I. Know
A. ICT motivates teachers and pupils
B. It involves the use of IT tools and software
C. Not all teachers are comfortable in teaching language using ICT
D. Most of the time, lesson plans are designed to support the use of IT and not using IT to support pedagogy.
E. Availability of internet resources, educational CD-roms
II. Want to know
A. How do we know that pupils have acquired the language skills taught through using ICT although the ICT lesson motivates them more?
B. How do we then convince ourselves and our colleagues the importance of using ICT in the language classroom?
C. How do we decide which ICT tools and resources are suitable in the teaching of the EL language?
D. How do we monitor pupils' learning through an ICT classroom?
E. Effectiveness of digital resources
- How do we know which digital resource to use to teach language and is it suitable for our pupils?
F. What changes must be made to ensure the effectiveness of an ICT lesson?
1. Types of assesment modes
- What kind of assessement tools should be in place for an ICT langauage classroom?
2. Teachers' mindset
- How do we change the teachers midnset on viewing students as assets, working together and learning from each other so that their strengths in ICT can be tapped upon?
3. Pre-requisite of teachers
- What are some of the pre-requisite that a teacher should have before he or she can be an effective teacher in a language classroom?
III. Learn
A. The use of ICT in the language classroom should support pedagogy and not the other way round
B. An effective ICT-based lesson first begins with an effective language lesson plan with CRISP objectives
Clear
Relevant
Interesting
Short
Productive
C. An effective ICT based language classroom focuses on a student-centred environment
D. Framework on assessing Digital resources
E. The importance of ICT
1. A lifeskill lesson - pupils should not have fear of the computer just like not having the fear of swimming
2. It can enhance teaching provided
a. teachers themselves know why ICT is important in langauge teaching
b. teachers adopt the prinicple of a mixing desk in an ICT language classroom
F. Availability of Digital resources like Corpus, Online Dictionary & Thesaurus, etc
G. Importance of tapping on Pupils’ Strength in the world of ICT
- teachers should not feel threatened by the lack of knowledge in the area and must be willing to view pupils as partners in using ICT in their language classroom.
- teachers must be willing to learn from the pupils themselves and with their knowledge on what constitutes a good education, they will enhance their teaching and the pupils’ learning.
H. Importance of the Change in Teachers’ Mindset
- teachers should keep themselves updated in the world of ICT
- teachers should not feel that it is time wasted with the planning of ICT but to believe that over time, they can actually save time as the use of ICT opens up the many other windows to access and share knowledge worldwide.
I. The need to change the nature of assessment so that pupils are assessed fairly on the learning that has taken place in an ICT language class.
A. ICT motivates teachers and pupils
B. It involves the use of IT tools and software
C. Not all teachers are comfortable in teaching language using ICT
D. Most of the time, lesson plans are designed to support the use of IT and not using IT to support pedagogy.
E. Availability of internet resources, educational CD-roms
II. Want to know
A. How do we know that pupils have acquired the language skills taught through using ICT although the ICT lesson motivates them more?
B. How do we then convince ourselves and our colleagues the importance of using ICT in the language classroom?
C. How do we decide which ICT tools and resources are suitable in the teaching of the EL language?
D. How do we monitor pupils' learning through an ICT classroom?
E. Effectiveness of digital resources
- How do we know which digital resource to use to teach language and is it suitable for our pupils?
F. What changes must be made to ensure the effectiveness of an ICT lesson?
1. Types of assesment modes
- What kind of assessement tools should be in place for an ICT langauage classroom?
2. Teachers' mindset
- How do we change the teachers midnset on viewing students as assets, working together and learning from each other so that their strengths in ICT can be tapped upon?
3. Pre-requisite of teachers
- What are some of the pre-requisite that a teacher should have before he or she can be an effective teacher in a language classroom?
III. Learn
A. The use of ICT in the language classroom should support pedagogy and not the other way round
B. An effective ICT-based lesson first begins with an effective language lesson plan with CRISP objectives
Clear
Relevant
Interesting
Short
Productive
C. An effective ICT based language classroom focuses on a student-centred environment
D. Framework on assessing Digital resources
E. The importance of ICT
1. A lifeskill lesson - pupils should not have fear of the computer just like not having the fear of swimming
2. It can enhance teaching provided
a. teachers themselves know why ICT is important in langauge teaching
b. teachers adopt the prinicple of a mixing desk in an ICT language classroom
F. Availability of Digital resources like Corpus, Online Dictionary & Thesaurus, etc
G. Importance of tapping on Pupils’ Strength in the world of ICT
- teachers should not feel threatened by the lack of knowledge in the area and must be willing to view pupils as partners in using ICT in their language classroom.
- teachers must be willing to learn from the pupils themselves and with their knowledge on what constitutes a good education, they will enhance their teaching and the pupils’ learning.
H. Importance of the Change in Teachers’ Mindset
- teachers should keep themselves updated in the world of ICT
- teachers should not feel that it is time wasted with the planning of ICT but to believe that over time, they can actually save time as the use of ICT opens up the many other windows to access and share knowledge worldwide.
I. The need to change the nature of assessment so that pupils are assessed fairly on the learning that has taken place in an ICT language class.
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