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Topic 1, Case Study 1
Overview
General Overview
You are a history teacher at a school that has students between the ages of 11 and 18.
Description of Students
You class contains 30 students who are 12 and 13 years old.
Learning and Teaching Environment
The school has the following Information andCommunication Technology (ICT) resources:
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Two networked computer labs that each contains 30 desktop computers. All of the computers are connected to the Internet through a Web filtering firewall. All of the computers are connected to a pool of printers and to a flatbed scanner.
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16 laptop computers that have a wireless connection to a pool of printers and to the Internet.
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Five digital cameras, two video cameras, and one digital voice recorder.
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Video-editing software installed on all of the computers.
A Learning Management System (LMS) used for the following tasks:
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The students use the LMS to submit their work, access resources uploaded by the teachers, communicate with their teachers, and access discussion forums.
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The teachers use the LMS to upload resources for the students, assign homework, collect assignments, and grade their students' work.
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The school administration uses the LMS to create schedules and to track student performance data.
Planned Changes
You plan to help the school make better use of its existing ICT resources. The school administration also asks you to identify opportunities to use the ICT resources during your history lessons.
Teacher Problem Statement
The school reports that neither the teachers nor the students use the ICT resources. Also, when the ICT resources are used, they are often used for tasks that do not enhance learning.
You inform the school administration that you are interested in using new technologies during your lessons. The administration asks you to find opportunities within your subject area to develop the use of ICT resources.
Student Problem Statement
The students report that they often find historical sources in a foreign language, which hinders them from completing their assignments.
Objectives
Learning Objectives
Develop the students' understanding of past societies and of how these societies shaped the world during the twentieth century.
Professional Development Objectives
You identify the following professional development objectives:
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Develop new approaches to using digital technologies for the teaching of history.
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Develop new approaches to using source materials for the teaching of history.
Organizational Goals
The school plans to increase the use of technology during teaching.
Planned Activity
You plan to run a learning activity that will include the following tasks:
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The students split into small groups, and each group identify a theme or a historical event.
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The students select and edit digital images that illustrate the theme or the event.
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The students create a poster to demonstrate their learning.
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The students display their posters to their peers.
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You plan to have an expert speaker address the students about a recent historical event.
Which two possible ICT resources should you recommend that the students use to create an accurate record of the speaker's statements? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose two.)
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• A. a digital camera
• B. a video camera
• C. the digital voice recorder
• D. the LMS
• E. the flatbed scanner
• F. the printers
• G. an Internet connection

You teachpolitical science to a class of 20 students. The students are 17 years old. Your school has a computer lab that has access to the Internet.
Your government has an election.
You create a lesson that requires the students to spend the entire day of the election analyzing the election results as they are announced.
You reserve the computer lab for the activity.
You want to ensure that the students can continuously record the election results. The solution must also ensure that the students seethechanges to the political map as the resultscome in.
What should you do?

• A. Have the students use a spreadsheet application to import charts from the political parties'Web sites, and then export the charts to a presentation.
• B. Have the students use a spreadsheet application to build a model presenting the election results.
• C. Have the students input the election results to a spreadsheet application and create charts to present the results.
• D. Have the students use a word processing application to create a table that presents the election results.

You are requested to write the proposal to qualify for the sponsorship.
Which statement best describes the ICT Competency Framework for Teachers (ICT-CFT) policygoalthat is met by implementing the new ICT resources?
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• A. The new ICT resources allow the teachers to create problem-solving activities that the students can perform in a virtual environment.
• B. The new ICT resources helpthe teachers design activities that enable the students to become collaborative, problem-solving learners.
• C. The new ICT resources allow the teachers to update their ICT skills and to meet the professional development objectives.
• D. The new ICT resources allow the teachers to create virtual activities that can be self- administered by the students without any teacher involvement.

You teach a class of 20 students. Your classroom contains six computers.
You run an activity that is carried out mostly on paper.
Before the end of the activity, the students will require access to the computers.
Which lesson structure should provide the best learning experience for the students?

• A. Execute the computer-based portion of the activity as a class demonstration.
• B. Create several different activities that require the computers at different stages during the lesson.
• C. Have all of the students perform the same activity and instruct the students to take turns using the computers.
• D. Modify the tasks of the lesson so that only some of the students require access to the computers.