You are a teacher at a secondary school. You work closely with the school administration.
A group of parents questions the large sum of money that the school invests in Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) resources.
You are requested to prepare a response on behalf of the school.
On which argument will you base your response?
A. Modern economies increasingly require a workforce that has good typing skills, so the school must try to incorporate computers into all its activities.
B. Modern economies are increasingly based on knowledge and information, so students must learn the skills required to handle information.
C. The business sector in modern economies increasingly expects schools to produce students who are qualified in financial knowledge.
D. Modern economies increasingly depend on the growth of the computer manufacturing industry, an economic sector that schools must support.
You want to identify which tasks in the planned learning activity incorporate the use of the computer lab.
Which task should you identify?
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A. The students must hang the posters in the entrance hall of the school.
B. The students must assemble the images on a wall poster.
C. The students must select and edit digital images that illustrate the theme or the event.
D. The students must split into small groups and each group must identify a theme or a historical event.
You have to meet the professional development objectives by using the ICT resources.
What should you do?
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A. Use a laptop to take notes during professional seminars at a local university or college.
B. Join online educator networks to exchange ideas.
C. Create a blog and ask the students to comment on your lessons and your blog posts.
D. Download ready-made materials to use during your lessons.
You plan to ask the students to use a search engine during the persuasive writing lesson.
Which instructions or advice should you provide to the students?
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A. Search for organizations that use persuasive writing.
B. Use a variety of search engines.
C. Use a variety of Web browsers.
D. The first search result will contain the information you seek.
You plan to use ICT to prepare an effective persuasive writing lesson.
What should you do?
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A. Use the Internet to find a complete, ready-made lesson to use with the students.
B. Use the Internet to find teaching resources to discuss with the students.
C. Use spell check software to improve your lesson plan.
D. Scan sections of the class textbook to use as reference.
You want to identify the primary benefit of using ICT during the persuasive writing lesson.
Which benefit should you identify?
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A. In today's world, writing is mostly done on a computer.
B. ICT helps students develop word processing skills.
C. The computer lab is used regularly.
D. Word processing applications allow students to easily edit and modify text.
You want the students to collect information from organizations that they find on the Internet.
Which instructions or advice should you provide to the students?
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A. Have the information sent to the student's home e-mail address.
B. Only request information from organizations that have a secure Web site.
C. Have the information sent to the school's e-mail address.
D. Only request information from organizations that have a Web site that requires registration.
You are preparing to teach the second mathematics lesson.
Which two tasksshould you perform to ensure that the students benefit most from working in the computer
lab? (Each correctanswer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)
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A. Verify that the Internet connection is only available on the teacher's computer.
B. Verify that the printer has enough paper.
C. Ensure that the data projector works.
D. Verify that the computers have the appropriate software installed.
E. Ensure that the USB drives have free space available.
You want to track and manage student's performance data.
Which type of application should you use?
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A. desktop publishing
B. presentation
C. spreadsheet
D. word processing
You are a teacher at a secondary school. You have 30 students in your class. Your classroom contains 10 laptop computers.
You plan a project for the students. You will provide the students with information in three different formats: audio recordings, photographs, and printed documents. The students must combine the information to produce graphs and charts in a detailed report.
What is the best way to organize the project?
A. Divide the project into a series of separate tasks. Allocate each task to a different student. Ask all of the students to create their own detailed report.
B. Create a rotation schedule for the classroom computers. Ask every student touse their turn on the computer to produce their own detailed report.
C. Provide all of the information to all of the students. Ask every student to explain how they will achieve the goals of the project.
D. Divide the classinto 10 groups.
Ask the groups to work collaborativelyto assemble the detailed report.