My database lesson plan

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My Revised blog lesson plan

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My Blog lesson plan

LESSON PLAN

Date:	26th September 2008	Class:		Form 2C
Time:	10.00 -11.30	No. of. Students:		18
Topic/ Title: Blogging		Sub topic: Blogs, emails
Objectives:- By the end of the lesson students should be able to understand what is email and blogging. create an email account. set up a blog account. customise the blog appearance. create content and post content. edit the posted blogs. upload files to their blogs.
Lesson content: General	Reference: www.blogger.com, www.gmail.com, www.wordpress.com		Teaching aids: Interactive Whiteboard, Computer with internet access
LESSON METHOD Elicit from the students ways of keeping their personal records. Example diary or notes. Introduce to some interesting sample blogs like my own blogs or blogs like Ranoaddidas.com etc. Do a post on my blog and show the students. Ask students if they have an email account. Those who have will go directly to either blogger.com or wordpress.com Those who don’t will first create an email account. On the IWB show how to create an email account. I will ask those who have email accounts to teach those who don’t have an email account on how to open an email account. Then the students will be shown how to set up a blog account and subsequently on how to load files and post blogs. Go around and make sure every student has created a blog account and are posting to their blogs.     Conclusion:
Self evaluation:
Notes/ Any remarks:

 

 

Discussion topics

1. What powerful learning experiences did you see teachers create in their lessons? (Discuss in terms of content, process and social climate)
Unfortunately because it was test time i was unable to observe any powerful learning experience exhibited.

2. What is "reasonable academic progress"?
Reasonable academic progress is the gaining of knowledge in an expected manner as per the scheme of work and in the culmination of a certificate or a recognition and is a standard by which a financial aid body determines the progress of the student receiving aid.

3. What is a spiral curriculum? How can curriculum experiences be carefully organised and sequenced? Give an example.
Spiral curriculum is based on the assumption that students are not ready to learn and so a topic need to be introduced and reintroduced at a different point in time so that they would pick it up the second or third time. It is called spiral because the level would not be the same each time it comes around. Let us say as an example: a word processing package is introduced in Form 1 and then in Form 2 it is explained in detail. Care must be taken to ensure that there is a gradual increase in difficulty with subsequent introduction otherwise the concept of spiral curriculum fails and becomes cyclic.

4. What is "engaged" time?
The total time students stay focused and on task constitute what is known as "engaged" time. Students would not be able to stay focused for the entire duration of class time and therefore activities should be planned so that their mind do not wander beyond the classroom.

5. What are active teaching and learning?
Active teaching involves being conscious of the teaching process and realizing the objectives planned. Active learning is where students learn on their own (student centered)where the teacher is the facilitator and the guide.

Hello once again!

I'm back. Its been a while since I posted anything but would you believe while casually browsing and trying to get answers for the spiral curriculum I stumbled upon Chrome( a browser brought to you by Google.)

So I downloaded it and started using it. This very moment I am blogging using Chrome on my blog. Anyway since using this, it had worked fine with my Vista.

Even though it is still in the beta stage I think this would be a revelation. Try it out folks.

Comparision of Form 2 curriculum between Brunei and the UK curriculum

Course Code: PS 3207

Course Title: Methods of Teaching Secondary Computer Studies I

Week 1-2 Assignment

Curriculum: The Brunei secondary computer studies curriculum, its aims and its structure. Comparisons with computer studies curricula in other countries.

This is a continuation of my previous post except that this is a more thorough comparision. Since there isn't much difference between the Brunei and Singapore syllabii I've decided to do a comparison between Brunei and UK Computer Studies Curriculum. Well I was looking at many schools I find that the syllabus differs from school to school. Finally I settled on comparing with Teign School,Chudleigh Road
Kingsteignton,Devon, UK.

Comparison between Brunei and UK Computer Studies Curriculum

Grade 8 Level

	Brunei	UK teign school
Objectives	Computer abuse	Introduction and basic skills
	Word processing package	Building a website
	Spreadsheets	Investigating mobile phone masts
	Effects of computer on our economic and social life	Spreadsheets and databases
	Other computer application and CR occupation	An independent project

An analysis

It is clear that the UK syllabus concentrate more on the commercial aspect of things and oursmore on hands on expertise and abuse and security. The similarities evident are that both would have spreadsheets included in year 8. There is a mention of mobile phone masts which baffles me! I got to look it up. In our scheme of work databases are only introduced in year 9 but at Teign school the students would be exposed in year 8 itself.

Web resources

http://www.moe.edu.bn/jpk/ict/ICT

http://www.teign.devon.sch.uk/Parents/curriculum/ks3/ICT_KS3.htm#y8

http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/creativearts/ict/music/index.htm

http://terry-freedman.org.uk/artman/publish/article_1093.php

http://www.inca.org.uk/1205.html

http://www.editlib.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Reader.NoAccess&paper_id=27481&CFID=7268830&CFTOKEN=87990670

http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/itsyllabus/

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/secondary/framework/ict/fwsict

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/secondary/framework/

http://wsgfl.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/curriculum/ict/teach-and-learn/teaching-secondary-ict/

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/secondary/keystage3/all/respub/ictac

http://www.learn-ict.org.uk/secondary.asp

http://www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/Curriculum/ICT.htm

http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=cu&catcode=ss_cu_skl_02

Talking about the suggested curriculum for Form 2.

Recommendation

I think that basically the curriculum is quite balanced and suitable for our Bruneian students. However if we could perhaps include a project work for our students to continue in the advocated children centred life long learning principle. Not independent but guided to a certain extent (by the teacher facilitator) would be a good idea considering this would one of the first independent project which the students could claim ownership.

ICT Assignment

My assignment is to compare our Form 2 computer syllabus with a grade 8 syllabus of another country. I was looking at Singapore and the United Kingdom.
When I looked at the Singapore syllabus, I find it quite similar to our own Brunei syllabus.

Hole in the wall.

While searching for a different computer curriculum in other countries I came across this interesting study conducted in rural India which produced remarkable results and I think would interest you. Click on this link to find out more.http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/docs/Paper04.pdf