tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48860678767879954912024-02-21T10:30:13.773+03:00Teaching and Learning ICT 2Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14095636743127578494noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886067876787995491.post-83966050520588735752010-12-22T21:57:00.000+03:002010-12-22T21:57:40.197+03:00Final Thoughts<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSFErWZ-yrFsAfTlA9GTXXxFfjeRiONrUd53JC_5PpPUKVv3bdUQxQLATo3mm68ESHj3DmygYWPao9jqoTBI4u99kV-4PGoH5jZnt9HqLezYLUBuz0NXpZK_QhNcbmg7lq-HEkKBQD-OW/s1600/FinalThoughts_ICT3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSFErWZ-yrFsAfTlA9GTXXxFfjeRiONrUd53JC_5PpPUKVv3bdUQxQLATo3mm68ESHj3DmygYWPao9jqoTBI4u99kV-4PGoH5jZnt9HqLezYLUBuz0NXpZK_QhNcbmg7lq-HEkKBQD-OW/s320/FinalThoughts_ICT3.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a>Here we go, this looks to be the last post in this course.<br />
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It was one of the greatest courses I've attended despite the fact that it's contents are smaller than other courses.<br />
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The main reason which makes me getting this impression about the course is that it opened the gate to me to dig the possibilities of ICT in education.<br />
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We were introduced to some interesting topics like the webquest, using games in education, tutor, tutee, and tools. These can make the education more fun and fruitful and effective to the most extent if it's used applied intelligently.<br />
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Knowing these topics doesn't mean the education is a mechanical process between the teacher and the students; rather it's a knowledge combined with the emotions and humanity.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHg3XmmEBTnMbxro7vi7PcwMQvMgq0D0gpLni7SErl6O4VOLGpktz3ZymC3SprZEvsGAHWK0NB_HMTRrQa56ZMzhhkVG_RD5UP1l2kf2gZ0yLg8mh-ZID0oN48eXM995plIErLfJaYoWC4/s1600/FinalThoughts_ICT2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHg3XmmEBTnMbxro7vi7PcwMQvMgq0D0gpLni7SErl6O4VOLGpktz3ZymC3SprZEvsGAHWK0NB_HMTRrQa56ZMzhhkVG_RD5UP1l2kf2gZ0yLg8mh-ZID0oN48eXM995plIErLfJaYoWC4/s320/FinalThoughts_ICT2.jpg" width="320" /></a>Last and big thing we were introduced to and used it is the blog as you read it, and I think it's the other side of what differentiate this course with other course.<br />
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I think Blogging in education turns the process to be more enjoyable and it let's the students thinks deeply and reflect what they learned. This helps in retaining and developing what the student learned.<br />
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Of course there many constraints facing applying blogging with the students, so it must be not mandatory rather a complementary way to achieve the educations goals.<br />
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My last point is: we must utilize the enormous existence of the new technological era in education while not forget the pros and cons of every thing we tend to use.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14095636743127578494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886067876787995491.post-47053107515625289972010-12-22T00:33:00.004+03:002010-12-22T00:43:57.133+03:00Games and Simulation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94UaYYkVcV4_7n4atDZhwMZcBNCeWxxpUcMtaKOkZE9jgjY51fFgLMX81f1UYaQQXVjbpOFFsJ51jRsv1_DL4kH53oQUd4Dw8YIUmrxaByESkPV8MVnNR72TFZQ8omoM97VW8VzrGk6oC/s1600/fun-educational-games.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94UaYYkVcV4_7n4atDZhwMZcBNCeWxxpUcMtaKOkZE9jgjY51fFgLMX81f1UYaQQXVjbpOFFsJ51jRsv1_DL4kH53oQUd4Dw8YIUmrxaByESkPV8MVnNR72TFZQ8omoM97VW8VzrGk6oC/s320/fun-educational-games.gif" width="153" /></a></div>Computers can be used in ICT as tutor which means the teacher can select a software or ask the students to enter a site and explore the new topic in a computer directed mode.<br />
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What categories can the teacher use to help the students learn? There are many possibilities and two of them are using Games and Simulation.<br />
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Using these ways in learning turns the education to an enjoyable process which means the students will be motivated and learns by themselves.<br />
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I think it's not easy to select the game or simulation for a specific topic since that may depends on the age of the students, cultural background of the students, and many other factors.<br />
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<ul><li><b>Games</b><br />
Here are some samples of games that can be used in education:<br />
<ul><li><a href="http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/numberballoons/NumberBalloons_add_level1.htm">Number Balloons</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm">Food Chain</a></li>
<li><a href="http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/word-wizards/games/game_reef_of_lost_words_the.html">Reef of Lost Words</a></li>
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These games are clear and created in flash so they must be accessible on almost all computers connected to the internet.<br />
They first and second games are easy while the third is more difficult but they are enjoyable to the students to play and learn.<br />
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You can visit <a href="http://www.educational-freeware.com/">this site</a> to find some interesting educational games.<br />
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<li><b>Simulation</b><br />
When we learned for ICDL at MOE, we used a software created by Adobe Director. It was a simulation of Microsoft Office, and it made us learning the whole topics -seven topics- in one week, while other teachers needed more than two months of teacher directed model.<br />
Simulation is used in pilot practice programs as well to bypass loses when accidents happen. The same can be applied in education like in teaching networking topics, since we may save budget and don't need to supply miles of wires to just cut them.</li>
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The last week lecture was so insightful and full of rich information.<br />
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We learnt the concept maps which I heard and read about them before but didn't use nor apply them.<br />
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This technique enables you to summarize the flows of your ideas and concentrate on the most important concepts rather than focusing on the shallow ones.<br />
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You need to plan for a course? The concept maps will help you to achieve the plan effectively.<br />
You need to intensify your students achievements? introduce the concepts maps to them and ask them to use it in their studying.<br />
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Are there shortcomings of the concept maps? you can say so. As it can only be applied on the conceptual sides of the course, you can't use it for the whole class and skip the practical side of the course.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14095636743127578494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886067876787995491.post-89013004861795393892010-11-14T11:34:00.003+03:002010-11-29T10:31:33.354+03:00WebQuestThis is one of the most interesting lessons we've been introduced to in ICT2 course.<br />
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I admit it, this is the first time I heard about this terminology and I liked the idea to of <b>WebQuest</b> as it motivates the kids to discover new ideas of the lesson on their own.<br />
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It's not up to the kids how to get the information, but there are parts of <b>WebQuest</b> to generalize the process of digging to get the information.<br />
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I think there are some points to bear in mind regarding <b>WebQuest</b> to get the most benefit of it:<br />
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<ol><li><style="color: red;"=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">How old are the students?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"> It's near to impossible to use <b>WebQuest</b> with the young kids like 7 years old students.</span></style="color:></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">What subjects are you planning to apply </span><b style="color: red;">WebQuest</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> on?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"> A practical lesson?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"> forget it, since it's usable with the facts-based lessons. </span></li>
<li><style="color: red;"=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">How often will you use <b>WebQuest</b>?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"> Since this is a time and effort consuming, you can use it a few times.</span></style="color:></li>
<li><style="color: red;"=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">How easy is it to get the information off the internet?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"> This methodology depends mainly on the internet to fill the blanks. </span></style="color:></li>
</ol><div>Put these questions/points in your mind and you'll have a fantastic and interesting learning strategy with your students.</div><div></div><div>This is a new way to learn as I stated above so all I have here isn't related to experiment with it before rather than agreeing with it to a degree.<br />
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</div><div></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>See you in next reflections on other topics in the course.</b></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14095636743127578494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886067876787995491.post-78770024469083647822010-11-04T23:01:00.002+03:002010-11-04T23:10:01.616+03:00Cybersafety<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFggoIi-hvbr92WpQpLeSG4zwWs-EBTc1_YWlqDoe45Hnj7qbKhKTERicx4IN7yna21hmaNRDYPqDZa1Tvc62OOzaQ0xTTOYMOjl_4lNe2AJoo2h9T-nXcMql_wvfpLdBFzoRKi3NrKjzl/s1600/Internet_safety_cartoon.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFggoIi-hvbr92WpQpLeSG4zwWs-EBTc1_YWlqDoe45Hnj7qbKhKTERicx4IN7yna21hmaNRDYPqDZa1Tvc62OOzaQ0xTTOYMOjl_4lNe2AJoo2h9T-nXcMql_wvfpLdBFzoRKi3NrKjzl/s1600/Internet_safety_cartoon.gif" /></a>Do you know what may turn the internet to be a predator space?<br />
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Take this cartoon as a hint on the answer of the previous question. You may know a tiny subset of who you talk and interact with, but can't make certain who are the others for real.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>The age may make the victim to be easily hunted and it's more dangerous with the younger kids. So, as a teacher I think I hold the responsibility to make sure the students are safe from the nasty aspects of the internet.<br />
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</tbody></table>In my previous years in the school, I was using a software called <a href="http://www.netop.com/products/education/school.htm">NetOp School</a> which enabled me to monitor all PCs in the computer lab with one click.<br />
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This is one of the ways I used to protect the students, while there are more like advising every now and then; but the most important monitoring tool is internal in the students themselves.<br />
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On other side of Cybersafety, I used <a href="http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus">Avira AntiVir Personal</a> which is a good antivirus that I use it on laptop and it wasn't infected since then.<br />
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While talking about Cybersafety, we couldn't skip talking about the communication and compulsion problems that the students may suffer. I noticed that many students either consider the internet as Google -which means the search is the gate for the internet to them, and that's fine-, or they open the browser mainly to open their page on Facebook. The problem with Facebook is that it easily unleashes the 3 Cs of Cybersafety:<br />
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<ul><li>Content related safety issues</li>
<li>Communication related safety issues</li>
<li>Compulsion related safety issues</li>
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I can direct the student to not open a site containing unwanted content, but I can't do the same when he opens a site that looks normal which is his Facebook page although he may be addicted to this site or living in unbalanced life between the virtual and real world. Here comes the internal supervisor which I mentioned before.<br />
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Nowadays, It's simpler; but not unnecessary, to monitor the students since the internet in the schools is connected through a proxy, but what left to the teacher is a big burden to keep the school as a safe environment to the students.<br />
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<ol><li><a href="http://www.safekids.com/">http://www.safekids.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ikeepsafe.org/">http://www.ikeepsafe.org</a></li>
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<img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRVaUipcFuuX4KnoIBCQLfxCGNlgk2AF4PaJkHl6VItgajUpLorEfbJADBGty5manNCoZTamCawC6RoL6ccyqaQRWzORtZOXVlBWfXLIem13I5TfIgK3mupPC2TZ6aIUpyYALBBi1GDnh/s320/Inquiry_Based_learning3.gif" width="320" /></a></div>This week, we're assigned to reflect on the <b>Inquiry-Based learning</b> which utilizes the <b>Student-Centered Learning</b> education approach.<br />
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As implied in the previous post, the <b>Student-Centered Learning</b> makes sure the student constructs the information and it's the most effective way to learn and understand new ideas.<br />
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I didn't implement this strategy in my classes before and it's a new concept to me but I liked the concept and the way it's implemented. To use it, you or a student ignite a question then ask the students to try to analyze it and seek for the answer and refine it. This motivates the students to collaborate and share their ideas which builds a thinking minds and creates a strong learning environment that let's the students to learn efficiently and effectively.<br />
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This doesn't mean this strategy can be used uniquely in all schools stages and in all classes situations all the time. This is one of many strategies and it may face many hurdles.<br />
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Imagine that I need to teach the students of the 1<sup>st</sup> grade of the intermediate level a lesson about introduction to computers which includes part of the computers and the types of OSs. While this subject may take almost two lectures to be demonstrated and explained to the student, it may take a long time for them to construct the information when I use the <b>Inquiry-Based learning</b> for the same subject.<br />
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So we may apply and use this strategy depending on the type of the subject, the time you afford, the ages of the students, the level of acknowledgement of the students, and the utilities and tools.<br />
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Last word here to be said, this is not the magic wand of all deficits and if it's applied wisely and correctly; it may lead to a great restults.<br />
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<hr /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ref: <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113763977423350560.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113763977423350560.html</a></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14095636743127578494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886067876787995491.post-9532219969422374822010-10-20T13:44:00.002+03:002010-10-21T12:27:35.123+03:00Student-Centered LearningThis our third week lesson, it's about the <b>Student-Centered Learning</b> (<b>SCL</b>) and I can emphasize that <b>SCL</b> is more effective in many areas compared with the other paradigm, <b>Teacher-Centered Learning</b> (<b>TCL</b>).<br />
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Personally, I applied it partially in my lessons before and realized how it's effective and motivating to the students.<br />
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As an example, I showed the students a gradient rectangle in word and asked them to try to discover the way of how I did it in <i>MS Word</i>. The students take not-a-short time to find how to do this exercise, but they learn more than one thing on their way which are:<br />
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<ul><li>How to draw a rectangle in <i>MS Word</i>.</li>
<li>How to remove the border of the shape.</li>
<li>How to fill the shape with a color.</li>
<li>How to set gradient colors.</li>
</ul><div>I could show how to achieve those points to the students then ask them to do the exercise which may needs an equal or shorter time.</div><div><br />
</div><div>But what about the level of understanding of all students in this case? I think the <b>SCL</b> is better for the students and for the teachers. It's clear to be better for the student as I stated before, and the teacher will get no hassle of explaining and will concentrate on how to make sure every student gets what he needs to be able to understand the lesson and do the task correctly.</div><div><br />
</div><div>I know <b>SCL</b> faces some critiques, and I think, as a part to resolve them, we need to apply a mixture between <b>SCL</b> and <b>TCL</b> and the ratio of them depends on the age of the students. So the instructor may use <strong>TCL</strong> as the first part of the lecture and <strong>SCL</strong> in the other part.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14095636743127578494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886067876787995491.post-23682898241217909582010-10-20T13:43:00.000+03:002010-10-20T13:43:42.748+03:00tutor, tools, and tutee in Learning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidfXym8XqHZt1RsrOf_-eVmWBuhWYh07byzNs6181yXAkpUk9KulNvK9XP86kSMGOwuUDqd09hX_I32ob_ySoDynIttnoEmgJqPC7nNflR7JE7149tC99VAZDchL6rJTkwq6CtuB0EAr0g/s1600/ict1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidfXym8XqHZt1RsrOf_-eVmWBuhWYh07byzNs6181yXAkpUk9KulNvK9XP86kSMGOwuUDqd09hX_I32ob_ySoDynIttnoEmgJqPC7nNflR7JE7149tC99VAZDchL6rJTkwq6CtuB0EAr0g/s320/ict1.jpg" width="320" /></a>Before about six years, a colleague brought his students to my computer lab and gave them an E-Lesson. He created the lesson with <b><i>Macromedia</i></b> (<b><i>Adobe</i></b>) <i><b>Director</b></i>. He was a Science teacher and lesson was meant to be as a substitute of a lesson in the Science lab and showing them an experiment there.<br />
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<a href="http://www.bridgewater.herts.sch.uk/images/ict3_lrg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a>The lesson was merely a show with some interactivity but without any questions/answers nor different levels. The students impression? they liked it so much and they understood the lesson.<br />
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I know this is not an ideal <b>tutor</b> in <b>ICT</b>, but it gives a glimpse on how using computing can turn learning to an attractive and effective way.<br />
While there are so many obstacles in front of applying <b>tutor-tools-tutee</b> in learning, but with the right resources and time they can be applied differently depending on the level of the student.<br />
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One of the big problems is the needed flexibility of the <b>tutor</b> mode where the human teacher can beat it. Although I think with the advancement of Artificial Intelligence, we may have some adaptive <b>tutors</b> which teach the students depending on their level of the understanding.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCp37fIk1537hs6AUmJ7EZOPCyko3GKpRlo-hmUI1Gf9BGEaqB73mAEf_Z7ClSxx0Ca5tvZkZnQ06ZOxKh3QGJ0dxvJ4NUSqXgv-VgJhdWf3l9jChH0MZZIndG5CZ1EcDZxNCejjRWu-fv/s1600/ict2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCp37fIk1537hs6AUmJ7EZOPCyko3GKpRlo-hmUI1Gf9BGEaqB73mAEf_Z7ClSxx0Ca5tvZkZnQ06ZOxKh3QGJ0dxvJ4NUSqXgv-VgJhdWf3l9jChH0MZZIndG5CZ1EcDZxNCejjRWu-fv/s200/ict2.jpg" width="200" /></a>About the <b>tutee</b> mode, I think it can be deployed to some extent on children since we must bear in mind this mod needs high level of understanding in children to deal with programming skills needed here which seems to be time consuming. And to solve this, I think the focus can be on building programming skills in the first levels in the school to use them effectively in the advanced and next levels.<br />
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<a href="http://www.citejournal.org/articles/v9i2Editorial1Fig4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a>Last one in these modes is the <b>tools</b>. It's used widely between teachers and students in the form of word processors and spreadsheets to get statistics and writing assignments and reports. This mode is less time and consuming in opinion as the tools a ready to use and need not to be programmed in most cases.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14095636743127578494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886067876787995491.post-59923964803704077032010-10-11T12:44:00.003+03:002010-10-20T21:38:39.947+03:00Who and WhyI'm S.Jaafar Neama Khalil, a father of two children. I was an IT teacher in <b>Duraz Intermediate Boy's School</b> in Bahrain.<br />
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After being a teacher for nine years in the school, I'm now a student as a candidate teacher (TC) in Bahrain Teacher's College (BTC) in Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) program funded by Ministry of Education in Bahrain. This program must last for a whole academic year.<br />
In this blog, I'll write my reflections about the course <b>Teaching and Learning Information and Communication Technology 2</b>.<br />
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I like reading news on internet like mobile and IT and policy news, watching TV, and solving Maths problem. I'm a twitter addict :-).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14095636743127578494noreply@blogger.com0