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Resource 1: Teachers and technology
The purpose of this questionnaire is for school leaders to find out the knowledge and skills of teachers in order to plan how technology might be used to support teaching and learning in school.
- Please indicate in Table R1.1 which technology you currently use both in school and outside school.
Technology | Do you use this outside school? | On a scale of 1–5, how confident are you in using this equipment? (1 = not at all confident and 5 = highly confident) | Do you use this in the classroom? |
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Desktop computers | |||
Laptop | |||
Internet access | |||
Basic mobile phone (but with a calculator, voice recorder and camera) | |||
Smartphone (with internet access) | |||
Tablet | |||
Social media (Twitter, Facebook) | |||
Projector/screen | |||
Loudspeakers | |||
Printer | |||
Digital camera (perhaps linked to a phone or tablet) | |||
CD/tape player | |||
Television/DVD player | |||
Radio |
- What skills do you currently have or are keen to learn? Give your answers in Table R1.2.
Computer skills | I can do this | I am keen to learn how to do this |
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Operating a mouse | ||
Opening and saving files and creating folders | ||
Word processing | ||
Printing a document that you have created on a computer | ||
Making presentations | ||
Using a spreadsheet | ||
Searching the internet | ||
Downloading materials from the internet | ||
Inserting a CD into a computer and accessing the contents | ||
Reading files and saving files with a memory stick | ||
Connecting the computer to loudspeakers and a projector | ||
Taking photographs on a mobile phone or tablet | ||
Saving photographs onto a computer from a digital camera | ||
Sending and receiving emails | ||
Sending an email with an attachment | ||
Accessing Twitter and Facebook | ||
Shopping on the internet | ||
Watching film clips on YouTube | ||
Uploading a film on to YouTube | ||
Scanning a document into a computer | ||
Watching a DVD on a laptop |
- In your daily life as a teacher in this school, list the three biggest teaching and learning challenges that you face.
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