1. Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE) Chang’ombe Secondary School
Using ICT in School
Web Based Platform
July 17th 2014
A change project
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2. Web based platforms
Traditionally, software was developed for specific platforms, such as Windows, Linux, or Mac OS.
Today, developers build Web-based applications that run on the Web, that are completely independent of the user's actual computer operating system.
Web based platforms are based on Web 1.0 and Web 2.0
One of the goals of Web 2.0 is to facilitate the use of the Web as a development platform involving interaction and collaboration between creators and users.
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3. Web 2.0 platforms Also known as Social media
Social media can be used in teaching, learning and school administration
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4. Social media used regularly
Source: blog.socialmaximizer.com 
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5. Characteristics of social media
Social media allows:
More connectivity
Interaction between web users
Encourages contributions and feedback from anyone who is a member of any virtual community
Encourages collaboration
Information sharing and exchange
Flexible
Characteristics of social media
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6. Facebook - chatting
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7. Hands on activity Chatting
Inviting more people (students) to chat (collaboration/discussion)
Creating groups
Issuses to consider – privacy issues (open, closed, secret) – very important for teachers
Upoading image, video and other files
Posting and comments
NB- Create some sort of POLICY for the group. Why - discussion
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8. Google mail - mailing
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9. Hands on activity Emailing and managing emails
Managing docs – google docs
Creating docs and folders
Sharing docs
Issues to consider
You can use google drive as your file storage (BUT, remember NOT ALL docs are shared!!!!)
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10. Skype – instant messaging
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11. Hands on activity
Using and Managing skype to enhance teaching, learning and school administration:
Creating your profile
Adding contact
Send and share files (image, textual, video, audio)
Chatting
Inviting more people to chat together (some sort of web conferencing)
Sharing a screen
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12. The Purpose
Teachers at Chang’ombe Secondary School able to use some methods of social media in teaching, learning and school administration
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13. Why
Interaction
Collaboration
Sharing
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14. End products Web blog for a school
Whereby there will be interaction; collaboration and sharing
Also, other web based communication i.e chatting (facebook); skyping (skype); ing (e.g Google mail) etc
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15. How will you use social media to help you in teaching, learning and school administration
Discussion
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