b.
Deciding Whether to Use ICT
There
seems to be a wide range of options for dealing with this topic.
The teacher could:
- Use
discussion only, and not use any ICT (or other technology) at
all.
- Use
a word processor package to create worksheets on the area of
work.
- Undertake
a practical exercise based on the game 'Chinese Whispers' and
introduce a variety of sentence and message types to it.
- Use
the World Wide Web to gather resources.
- Have
pupils present their findings through a PowerPoint classroom
presentation, and/or send this presentation to other schools/organisations
for sharing and discussion.
Of
course, any combination of the options is also possible, but we
shall discuss them all, and your work will involve using several
of the options alone and together.
Questions
for Consideration
- How
many of the options above do you feel comfortable about at the
moment, and could you suggest any others?
- What
are the benefits to using practical activities alongside the
written material?
- What
are the pitfalls as you see them to using the World Wide Web
to gather or access resources?
- Look
again at the objectives for this case study - do you think any
of them match up with the options listed?
Keep
a short record of your responses to these questions for discussion
with your mentor.
 c.
Selecting ICT Resources
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