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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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The school recently implemented the planned ICT changes and deployed laptops in your classroom.
Some of the laptops can access to the Internet, while others cannot.
You want to ensure that all of the laptops can access the Internet.
What should you verify?
A.
the wired network connection of the laptops
B.
the wireless network connection of the laptops
C.
whether the Internet router is on
D.
whether the laptops are plugged into a power outlet