Technology Literacy for Educators v1.0

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.

The school plans to deploy six of the planned laptops in each classroom.
You were asked to recommend a solution that enables each student to use the laptops as part of a group project.
What should you recommend?
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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.

You want to explain how the planned ICT changes will most benefit your own productivity?
Which benefit should you refer to?
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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.

You have to meet the professional development objectives by using the ICT resources.
What should you do?
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Overview -
General Overview -
You are a language teacher in a lower secondary school.
Learning and Teaching Environment
You have 30 students in your class of mixed ability. The students are 14 years old.
Your school recently set up a computer lab. The computer lab contains the following equipment:
One computer for the teacher
One data projector
One monochrome laser printer
Two flatbed scanners
Six digital cameras, three of which record still images and video
25 networked computers for the students.
The school has an intranet and is connected to the Internet. The intranet contains a central storage location for all of the information required by the teachers and other school staff.

Objectives -

Learning Objectives -
The students will be able to expand their understanding of how language is used persuasively.

Learning Activities -
You want to teach a native language lesson on persuasive writing. The lesson focuses on how to use language persuasively by examining the way language is used in advertising, promotional material, slogans, headlines, titles, catch-phrases, quotes, and famous speeches.
You plan to use examples of persuasive writing that are closely related to the students"™ interests, such as advertisements aimed at the youth market.
To help achieve the learning objective, you ask the students to bring to class printed examples of the persuasive writing they collected during the previous week"™s lesson.
Professional Development Objectives
Your professional development objectives for the year 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 by observing other teachers who incorporate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into their lessons.

You want to identify the primary benefit of using ICT during the persuasive writing lesson.
Which benefit should you identify?
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Overview -
General Overview -
You are a language teacher in a lower secondary school.
Learning and Teaching Environment
You have 30 students in your class of mixed ability. The students are 14 years old.
Your school recently set up a computer lab. The computer lab contains the following equipment:
One computer for the teacher
One data projector
One monochrome laser printer
Two flatbed scanners
Six digital cameras, three of which record still images and video
25 networked computers for the students.
The school has an intranet and is connected to the Internet. The intranet contains a central storage location for all of the information required by the teachers and other school staff.

Objectives -

Learning Objectives -
The students will be able to expand their understanding of how language is used persuasively.

Learning Activities -
You want to teach a native language lesson on persuasive writing. The lesson focuses on how to use language persuasively by examining the way language is used in advertising, promotional material, slogans, headlines, titles, catch-phrases, quotes, and famous speeches.
You plan to use examples of persuasive writing that are closely related to the students"™ interests, such as advertisements aimed at the youth market.
To help achieve the learning objective, you ask the students to bring to class printed examples of the persuasive writing they collected during the previous week"™s lesson.
Professional Development Objectives
Your professional development objectives for the year 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 by observing other teachers who incorporate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into their lessons.

You plan to lead a class discussion about the persuasive writing examples that the students bring in and to display the examples to the entire class.
Which two ICT resources should you use to achieve this task? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)
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Overview -
General Overview -
You are a language teacher in a lower secondary school.
Learning and Teaching Environment
You have 30 students in your class of mixed ability. The students are 14 years old.
Your school recently set up a computer lab. The computer lab contains the following equipment:
One computer for the teacher
One data projector
One monochrome laser printer
Two flatbed scanners
Six digital cameras, three of which record still images and video
25 networked computers for the students.
The school has an intranet and is connected to the Internet. The intranet contains a central storage location for all of the information required by the teachers and other school staff.

Objectives -

Learning Objectives -
The students will be able to expand their understanding of how language is used persuasively.

Learning Activities -
You want to teach a native language lesson on persuasive writing. The lesson focuses on how to use language persuasively by examining the way language is used in advertising, promotional material, slogans, headlines, titles, catch-phrases, quotes, and famous speeches.
You plan to use examples of persuasive writing that are closely related to the students"™ interests, such as advertisements aimed at the youth market.
To help achieve the learning objective, you ask the students to bring to class printed examples of the persuasive writing they collected during the previous week"™s lesson.
Professional Development Objectives
Your professional development objectives for the year 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 by observing other teachers who incorporate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into their lessons.

You plan to ask the students to use a search engine during the persuasive writing lesson.
Which instructions or advice should you provide to the students?
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Overview -
General Overview -
You are a language teacher in a lower secondary school.
Learning and Teaching Environment
You have 30 students in your class of mixed ability. The students are 14 years old.
Your school recently set up a computer lab. The computer lab contains the following equipment:
One computer for the teacher
One data projector
One monochrome laser printer
Two flatbed scanners
Six digital cameras, three of which record still images and video
25 networked computers for the students.
The school has an intranet and is connected to the Internet. The intranet contains a central storage location for all of the information required by the teachers and other school staff.

Objectives -

Learning Objectives -
The students will be able to expand their understanding of how language is used persuasively.

Learning Activities -
You want to teach a native language lesson on persuasive writing. The lesson focuses on how to use language persuasively by examining the way language is used in advertising, promotional material, slogans, headlines, titles, catch-phrases, quotes, and famous speeches.
You plan to use examples of persuasive writing that are closely related to the students"™ interests, such as advertisements aimed at the youth market.
To help achieve the learning objective, you ask the students to bring to class printed examples of the persuasive writing they collected during the previous week"™s lesson.
Professional Development Objectives
Your professional development objectives for the year 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 by observing other teachers who incorporate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into their lessons.

You plan to use ICT to prepare an effective persuasive writing lesson.
What should you do?
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Overview -
General Overview -
You are a language teacher in a lower secondary school.
Learning and Teaching Environment
You have 30 students in your class of mixed ability. The students are 14 years old.
Your school recently set up a computer lab. The computer lab contains the following equipment:
One computer for the teacher
One data projector
One monochrome laser printer
Two flatbed scanners
Six digital cameras, three of which record still images and video
25 networked computers for the students.
The school has an intranet and is connected to the Internet. The intranet contains a central storage location for all of the information required by the teachers and other school staff.

Objectives -

Learning Objectives -
The students will be able to expand their understanding of how language is used persuasively.

Learning Activities -
You want to teach a native language lesson on persuasive writing. The lesson focuses on how to use language persuasively by examining the way language is used in advertising, promotional material, slogans, headlines, titles, catch-phrases, quotes, and famous speeches.
You plan to use examples of persuasive writing that are closely related to the students"™ interests, such as advertisements aimed at the youth market.
To help achieve the learning objective, you ask the students to bring to class printed examples of the persuasive writing they collected during the previous week"™s lesson.
Professional Development Objectives
Your professional development objectives for the year 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 by observing other teachers who incorporate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into their lessons.

You want the students to collect information from organizations that they find on the Internet.
Which instructions or advice should you provide to the students?
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Overview -
General Overview -
You are a geography teacher at a school of 500 students.

Organizational Goals -
The school wants students to acquire twenty-first century skills, including collaboration, problem solving, and authentic learning, by using ICT resources.
Learning and Teaching Environment
You have 40 students of mixed abilities in your class. The students are between the ages of 14 and 16.
The students are computer literate but have limited knowledge of how to use the Internet to communicate and to share ideas.
The school has one computer lab that contains 15 computers. The computers are networked and have access to the Internet. The computers support video- conferencing.
The computer lab has a student response system that includes 45 handsets.

Objectives -

Learning Objectives -
The students will be able to understand the cause and effects of acid rain.

Learning Activities -
You plan a project with the students on the topic of acid rain. The students will use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources to complete the project.
The project will require the students to:
Improve their research skills.
Collaborate with one another and with students in other schools.
Create a Web site to educate the public on how to minimize the impact of acid rain.
To introduce the project, you plan to show videos on the causes and consequences of acid rain.
You also plan to conduct a video-conference with a farmer who has suffered the effects of acid rain.
To develop project-based learning strategies, you plan to use the school"™s limited ICT resources.
You are aware that many videos about acid rain are available on the Internet, but you do not know how to identify the relevant ones.
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.

You want to address the ICT Competency Framework for Teachers (ICT-CFT) policy goals by using the school"™s limited ICT resources.
What should you do?
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Overview -
General Overview -
You are a geography teacher at a school of 500 students.

Organizational Goals -
The school wants students to acquire twenty-first century skills, including collaboration, problem solving, and authentic learning, by using ICT resources.
Learning and Teaching Environment
You have 40 students of mixed abilities in your class. The students are between the ages of 14 and 16.
The students are computer literate but have limited knowledge of how to use the Internet to communicate and to share ideas.
The school has one computer lab that contains 15 computers. The computers are networked and have access to the Internet. The computers support video- conferencing.
The computer lab has a student response system that includes 45 handsets.

Objectives -

Learning Objectives -
The students will be able to understand the cause and effects of acid rain.

Learning Activities -
You plan a project with the students on the topic of acid rain. The students will use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources to complete the project.
The project will require the students to:
Improve their research skills.
Collaborate with one another and with students in other schools.
Create a Web site to educate the public on how to minimize the impact of acid rain.
To introduce the project, you plan to show videos on the causes and consequences of acid rain.
You also plan to conduct a video-conference with a farmer who has suffered the effects of acid rain.
To develop project-based learning strategies, you plan to use the school"™s limited ICT resources.
You are aware that many videos about acid rain are available on the Internet, but you do not know how to identify the relevant ones.
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.

Certain teachers at the school question the value of using video conferencing for the project.
What is the most important benefit of video conferencing as it is being used in this project?
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Overview -
General Overview -
You are a geography teacher at a school of 500 students.

Organizational Goals -
The school wants students to acquire twenty-first century skills, including collaboration, problem solving, and authentic learning, by using ICT resources.
Learning and Teaching Environment
You have 40 students of mixed abilities in your class. The students are between the ages of 14 and 16.
The students are computer literate but have limited knowledge of how to use the Internet to communicate and to share ideas.
The school has one computer lab that contains 15 computers. The computers are networked and have access to the Internet. The computers support video- conferencing.
The computer lab has a student response system that includes 45 handsets.

Objectives -

Learning Objectives -
The students will be able to understand the cause and effects of acid rain.

Learning Activities -
You plan a project with the students on the topic of acid rain. The students will use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources to complete the project.
The project will require the students to:
Improve their research skills.
Collaborate with one another and with students in other schools.
Create a Web site to educate the public on how to minimize the impact of acid rain.
To introduce the project, you plan to show videos on the causes and consequences of acid rain.
You also plan to conduct a video-conference with a farmer who has suffered the effects of acid rain.
To develop project-based learning strategies, you plan to use the school"™s limited ICT resources.
You are aware that many videos about acid rain are available on the Internet, but you do not know how to identify the relevant ones.
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.

You want to improve the students"™ research skills by using ICT resources. The solution must help meet the school"™s organizational goals.
What should you do?
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Overview -
General Overview -
You are a geography teacher at a school of 500 students.

Organizational Goals -
The school wants students to acquire twenty-first century skills, including collaboration, problem solving, and authentic learning, by using ICT resources.
Learning and Teaching Environment
You have 40 students of mixed abilities in your class. The students are between the ages of 14 and 16.
The students are computer literate but have limited knowledge of how to use the Internet to communicate and to share ideas.
The school has one computer lab that contains 15 computers. The computers are networked and have access to the Internet. The computers support video- conferencing.
The computer lab has a student response system that includes 45 handsets.

Objectives -

Learning Objectives -
The students will be able to understand the cause and effects of acid rain.

Learning Activities -
You plan a project with the students on the topic of acid rain. The students will use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources to complete the project.
The project will require the students to:
Improve their research skills.
Collaborate with one another and with students in other schools.
Create a Web site to educate the public on how to minimize the impact of acid rain.
To introduce the project, you plan to show videos on the causes and consequences of acid rain.
You also plan to conduct a video-conference with a farmer who has suffered the effects of acid rain.
To develop project-based learning strategies, you plan to use the school"™s limited ICT resources.
You are aware that many videos about acid rain are available on the Internet, but you do not know how to identify the relevant ones.
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.

Your class just completed the video-conference with the farmer.
You want to do a quick assessment to identify how many students understood the key points of the video-conference.
What should you do?
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Overview -
General Overview -
You are a geography teacher at a school of 500 students.

Organizational Goals -
The school wants students to acquire twenty-first century skills, including collaboration, problem solving, and authentic learning, by using ICT resources.
Learning and Teaching Environment
You have 40 students of mixed abilities in your class. The students are between the ages of 14 and 16.
The students are computer literate but have limited knowledge of how to use the Internet to communicate and to share ideas.
The school has one computer lab that contains 15 computers. The computers are networked and have access to the Internet. The computers support video- conferencing.
The computer lab has a student response system that includes 45 handsets.

Objectives -

Learning Objectives -
The students will be able to understand the cause and effects of acid rain.

Learning Activities -
You plan a project with the students on the topic of acid rain. The students will use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources to complete the project.
The project will require the students to:
Improve their research skills.
Collaborate with one another and with students in other schools.
Create a Web site to educate the public on how to minimize the impact of acid rain.
To introduce the project, you plan to show videos on the causes and consequences of acid rain.
You also plan to conduct a video-conference with a farmer who has suffered the effects of acid rain.
To develop project-based learning strategies, you plan to use the school"™s limited ICT resources.
You are aware that many videos about acid rain are available on the Internet, but you do not know how to identify the relevant ones.
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.

One of your students has poor hearing.
You want to ensure that the student has the opportunity to interact with the farmer during the video-conference.
What should you do?
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Overview -
General Overview -
You are a geography teacher at a school of 500 students.

Organizational Goals -
The school wants students to acquire twenty-first century skills, including collaboration, problem solving, and authentic learning, by using ICT resources.
Learning and Teaching Environment
You have 40 students of mixed abilities in your class. The students are between the ages of 14 and 16.
The students are computer literate but have limited knowledge of how to use the Internet to communicate and to share ideas.
The school has one computer lab that contains 15 computers. The computers are networked and have access to the Internet. The computers support video- conferencing.
The computer lab has a student response system that includes 45 handsets.

Objectives -

Learning Objectives -
The students will be able to understand the cause and effects of acid rain.

Learning Activities -
You plan a project with the students on the topic of acid rain. The students will use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources to complete the project.
The project will require the students to:
Improve their research skills.
Collaborate with one another and with students in other schools.
Create a Web site to educate the public on how to minimize the impact of acid rain.
To introduce the project, you plan to show videos on the causes and consequences of acid rain.
You also plan to conduct a video-conference with a farmer who has suffered the effects of acid rain.
To develop project-based learning strategies, you plan to use the school"™s limited ICT resources.
You are aware that many videos about acid rain are available on the Internet, but you do not know how to identify the relevant ones.
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.

You want your students to analyze the costs of running a business.
You plan a visit with your students to a business center that sells business services.
The business center offers the following services.
-> Printing
-> Photocopying
-> Web site design
-> Document scanning
-> Word processing and editing.
What should you include as part of your classroom activities?