Q1. - (Topic 1)
As an extension activity to the planned learning activity, you ask some of the students to contact external experts to gather additional information about the historical events.
You want to ensure that the students use an appropriate means of communication when they contact the experts.
What should you advise the students to use?
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A. their personal mobile phone
B. an anonymous online forum
C. a generic email account of the school
D. their social network account
Answer: C
Q2. - (Topic 3)
The school recently implemented the planned ICT changes and deployed laptops in your classroom.
Some of the laptops can access to the Internet, while others cannot. You want to ensure that all of the laptops can access the Internet.
What should you verify?
A. the wired network connection of the laptops
B. the wireless network connection of the laptops
C. whether the Internet router is on
D. whether the laptops are plugged into a power outlet
Answer: B
Q3. - (Topic 3)
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.
Answer: D
Q4. - (Topic 2)
You create your first lesson that incorporates the use of the students’ laptops. You want to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of laptops during the lesson.
How do you determine effectiveness after one lesson?
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A. Students actively engage in the lesson.
B. Students are able to access curriculum content.
C. Student scores improve on a test given at the end of the lesson.
D. Students give feedback that they enjoyed using laptops during the lesson.
Answer: A
Q5. - (Topic 3)
You want to explain how the planned ICT changes will most benefit your own productivity? Which benefit should you refer to?
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A. You will be able to access professional development resources.
B. You will be able to communicate with the parents more often.
C. You will be able to produce better lesson plans.
D. You will be able to use online tools for formative assessments.
Answer: C
Q6. - (Topic 2)
You create your first lesson that incorporates the use of the students’ laptops. You want to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of laptops during the lesson.
How do you determine effectiveness after one lesson?
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A. Students actively engage in the lesson.
B. Students are able to access curriculum content.
C. Student scores improve on a test given at the end of the lesson.
D. Students give feedback that they enjoyed using laptops during the lesson.
Answer: A
Q7. - (Topic 1)
You plan to have an expert speaker address the students about a recent historical event.
Which two possible ICT resources should you recommend that the students use to create an accurate record of the speaker’s statements? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose two.)
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A. the digital voice recorder
B. the LMS
C. an Internet connection
D. a digital camera
E. a video camera
F. the flatbed scanner
G. the printers
Answer: A,E
Q8. - (Topic 1)
As an extension activity to the planned learning activity, you ask some of the students to contact external experts to gather additional information about the historical events.
You want to ensure that the students use an appropriate means of communication when they contact the experts.
What should you advise the students to use?
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A. their personal mobile phone
B. an anonymous online forum
C. a generic email account of the school
D. their social network account
Answer: C
Q9. - (Topic 1)
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.
Answer: B
Topic 2, Case Study 2
Overview
General Overview
You are ateacher at a secondary school.
You are also the chairperson of a school committee comprised of members of the school administration and the team responsible for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at the school.
Description of Students
The students at the school are between the ages of 15 and 18.
Learning and Teaching Environment
The school has a computer lab. The students use the lab frequently.
All of the teachers have laptop computers that they use for teaching and administrative tasks.
All of the teachers access the school’s network and the Internet by using a wireless connection.
Planned changes
The school plans to implement the following additional ICT resources:
✑ An intranet
✑ A student management system (SMS)
✑ One laptop for each student. The laptops will contain curriculum content and will
be connected to the school’s network
Objectives
Learning Objectives
The students will be able to develop collaboration, communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity skills and use ICT resources in all their subjects.
ProfessionalDevelopment Objectives
The professional development objectives for the teachers are:
✑ Teachers design learning tasks that effectively incorporate ICT resources.
✑ Teachers implement learning tasks that can be performed either at school or at home.
Learning Activities
The teachers plan to use video-conferencing to enable the students to collaborate with peers and communicate with subject matter experts in various fields.
Organizational Goals
The school aims to have ICT integrated into all subjects’ teaching and learning. The school aspire to qualify for a sponsorship to help implement planned ICT changes. To qualify for the sponsorship, the school must write a compelling proposal stating how the new ICT resources will be used to further learning objectives.
The school plans to encourage collaborative learning skills and independent learning skills. As part of the initial steps to writing the proposal, the school recognizes the need to
convene a stakeholder meeting attended by the teachers, the schoolmanagement and
administration, and the students’ parents.
Once the school implements the planned changes, the teachers will be expected to incorporate student’s laptops during their lessons.
Q10. - (Topic 2)
The parents worry that the students will be distracted if they use their laptop during the lessons.
What should you tell the parents to reassure them that this will not occur?
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A. The teacher will send the students out of the classroom if they misuse their laptop.
B. The teacher will confiscate the laptops if the students misuse them.
C. The teacher will ensure that all of the lessons incorporate the use of a laptop.
D. The teacher will only allow the use of the laptops during lessons that specifically benefit from the use of ICT resources.
Answer: D
Topic 3, Case Study 3
Overview
General Overview
You areaphysics/science teacher who often teaches material outside of your area of expertise.
The teachers at your school principally use a teacher-centered approach in their teaching. Some of the teachers have started to move toward a learner-centered approach and have adopted project-based learning.
The teachers rarely attend professional development courses.
Organizational Goals
The schoolaims to have ICT integrated into all subjects’ teaching and learning through project-based learning in the classroom.
Most of the classrooms in the school contain a computer and a data projector. The school management motivates teachers to integrate ICT during their lessons.
The school furthermore plans to deploy 100 wireless laptop computers that will include student response systems. The school also plans to deploy interactive whiteboards in all of the science classrooms/laboratories.
Learning and Teaching Environment
Your students are between the ages of 12 and 14. Most of them have experience using computers and other technologies. You regularly use ICT to achieve learning objectives and to present new information to the students.
You teach primarily in a classroom dedicated to science (science laboratory). The classroomalso contains the following Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources:
✑ Speakers
✑ One printer
✑ One scanner
✑ One digital camera
✑ One data projector
✑ One computer that is connected to the Internet
Objectives
Learning Objectives
The students will be able to develop collaboration, communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity skills in their science work.
Professional Development Objectives
Your professional development objectives are to:
✑ use ICT effectively for teaching and learning;
✑ incorporate appropriate ICT activities into lesson plans so as to support students’ acquisition of school subject matter knowledge; and
✑ integrate the use of ICT into the curriculum.