When I finish reading, I decided to organize my talk in answer 4 questions. Why are these practices considered innovative? How do these practices transform learning & teaching? What are the problems of this innovation? And finally, what are the solutions?
More specifically,
} Why are these
practices considered innovative?
From my perspective, the use of ICT as a tool to
guide students in the class was an innovative move. As governments and schools
in Riga was poor, the school what I looked into had only 23 computers in total.
Sometimes, they need to separate students into 2 sections to guarantee that
everyone has one computer to use.
Also, back to that period there is no written
document containing school policy on ICT use and most of the teachers don’t know
how to use computers. So school hires a technology coordinator who is
responsible for development of ICT and school and provides teachers with
necessary training.
How do these
practices transform learning & teaching?
Although it might be a risky move to conduct such
an innovation of ICT, the outcomes seem to be good. Unlike the old times where
teachers don’t have many opportunities to learn from each other, after using
ICT in classes, English teachers may contacts teachers of history and
geography. For example, maybe the topic in today’s English class is about a history
story. Students with computers can search information online and come up with
different questions related to the history story itself, so in this case, the
innovation encourage teachers to learn from each other.
As for students, using ICT in classes provide them
with a chance to exchange opinions and information about their assignments and ways
how to find and gather information.
Problems
and Solutions Related to the Innovation
Some teachers of this school mention the lack of
specific software, not enough time to prepare new materials, tasks and
approaches, and also the problems with finding space for ICT lessons of
different subjects in time table.
To address this problem, the principal supports
the innovation and expresses support of further use of it. ICT co-ordinator also strongly supports the innovation
and hopes that next year the other teachers of English will start to use ICT in
their lessons.
Cool, have you prepared a PPT, Carven? In terms of the question, it's brief and making the clear voice. I will compare the three case later, thank you for you job. If you have prepare the PPT, I hope you do not forgot the case background introduction.
ReplyDeleteCaven, you write the wrong case number. This is LV001.
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