Module 10 Activity 1 Phase of ICT Use

ICT use in my school places it at the applying phase.  Staff and students have started using ICTs for teaching and learning in a number of ways since they have access to ICTs at school as well as at home. Teachers have been issued with laptops for teaching and students in grades 8 to 11 have been issued with tablets for learning.

The school has ICT devices in the computer labs which are basically used for Information technology, a subject being offered at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) level. The labs are also available for use by staff and students outside of scheduled class time once the room is booked in advance for that purpose. Classrooms are not equipped with computers but teachers may use their laptops with multimedia projector to teach their lessons. In addition, the school is equipped with wireless internet technology which enables teachers to set tasks and students to complete tasks requiring its use. Teachers generally use ICTs to prepare and teach certain aspects of their lessons, conduct research, keep records and create learning resources for their students. Some teachers, especially the more mature ones, are still hesitant in using ICT to teach for fear of being ridiculed by the students who might have more knowledge about ICTs than they do. Teachers have been exposed to the use of ICTs for teaching but some of them are afraid of changing the way that they teach. They are reluctant to move away from the teacher-centred classroom (familiar territory) to a more student-centred environment (unfamiliar territory). There is still a need for ICT integration in the teaching and learning process at my school.

School administrators, on the other hand, use ICTs for report generation, record keeping, assessment and other word processing tasks that are required on a day to day basis.