ICT Leadership for Education Managers

Teachers using ICT in administration and lesson planning (Module 2: Workshop 2)

Factors for effective use:

A clear vision of ICT should be communicated to all levels of staff and the wider school community.
Head teachers should personally use ICT to raise the profile of ICT in school.
Participate in online communities to help reduce professional isolation.
Access is needed to professional development for strategic leadership of ICT.
Effective use of EMIS to reduce the time spent on administrative tasks and provide useful data.

As a principal you will make important decisions about the use of ICT in your school. On what evidence do you base your decisions? In this workshop you are given the opportunity to examine just a few examples of what teachers could do using ICT to carry out their daily tasks and lesson preparation.

By the end of this task you could achieve the following outcomes:

- Evaluate whether ICT can help teachers to become more efficient in their daily tasks.

2 hours

Workshop questions: Should teachers use ICT in schools?
Can ICT make teachers more efficient in their daily tasks?

	Description	Resources
1	Work in pairs. (15 min) In this workshop you will weigh up the evidence to support or refute the claim that ICT can help teachers to become more efficient in their daily tasks. In this workshop these "daily tasks" focus on administrative duties and lesson preparation. Open the Showing Evidence tool.	» Click here to do the Showing Evidence activity.
2	Work in pairs. (30 min) You may alter the wording of the claim in the Showing Evidence tool before you begin. View the videos listed in the resource column and decide what evidence each video provides. Discuss the evidence and update the Showing Evidence tool after each video.	» Using a desktop publisher to stimulate after-school activities. » Using the Internet for research. » Using the word processor for interactive worksheets. » Using presentations to share knowledge. » Using a desktop publisher for brochures.
3	Work in pairs. (45 min) Read the scenarios and view the examples documents using the links in the resource column and decide what evidence each provides. Discuss the evidence and update the Showing Evidence tool after viewing each resource.	» Click here to view the ICT scenarios for teachers.
4	Work in pairs. (15 min) Discuss evidence that refutes the claim, based on your experiences with ICT, and update the Showing Evidence tool. Colour negative evidence in red text and positive evidence in green text.
5	Meet as a whole group (15 min) Share your summaries with the whole group and discuss the workshops question. What is your conclusion? What actions do you intend to take based on your conclusion? Update your course workbook: item 2-2.
6	Community of principals Join the Partners in Learning Network and find a community of principals online.	» Go to the Partners in Learning Network

Related scenarios

» Teachers growing in ICT competence
» How teachers use ICT to enhance learning