1. How hard is it to create the school timetable?

2. Using ICT in Schools

3. Lesson Objectives To define different types of registration systems
Understand the use of an MIS
Understand the ways in which ICT can help organise school events

4. Registration Systems - By law schools have to register pupils
- Most schools use e-registration (electronic registration – using ICT to record attendance)

5. What can registration systems help a school with?
Showing absent pupils
Identify abnormal patterns of absence
Know where pupils are in case of emergencies
Know reasons for absence

6. Other types of registration systems.
Swipe Cards – each pupil uses a card to swipe in
Optical Mark Reader (OMR) – teacher inputs attendance sheet
Finger print (biometric) – recognizes pupil finger prints

7. MIS – Management Information Systems
MIS organise data and present it in a user friendly format
A database stores pupil information
Personal Details
Home Details
A database can be searched to produce
Class lists
Assessment results
Other Features include
Tracking invoices
Library book loans
Exam timetables

8. Competition Time – Early Lunch
How can ICT be used to help organise:
1. End of Term Show
2. School Trip

9. Software
End of Term Show
School Trip
Database software
Store details of pupils taking part
Store details of pupils on the trip
Spreadsheet software
Financial planning to ensure show isn’t over budget
Store details of how much pupils have paid
DTP (Desktop publishing)
Produce posters to advertise show, tickets to be sold.
Produce posters and leaflets about the trip
Word processor
Create a timetable for rehearsals
Produce letter for parents about the trip
Remind Staff about what lessons may be affected by show
parents with updates of trip

10. Task
Make notes on slides 3,4,5,6 and 8.