d. Planning the Work of Learners

The teacher decided first to consult the school SEN Co-ordinator about these plans. She was very interested, and promised to drop in to the lesson if she could, but she hadn't had experience of anything like this. She also said that she would put a message on the national SENCO e-mail discussion list to find out whether anyone else had experience in this sort of work with SEN pupils.

He anticipated just a single one-hour lesson would be enough initially to spend on this work, although he hoped that it would engage at least some of the pupils sufficiently for him to encourage them to continue and extend their investigations in future lessons. To enable them to work together on the same thing, whilst having a computer each to ensure active engagement, he booked the class into a computer room for the initial lesson. Any follow up work could take place on the single computer in the usual classroom.

Key skills: The teacher planned to develop their literacy skills in addition to their IT skills, by helping them to use the printed guidance sheets, and to talk and write about their conclusions.

Questions for Consideration

• What are the advantages of all pupils working together on the same activity in a computer room?
• What are the disadvantages?

Part 2: Teaching with ICT