we have a variety of things
to think about, and we can organise this by thinking about the
importance of the following in the use of ICT in teaching and
learning in Design and Technology:
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The use of DT-specific hardware and software to undertake specific
tasks, regardless of learning and determined mainly by task
and problem.
- Learning
to use DT-specific hardware and software as a part of the DT
curriculum and in order to undertake the tasks implied by the
above.
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Learning about Design and Technology through ICT, regardless
of the ICT's primary design, control, manufacture or other functions.
- Learning
about Design and Technology by using DT-specific ICT, from the
processes of using the technology to perform tasks and solve
problems.
Part
1: Preparing to Use ICT in Teaching
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