e.
Planning the Work of Learners
In
the case study teacher's experience, planning the work of learners
on the World Wide Web is quite straightforward. She has access
to a room where her class can share computers on a one-between-two
basis, she knows the sites quite well, and she has copied some
material from the Internet into her own worksheets.
Your
case might be different. Do you have access to a computer room
or learning centre where you can work on French lessons with a
full group of pupils? There are other, technical questions, but
these are less important than the educational questions. Consider
those below before you start planning the series of lessons in
detail.
- How
long will you take to deal with the topic from start to finish?
- How
much of this time will you spend gaining access to the Internet
in a planned and structured way, and using word processed resources
of your own?
- How
do you want to order the use of ICT for learning and assessment
- do you want it blocked or staggered, and will you need to
circulate pupils around it in circumstances where not all pupils
can use computers at once?
- How
will you plan to ensure that all pupils are spending time using
ICT for the best purposes?
These
questions are crucial at this stage, and you might want to discuss
them with colleagues and/or your mentor before you create a scheme
of work that includes the use of ICT, however rough the scheme
is at the beginning. Once you are happy that you have a plan of
how to use ICT effectively, you should go on to consider some
lesson plans for actually applying it in the classroom.
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2: Teaching with ICT
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