INTEGRATION OF ICT INTO THE CURRICULUM

Providence Girls’ Catholic School

• Student and teacher database with personal information and marks. Classlist, personal information, class timetable, teacher timetable

• School wikispace communication between school, parents, prospective parents. Links to some of subjects in curriculum.

• Computers used in all departments.

ICT COMPONENTSALREADY IMPLEMENTED

• Use of e-mail for homework on a limited scale.

• Use for discussions in staff meetings.• Use of e-mail to communicate with

parents.• Training of teachers to use various

software.• Use of staff share to communicate

schemes of work, records for school events.

• Formation of ICT committee.• Use of laptops in form one class. The

lesson was editing your assignment and proofreading your work.

ICT COMPONENT ALREADY IMPLEMENTED

• Greater use of the student share• Saving of lessons taught on the

student share

ICT COMPONENTS TO BE IMPLEMENTED

• Due to number of trained teachers there is a high demand for the use of the ICT rooms.

• Insufficient computers for access by students.

• Inadequate number of parents availed themselves to ICT training

• Misuse – used for recreational purposes instead of educational

CHALLENGES FOR ICT INTEGRATION

• Checks by IT technician.• Measurement of the usage of

ICT log books and rosters.• Monitoring staff in their use of

ICT in the curriculum by Heads of Department

MONITORING ICT INTEGRATION

• Purchase cabinets for storage of laptops.

• Create policy for the use of laptops in the classroom.

• Security of student and laptop.• Sensitization of students on the

safety of themselves and their laptops.

• Sensitization of ICT policy to parents and students

WORK PLAN FOR ICT IMPLEMENTATION

SHORT TERM

• Set up another ICT room.• Equip 2 more Form 1

classrooms with electrical outlets for laptops.

WORK PLAN FOR ICT IMPLEMENTATION

MEDIUM TERM

• All classrooms to be outfitted to support the use of computers.

• All students have access to individual computers on a daily basis.

• Reduce the amount of chalk and talk to 30%.

WORK PLAN FOR ICT IMPLEMENTATIONLONG TERM