{"id":161,"date":"2013-07-17T20:05:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T03:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/shisandy\/?p=161"},"modified":"2013-07-17T20:06:35","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T03:06:35","slug":"module-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/shisandy\/2013\/07\/17\/module-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Module 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ICT Decisions<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Why are we using technology?<br \/>\nTechnology is the vehicle that makes our information available and accessible to everyone at all times of the day.\u00a0 All the information will be collected, manage, maintained and viewed over the internet.\u00a0 By having it online, TOCs can refer to our website whatever time and place they desire.\u00a0 Therefore, a teacher can check our website beforehand (whether the day before, night before or morning of), and he\/she can complete our survey anytime after work, or whenever he\/she has time.\u00a0 Technology will makes the overall information processing faster, easier and more convenient.<\/p>\n<p>What do we hope to accomplish?<br \/>\nWe hope to compile a database of the ICT in the classroom throughout our district.\u00a0 We\u2019ll be using online surveys completed by TOCs, based on their experiences from their daily assignments.\u00a0 The data collected will be compiled on our website.\u00a0 The success of our website is based on the number of contributors to our database (the more the better).\u00a0\u00a0 We need to inform the TOC staff of our project and how it could benefit them.\u00a0 We have thought of several methods to promote our website and services:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Email TOCs (through the district email)<\/li>\n<li>Talk to other teachers\/TOCs in the staffroom<\/li>\n<li>Talk to admin<\/li>\n<li>Attend TOC functions<\/li>\n<li>Notify the TOC committee\n<ul>\n<li>mention us in their newsletters<\/li>\n<li>put a link on their website<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What ICT do we have at hand?<br \/>\nMost people have some type of device that can access the internet; hence, we decide to use application or software that is readily available online.\u00a0 We require some specific functions.\u00a0 We need a program that could collect and compile information.\u00a0 Then we need a platform to host and display the information, including links.\u00a0 Finally, we need the platform to have a blog function.<\/p>\n<p>What ICT might we use?<br \/>\n1. Website<br \/>\nWe wanted to present our information on a platform that was easy to use, easy to navigate, free, online and available without downloading.\u00a0 We decided to use Weebly to create a website to house our resources list, blog, survey and database.\u00a0 It\u2019s very easy to use and offers free web hosting.<br \/>\n2. Survey<br \/>\nWe needed to generate a survey to collect the data.\u00a0 I looked at SurveyMonkey and Google Docs form as possible options.\u00a0 We went with Google Docs because both Terrence and I were somewhat familiar with Google Docs already and it lends well to collaboration.\u00a0 We were able to work on the survey together simultaneously and instantaneously make changes.<br \/>\n3. Database<br \/>\nWe need a format to allow users to retrieve the data that we collected.\u00a0 First, we thought about compiling the data ourselves and presented in a grid arrangement on the website, but that would be time consuming.\u00a0 Then, we thought about using another program or application that could neatly organize the data and included a search function.\u00a0 But once again, that would require us to transfer the data from on format to another (more work!).\u00a0 Finally, we decided to just embed the raw data onto a webpage.\u00a0 TOCs can use the find function to search for individual schools.<br \/>\n4. Blog<br \/>\nWe wanted to provide a place where TOCs could share information and voice their opinions.\u00a0 Initially, we wanted to use a blog page as the mode of communication, \u00a0plus it\u2019s function on Weebly, but the blog format was too linear and didn\u2019t allow for back and forth communication or direct replies.\u00a0 Therefore, we decided on a forum instead.\u00a0 The thoughts can be threaded and categorized neatly.\u00a0 We will be looking for a platform for our forum in the coming days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICT Decisions Why are we using technology? 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