Through the teaching of Project Work, it was quite evident that that the 3MPs were in effect.
I think the project work is a good platform for the use of ICT. It requires students to collaborate for problem-solving.
The school had the infrastructure in place, and students could access the computers and internet. They were also responsible users. There were sufficient IT specialists who could troubleshoot any problems(unable to log in to the terminal, for instance). Students were receptive to being taught. For instance they had to learn how to plot graphs to represent data, they did not have the skills yet, so I had to teach them and they acquired those skills just in time to achieve their objectives. Students used search engines to find information, they were taught to collect pertinent information and discard pointless data.
I did find classroom management a chore during ICT lessons (almost all the project work lessons were carried out in the computer labs). Teachers(or maybe its just me) could not control what the students were viewing on their computer. I think the sitting arrangement should be such that the teachers can view what each student is doing(perhaps installing mirrors?)
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