ICT Planning for schools Activity 4A Task 1 - Exploring common issues and principles of ICT integration

Activity 4A: Task 1- Exploring common issues and principles of ICT integration

Reading: 30 mins
Answers in portfolios: 30 mins
Writing to group: 30 mins

90 mins

Activity

To use or infuse by Nancy Sulla
Why I don't want to take a course about a pencil by Jeffrey Goveia and Heidi Soule

At the end answer the following questions in a document called Common issues.
What can you do to make sure you do not merely build educators' ICT skills but you help them integrate these into the curriculum?
Do you believe using computers is an end in itself? Explain in less than three sentences? Give your own views.
The articles suggest that ICT use in the curriculum must start with the curriculum and then incorporate ICTs into instructional activities. What do you understand by this?

Participate in a group discussion online (using the subject heading "Common Issues") in which you discuss the above questions.
Respond to at least two of your group's contributions giving reasons why you agree or disagree with their comments.

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