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1	Using technology in a classroom Patricia Barry © 2004 St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace.
2	Who’s Patricia? French Teacher 20 years + at Gregory Terrace.
3	Background Interest in IT Grad Dip in Computer Language Teaching and Learning Support and encouragement of IT department Support, interest and encouragement of students.
4	Rationale Website Experimentation – beyond the traditional classroom Access of authentic material Adaptable, flexible and useful tool Interesting and a bit different Easy to access
5	Computers and boys Hands on “Doing” activity Competitive Gaming and multimedia Attention span
6	Ease of access. Large classes Use of colour – easy recognition Limit download time Limit images and sounds, bells and whistles Index page
7	What’s on the page? MS Word Traditional pages Cyber visits PowerPoint presentations Tutorials Research
8	Multimedia Software. Multi media authoring Quizzes - Advantages: Use at home Fun in class Self correcting Self pacing All stages from years 8 to 12. Grammar, vocabulary and culture.
9	Other examples Old exams, reference Science department – revision Library – assignment and research help
10	Recipe for success? Administration support In-servicing of staff Peer in-servicing Provision of good IT access and facilities for staff Encouragement / help from IT “gurus”
11	Any questions? Thankyou for attending this presentation.