ENHANCED SCHOOL EXPERIENCE

Enhanced School Experience: Classroom Observations of ICT Use
(I) Specific Observations
School Name: Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Sec Sch
Class: 3Peace
Profile of the class:
-Majority of the class are strong in EL, save for a few who have problems with grammar and sentence construction.
-Express Stream






Subject: English
What ICT tools are used in the lesson?
Use of overhead projectors connected to teacher’s laptop.
Whiteboard








Describe how ICT is used for teaching and learning in the lesson.

The teacher was teaching the students about newspaper article reporting, editing of newspapers and moral and ethical issues concerning news media.

Teacher’s laptop was used to flash powerpoint slides for the lesson of the day. Handouts were also given out to students. As the teacher went through each page of the powerpoint slides, students had to copy down important points into prepared boxes in the handouts.

Videos were also shown on from the laptop for an exercise for the students.







(II) General Observation:
How do teachers in the school feel about the use of ICT for teaching and learning? (For this question, you may want to speak to the HOD/ICT and other teachers you know in the school.)

HOD/ICT feels that ICT is just a medium that teachers can choose to use in lessons. Whether or not to use the available equipment and capabilities depend on the lesson objectives of each lesson. Teachers should not incorporate the use of all available ICT equipment for the sake of using them or to show that they are being utilised.

From observations, I see that using of ICT may not necessarily help in the classroom to engage students. Students do not automatically pay more attention just because there are pieces of equipment that they are familiar with. Onus is still on the teacher to provide interesting and relevant material to flash out on the big screen to draw in students. Students can get more involved in the lessons and I feel that this helps classes that are more motivated to do well by making clearer to them the lesson content. However, teachers should not assume that all problems regarding classroom management will disappear with better technology.