Microsoft Technology Literacy for Educators 62-193 Dumps in PDF

Case Study 1

Testlet 1

Overview
General Overview
You are a history teacher at a school that has students between the ages of 11 and 18.

Description of Students
You class contains 30 students who are 12 and 13 years old.

Learning and Teaching Environment
The school has the following Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources:

-Two networked computer labs that each contains 30 desktop computers. All of the computers are connected to the Internet through a Web filtering firewall. All of the computers are connected to a pool of printers and to a flatbed scanner.
-16 laptop computers that have a wireless connection to a pool of printers and to the Internet.
-Five digital cameras, two video cameras, and one digital voice recorder.
-Video-editing software installed on all of the computers.

A Learning Management System (LMS) used for the following tasks:

-The students use the LMS to submit their work, access resources uploaded by the teachers, communicate with their teachers, and access discussion forums.
-The teachers use the LMS to upload resources for the students, assign homework, collect assignments, and grade their students’ work.
-The school administration uses the LMS to create schedules and to track student performance data.

Planned Changes
You plan to help the school make better use of its existing ICT resources. The school administration also asks you to identify opportunities to use the ICT resources during your history lessons.

Teacher Problem Statement
The school reports that neither the teachers nor the students use the ICT resources. Also, when the ICT resources are used, they are often used for tasks that do not enhance learning.

You inform the school administration that you are interested in using new technologies during your lessons. The administration asks you to find opportunities within your subject area to develop the use of ICT resources.

Student Problem Statement
The students report that they often find historical sources in a foreign language, which hinders them from completing their assignments.

Objectives

Learning Objectives
Develop the students’ understanding of past societies and of how these societies shaped the world during the twentieth century.

Professional Development Objectives
You identify the following professional development objectives:

-Develop new approaches to using digital technologies for the teaching of history.
-Develop new approaches to using source materials for the teaching of history.

Organizational Goals
The school plans to increase the use of technology during teaching.

Planned Activity
You plan to run a learning activity that will include the following tasks:

-The students split into small groups, and each group identify a theme or a historical event.
-The students select and edit digital images that illustrate the theme or the event.
-The students create a poster to demonstrate their learning.
-The students display their posters to their peers.
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Case Study 1

Testlet 1

Overview
General Overview
You are a history teacher at a school that has students between the ages of 11 and 18.

Description of Students
You class contains 30 students who are 12 and 13 years old.

Learning and Teaching Environment
The school has the following Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources:

-Two networked computer labs that each contains 30 desktop computers. All of the computers are connected to the Internet through a Web filtering firewall. All of the computers are connected to a pool of printers and to a flatbed scanner.
-16 laptop computers that have a wireless connection to a pool of printers and to the Internet.
-Five digital cameras, two video cameras, and one digital voice recorder.
-Video-editing software installed on all of the computers.

A Learning Management System (LMS) used for the following tasks:

-The students use the LMS to submit their work, access resources uploaded by the teachers, communicate with their teachers, and access discussion forums.
-The teachers use the LMS to upload resources for the students, assign homework, collect assignments, and grade their students’ work.
-The school administration uses the LMS to create schedules and to track student performance data.

Planned Changes
You plan to help the school make better use of its existing ICT resources. The school administration also asks you to identify opportunities to use the ICT resources during your history lessons.

Teacher Problem Statement
The school reports that neither the teachers nor the students use the ICT resources. Also, when the ICT resources are used, they are often used for tasks that do not enhance learning.

You inform the school administration that you are interested in using new technologies during your lessons. The administration asks you to find opportunities within your subject area to develop the use of ICT resources.

Student Problem Statement
The students report that they often find historical sources in a foreign language, which hinders them from completing their assignments.

Objectives

Learning Objectives
Develop the students’ understanding of past societies and of how these societies shaped the world during the twentieth century.

Professional Development Objectives
You identify the following professional development objectives:

-Develop new approaches to using digital technologies for the teaching of history.
-Develop new approaches to using source materials for the teaching of history.

Organizational Goals
The school plans to increase the use of technology during teaching.

Planned Activity
You plan to run a learning activity that will include the following tasks:

-The students split into small groups, and each group identify a theme or a historical event.
-The students select and edit digital images that illustrate the theme or the event.
-The students create a poster to demonstrate their learning.
-The students display their posters to their peers.
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Case Study 1

Testlet 1

Overview
General Overview
You are a history teacher at a school that has students between the ages of 11 and 18.

Description of Students
You class contains 30 students who are 12 and 13 years old.

Learning and Teaching Environment
The school has the following Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources:

-Two networked computer labs that each contains 30 desktop computers. All of the computers are connected to the Internet through a Web filtering firewall. All of the computers are connected to a pool of printers and to a flatbed scanner.
-16 laptop computers that have a wireless connection to a pool of printers and to the Internet.
-Five digital cameras, two video cameras, and one digital voice recorder.
-Video-editing software installed on all of the computers.

A Learning Management System (LMS) used for the following tasks:

-The students use the LMS to submit their work, access resources uploaded by the teachers, communicate with their teachers, and access discussion forums.
-The teachers use the LMS to upload resources for the students, assign homework, collect assignments, and grade their students’ work.
-The school administration uses the LMS to create schedules and to track student performance data.

Planned Changes
You plan to help the school make better use of its existing ICT resources. The school administration also asks you to identify opportunities to use the ICT resources during your history lessons.

Teacher Problem Statement
The school reports that neither the teachers nor the students use the ICT resources. Also, when the ICT resources are used, they are often used for tasks that do not enhance learning.

You inform the school administration that you are interested in using new technologies during your lessons. The administration asks you to find opportunities within your subject area to develop the use of ICT resources.

Student Problem Statement
The students report that they often find historical sources in a foreign language, which hinders them from completing their assignments.

Objectives

Learning Objectives
Develop the students’ understanding of past societies and of how these societies shaped the world during the twentieth century.

Professional Development Objectives
You identify the following professional development objectives:

-Develop new approaches to using digital technologies for the teaching of history.
-Develop new approaches to using source materials for the teaching of history.

Organizational Goals
The school plans to increase the use of technology during teaching.

Planned Activity
You plan to run a learning activity that will include the following tasks:

-The students split into small groups, and each group identify a theme or a historical event.
-The students select and edit digital images that illustrate the theme or the event.
-The students create a poster to demonstrate their learning.
-The students display their posters to their peers.
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Case Study 2

Testlet 1

Overview
General Overview
You are a teacher 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.

Professional Development 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 school management 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.
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Case Study 2

Testlet 1

Overview
General Overview
You are a teacher 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.

Professional Development 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 school management 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.
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