Session 5--Case from M2 (CN010)

Background：

This case describes a series of lessons that aimed at helping a class of P.6 students to learn about punctuation marks in Chinese Language. In this practice, the teachers made use of self-developed software and a series of software developed by The University of Hong Kong to help students to learn Chinese punctuation. While the students played the role of active learners in the learning process, the ICT acted as tools for demonstration, drill and practice.

Goals：

1.Help students to understand the usage of punctuation at the sentence level.
2.Help students to understand the usage of punctuation to increase the cohesion of the passage.
3.Help students to apply their understanding of punctuation into their spoken Chinese.
4.Help students to understand the notion that with the use of ICT, they can undergo self-learning and make good uses of resources.

Curriculum：

The innovation involved about 4 lessons; the following were the activity flow of these less

Lesson	The teaching activity	Use of ICT
1.	l  Pretest l  Teacher presented information about Chinese punctuation with the self-developed PowerPoint presentation.	Teacher’s Presentation Tool
2	l  Teacher presented information about Chinese punctuation with the self-developed PowerPoint presentation	Teacher’s Presentation Tool
3	l  Teacher presented information about Chinese punctuation with the self-developed PowerPoint	Teacher’s Presentation Tool
4	l  Students work with the software developed by the University of Hong Kong on their own l  Post-test	Student’s Drill and Practice Tool

Other Innovation in Curriculum：

1.School-based Curriculum:
The school started to develop its school-based curriculum in 1985-86. The first subject which had its school-based curriculum was Computer, with its first developed teaching package “How to apply geometry”.

2.Project-based Learning:
Project-based Learning has been conducted in CN010 before the implementation of ICT education in Hong Kong (1997). However, with the implementation of ICT, the nature of the project work in CN010 has changed. The students are now working on some more ill-structured, open-ended and cross curricular questions. They make use of ICT tool in searching information and compiling of their reports.

3.On-line Discussion Forum:
In the on-line discussion forum, the teachers would put some newspaper articles on the intranet of the school and invite students to comment on it. The students can either put their reflections online or e-mail them to their teachers.
Issues：
This practice can transfer to another school in two sense. Firstly, the other schools can adopt the ways of ICT being used in the practice: teachers’ presentation tool and students’ drill and practice tool. The kind of transfer can be easily done in Hong Kong, as most of the schools has its computer laboratory. Besides, there is a “Hong Kong Education City” website offered by the Hong Kong government, in which the teachers can download and share their ICT teaching materials here. However, if the other school would like to fully adopt the innovation, that is, they would like to develop their own teaching materials. Apart from the time and effort they have to pay, they should at least possess what teacher A mentioned: (1)teachers who were capable in using ICT, (2)teachers who were competent in pedagogy & (3)enough ICT resources in schools.
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