c. Adapting the Resources for Different Learners or Work

This part of the case study follows from what has just been said about evaluation of resources. If a piece of software, a World Wide Web site or a dedicated piece of courseware can be used for more than one group of learners or across more than one area of work, it follows that it is more valuable to you in your work.

In the case study, the teacher found the hypermedia version of the story useful for her year ten group, but also for other (younger) groups with whom she wanted to look at segments of the text and for A Level students working on Dickens for background to Victorian literature. She also found the web sites, and images integrated into her worksheets and the video material useful on the generation of GCSE English Language project coursework where she wanted to consider a range of media more widely.

In your case, the CD obviously has a dedicated range of applications beyond the Dickens. There is material dedicated to development of writing skills, as well as material on Shakespeare and other poets. In your consideration of the question of adaptation, you should think only of adapting the Dickens material - this will make the exercise more realistic. Most of the time when you use an ICT resource - say, in the use of a CD encyclopedia or a dedicated piece of courseware - you will find that you have to bend it a little to make it more widely useful.

With this in mind, think about how you would complete the grid on the following page, and discuss it with your mentor.

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