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Case Study 3
Overview
General Overview
You are a physics/science teacher who often teaches material outside of your area of expertise.
The teachers at your school principally use a teacher-centered approach in their teaching.
Some of the teachers have started to move toward a learner-centered approach and have adopted project-based learning.
The teachers rarely attend professional development courses.
Organizational Goals
The school aims to have ICT integrated into all subjects’ teaching and learning through project-based learning in the classroom.
Most of the classrooms in the school contain a computer and a data projector. The school management motivates teachers to integrate ICT during their lessons.
The school furthermore plans to deploy 100 wireless laptop computers that will include student response systems. The school also plans to deploy interactive
whiteboards in all of the science classrooms/laboratories.
Learning and Teaching Environment
Your students are between the ages of 12 and 14. Most of them have experience using computers and other technologies. You regularly use ICT to achieve
learning objectives and to present new information to the students.
You teach primarily in a classroom dedicated to science (science laboratory). The classroom also contains the following Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) resources:
Speakers
One printer
One scanner
One digital camera
One data projector
One computer that is connected to the Internet
Objectives
Learning Objectives
The students will be able to develop collaboration, communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity skills in their science work.
Professional Development Objectives
Your professional development objectives are to:
use ICT effectively for teaching and learning;
incorporate appropriate ICT activities into lesson plans so as to support students’ acquisition of school subject matter knowledge; and
integrate the use of ICT into the curriculum.
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You want to motivate the school to invest in ICT resources. The reason must be based on the ICT Competency Framework for Teachers (ICT-CFT).
Which argument should you use?
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A.
to become the best equipped school in your region.
B.
to improve local economic conditions.
C.
to give the students in your school access to a range of resources and learning experiences.
D.
to meet the expectations of the students and the parents.