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St Dominic School
Computer lab
Maintenance:
• All teachers should post their projects on the computer lab walls
• All computers must be Shutdown every night and over the weekends
• Projector should always be Shutdown when not in use
Student aids will be in charge of the computer lab and the display of ICT projects on the bulletin boards
Frequency:
60 periods of teaching time in the computer lab are available. About 15 classes use the computer lab. 15 blocks will be open for weekly booking. The open block will be strate- gically scheduled to accommodate the teachers’ class schedules.
What should be purchased:
• At least one fire wire card should be purchased for the teacher computer.
A platform should be built to help teachers and students to use the ACTIVboard.
Software
• A French Encyclopedia should be purchased.
Keyboarding Scope and Sequence creation.
Hardware
• Students should use the Digital Camera.
• Digital Cameras should be used by most of the teachers.
• Switch devices for Screens should be installed on all teacher workstations to fa-
cilitate the connection of a projector. Laptops should replace teacher workstations
Elementary School ICT Scope and Sequence 2004-2005 Implementation Summary
• The ICT Support teacher should work with the PLC Panning groups. This way all teachers at the same grade level will know what other teachers are doing. If all teachers are doing the same things they can support each other. Also, the ICT Support Teacher will be able to identify the needs of the groups to make sure they achieve the ICT Scope and Sequence.
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In the past, achievement of the ICT Outcomes was a hit and miss process. Maybe all teachers were teaching the same skills, using the same software... to teach students. The decline in the results from grade 4 to grade 6 may be attributed to less challenging computer tasks. They need to learn new techniques. Other fea- tures of the popular applications like Word and PowerPoint must be regularly introduced. Again, the ICT Scope and Sequence will help the school to ensure learning progress from one grade level to the next. The ICT Support Teacher will oversee progression of skills between grades through regular communication with teachers.
Grade
Computer lab Period(s)
Kindergarten
1
Grade 1 and 2
2
Grade 3 to 6
3
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100% 95% 90%
85% 80%
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2004 2003 2002
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Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6
Provide in class support for ICT scope and sequence implementation
Include ICT Scope and Sequence in Parents Handout, which will be distributed during the Meet and Greet Evening.
Set up a schedule with a 3 day rotation (MDE, NDE, SDE, MRE, NDE...)
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