2. If you don’t know where
you’re going….
You’ll probably end up
somewhere else.
---Yogi Berra
3. Current scenario
Some of our teachers are still on Entrance Stage
Teacher’s focus is still on what she/he knows
– text-based tools like blackboards, textbooks, workbooks,
task sheets, and overhead/multi-media projectors.
These tools are used in combination to support teaching.
7. C u r r e n t S c e n a r io ( c o n t . )
S o m e t e a c h e r s a r e in
A d a p t a t io n S t a g e
These teachers have started using new
technology and it is broadly being
integrated into traditional classroom.
Technology has become an efficiency
device – “additional, enhanced, faster.”
9. ICT Apprehension
ICT in education has its own anxiety because of the following different aspects:
10. Current scenario (cont.)
Some Teachers are in creation stage.
This stage is evidenced less by change in classroom practice
and more by a change of personal attitude toward technology.
Confident, effortless computing
Faculty replace old ways with new ways of teaching
They create new goals and pedagogical understandings.
Teachers experiment with new instructional patterns and new
ways of communicating with students and peers.
12. Action Research
To follow up with the new educational technology,
teachers need to spend time, work hard and keep this
up and running all their life.
Teachers must search on finding ways of providing
guided search to avoid distraction from lesson objective.
13. Potentials of an Effective ICT Lesson
Motivate and engage learners
Bring life to concepts and processes
Foster inquiry
Provide flexibility
Allow application of information
Provide access to world of information
Bring the world into the classroom
Offer collaborative opportunities and communication
Offer tutored and individualized learning
14. when to plan?
Planning of ICT lesson must be done almost 15 days before the conduction of lesson.
Projects must be planned term-wise
Before the start of term planning of projects must be completed to utilize the free time.
All teachers could participate and discuss to find the best strategy in the presence of ICT
teacher, ETAC Ambassador and Admin person.
Peer observation of ICT lesson and its evaluation must be done in the presence of school
Head where future action should be planned.
Regular discussions and workshops on team work and awareness about new teaching
technologies must be done to motivate all teachers.
15. Appropriate Method
Teacher must:
• Identify the cognitive process she want to engage in
students. (i.e., recalling and implementing previous
knowledge)
• Choose the instructional methods that best support
those. (searching some quiz using web 2.0 technology)
• Choose the technology that best supports those
instructional methods.
• Design the lesson.
16. Change in the Role of Teacher
Teaching is not anymore a monotonic job, where teachers keep on teaching
the same stuff over and over again.
ICT has entirely changed the role and the job of teachers. Teachers are not
anymore the source of information, they are becoming more as facilitators,
or “scaffolding” teachers.
With this mandatory change, teachers definitely need serious help.
18. How to motivate teachers?
• Providing good resources and support inside the school will
facilitate the use of ICT and enhance teacher motivation.
•Teachers motivation is based on the freedom.
•Teacher must be given a chance to test new ICT tools and ways of
teachings.
•Supportive and collaborative relationship among teachers.
•Money rewards in the ICT use may enhance their motivation.
19. How to motivate teachers?(cont.)
Teachers must go through APPM (Academic Practices Procedures manual) and
implement it.
Discussions and workshops should be arranged.
Adherence of code of conduct related to inter-personal and intrapersonal
skills.
Regularity of conduction of co-ordination meeting in the presence of ICT
teacher and Administration.
Workshops on enhancing social skills and team work
20. How to motivate teachers? (cont.)
Co-planning of ICT lesson
Support observations of ICT lessons.
Student feed-back for evaluation of ICT lesson.
Use of school social network for discussions and sharing of resources.
Involvement of Parents
22. Setting up new/Replacement equipment
Hardware Software
Multimedia projector for middle Genuine windows
school. Math typing software
LED TV 52” for resource room. Global warming loop game
3 to 4 digital Cameras Quiz-tree.com
Data loggers for science Urduca.com (Urdu font installer)
Scanner and printer for staff Magnilink (a video magnifier)
room. Photostory3.0
Cacoo for mapping
23. Location and Availability of Resources
Our school has two spacious labs equipped with all
resources needed.
Resource room is still lacking resources.
Availability of multi-media projector for middle school as
it is basic necessity of ICT lesson.
Provision of Internet in teachers copy checking area.
24. Acknowledgements needed
Administration need to acknowledge the following points
the big load added to teachers’ job,
how much complicated and demanding their job became,
25. Considerations:
Administration need to satisfy teachers’ basic needs in their teaching
environment to participate in implementing the ICT strategy in school.
Provide support and up-to-date resources.
Give rewards and appreciation for special ICT use. Workshops of how
to effectively integrate ICT in teaching and learning is the real target.
The training sessions should take into considerations the basic needs
and wants of teachers as training has great influence on the
acceptance and the later use of technology
26. Considerations: (cont.)
To motivate teachers to use ICT effectively in Education, effective continuous
professional development is needed.
Encourage teachers to keep on having action research studies to explore ICT
new implementations and success.
Finally, a continuous needs assessment should be conducted to keep on
fulfilling basic needs of teachers.
28. Feedback by Administration on Different
Areas Discussed in this Presentation
these problems can be overcome by appropriate planning and discussion with ETAC ambassadors and IT
teacher. [slide 4]
during last year i have observed teachers using various web links as resource for conducting lessons. internet
provides them with good pedagogical resources i.e, lesson plans, worksheets, audio- video presentations etc.
[slide 5]
Although control and discipline is more a part of a basic teaching strategy than of ICT lessons. Still
arrangement and monitoring in the computer lab needs extra vigilance. Regular practice of ICT integrated
lessons can overcome this problem. [Slide 6]
teachers must take it as a challenge. its the need of time. it can not be done overnight or at once. regular
practice and continuous effort can bring a good change. [Slide 12]
changes in curriculum are recommended. so that teachers do not face any problems and do not distract
themselves. ETAC Ambassadors should go for co teaching to benefit other teachers with their relevant
experiences.
ICT is synonymous with using the computer and the internet - this also needs to change and is reflective of the
limited understanding of everyone involved. [Slide 15]
They should be becoming facilitators but this, considering the current scenario, is quite some way off. [Slide
16]
They should be becoming facilitators but this, considering the current scenario, is quite some way off.
29. Feedback by Administration on different
areas discussed in this presentation(cont)
Teachers need to be given the flexibility to experiment, maybe fail, and try again, and yet again.
There is an absence of pre-service training so the school, specially Heads need to be involved. [Slide 18]
Resources are mostly out of date - the upkeep and refurbishing of these labs is of the utmost importance.
[slide 13]
incentives, specially monetary need to be given.
and purposefully [slide 25]
for sharing their concerns and analysis teachers must be encouraged to join e-forums. or social network like
grouply can be used for teachers collaboration.
The suggestions given are apt and focused. I have evaluated that teachers need training for IT before
implementation. But training has to be systematic and gradual so that teachers can get time to implement it in
their classroom. I will definitely share it with Principal for follow up.
I think that administration, curriculum designers, and IT team should team up for assessing present
pedagogical and technical requirements. Also parents or stake holders must share their visions and concerns
with institutions more explicitly during workshops. Open-day for parents must be arranged to give them
awareness of ICT. [Slide 26]
