July 18 th 2014 Using ICT in School 1 Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna Managing web based resources A change project

 Are resources or information which available in the internet;  Are materials that can be obtained from internet;  Are textual, audio, video, picture related information available in the internet Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna2

As a teacher you can make use of web based resources to enhance  Teaching  Learning  School administration Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna3

There are various tools which are used to help users in searching web based resources  The most used tools are “Search Engines”  Others are web directories, web indexes, gateways, web portal etc  For this Training, we shall focus only on search engines due to time limitation Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna4

Search engine –  Is a tool or software which help user to search for specific or general information and or resources in the internet;  Example – google, yahoo, ask, mamma, guru, altavista etc  For this Training, we shall focus only on google due to time limitation 5 Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna

 Know what you are going to search (i.e effects of socio-cultural practices)  Know other synonyms; alternative terms (e,g effects it could be consequences, outcomes, results, etc)  Boolean operators/Logical operator – AND (+), OR (/), AND NOT (-)  Use KEYWORDS – (e.g effects socio-cultural practices) – remove un-necessary words like “of”, “is”, “are”, “however” etc Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna6

7 There are various ways which you can use to organize web based resources  You can download and save in your computer, laptop, tablet and or smart phone  Make sure you create folder and sub-folder for easy management of your resources  You can copy a link and/or file and paste in your cloud computing apps like Google docs- google drive, Drop box etc  For this Training, we shall focus only on google drive due to time limitation

8 Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna As a teacher, there are various ways you can use to share and disseminate web based resources   Social network i.e facebook, twitter,  Blogging  Skipying – skype  Chatting – facebook, instagram etc  Cloud computing – google drive, drop box

9 Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna Hands on activity   Social network i.e Facebook, Twitter,  Blogging  Skyping – Skype  Chatting – Facebook, Instagram etc  Cloud computing – Google drive, Dropbox

10 Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna As a teacher be careful what to share and NOT (very important) For instance - do not share marking scheme, pre-exam paper Any other sensitive information – please lets us discuss

 Teaching notes  Teaching handouts  Slides  Announcements and news  Course outline and Syllabus  Teaching aid, animations  Projects and any other classroom activities  Textual, video and audio links relevant to your students and subject etc  ANY OTHER – Please let us discuss Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna11

Sharing and dissemination – google drive and facebook grouping  BUT you can use as many other web based applications to do the same Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna12

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