[senit] ICT monitoring proforma

Hi Katie

It is not entirely clear how you want to monitor ICT sessions...

Were you thinking of lesson observations? If so, I would highly recommend a
course run by Kathy Lowers (of the Institute of Education) called Skills for
Classroom Observation. I have proformas developed for the style of
observation that Kathy advocates, but I'm not sure how much sense they would
make without the context of the underlying theory.

If you are looking to monitor the type and extent of ICT sessions taking
place over a fixed period, I have done this by using an ICT Log, asking all
teachers to record the ICT sessions that take place in their class over the
course of a week. To try and minimise the onerous potential of this task, it
was laid out as a multiple choice survey, where teachers were asked to
circle or highlight their responses. The only writing they had to do was the
start and finish time of the session and the software that was used -
although there was space for additional comments.

It covered when and where the session took place, the organisation (whole
class / small group / individual), the subject it supported, the equipment
used and the children's role.

It generated a lot of data, which my admin assistant entered into an Excel
spreadsheet and I analysed. I could also produce all sorts of natty graphs
which will be useful for comparison purposes when I do the same exercise
next year, to evaluate whether a focus on the use of specific software and
the training to support staff has had impact on teaching styles. Of course
it doesn't tell me too much about impact on children's learning, but
hopefully assessment data will provide me with that information.

If you want a copy of the ICT Log I'm happy to send you a copy, but I must
stress that the analysis of the data generated is time consuming and only
tells you so much...

Claire Barnes
Willow Dene School

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Subject: [senit] ICT monitoring proforma

Hello 

Does anyone have a proforma for monitoring ICT sessions? Either embedded
or specific ICT sessions? This is for use with pupils from 3-19 in a
special school setting. 

Thanks in advance

Katie Murray 

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