Sa'adah's Summary

To summaries, Mrs Xing should strategies properly after identifying the objectives she wants to achieve. She then must analyse her learners as mentioned by Wong, Divaharan & Choy (2010), information about your students is of utmost importance (as cited in Chai & Wang, 2010, p.83). Such information will be useful when planning for lesson.Since she will be bringing them to the computer lab, it is important for her to keep in mind the seating arrangement and laboratory rules which the students should conform to (Wong, Divaharan & Wettasinghe, 2010, p.145). Preparations such as brainstorming and using Concept-Mapping Tool to organize student’s thoughts (“Engaging ICT Practices for Teachers: Classroom 3”, 2009) will reduce poorly written scripts. She must also decide whether to use MSWord or create writing portals for her children to edit their essays. Teachers must be ready with additional activities for those who finish faster (Wong et al., 2010, p.146). Students will learn how to edit and critique each others work constructively using a set of rubrics (“Engaging ICT Practices for Teachers: Classroom 3”, 2009) to minimize the number of scripts she has to edit. In the lab, she will monitor their work via a management software and students are to be kept informed so they are wary of their actions as mentioned by Wong et al., (2010, p.153). This peer-editing process may spread over a few days and finally she will check only the final draft. Most importantly, she must take-up IT courses before embarking and updates her IT knowledge.

Reference:

Wong, F.L.A., Divaharan, S. & Choy D. (2010). Planning for effective learning. In C.S. Chai, & Q. Wang, ICT: For self-directed and collaborative learning (pp.81-106).Singapore: Pearson.

Wong, P., Divaharan, S. & Wettasinghe, M. (2010). Managing ICT-mediated learning environment. In C.S. Chai, & Q. Wang, ICT: For self-directed and collaborative learning (pp.81-106).Singapore: Pearson.

Engaging ICT Practices for Teachers: Classroom 3. Retrieved from http://www3.moe.edu.sg/edumall/tl/it_integration/engaging_it_practices/3changes.htm

Engaging ICT Practices for Teachers: Classroom 3. Retrieved from http://www3.moe.edu.sg/edumall/tl/it_integration/engaging_it_practices/3peers.htm