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| = Groupwork with computers: The role of non-ICT resources =
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| {{activity|Pair work| discussing the role of mini blackboards in groupwork with and without computers|5}}. Drawing on your previous experience of using mini-blackboards, how can they be used to support interactive teaching? How can mini-blackboards support groupwork with computers? What other non-ICT resources can you think of, which can be used with computers? How?
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| If you need to provide further input, remind them of Eness' lesson on vertebrates. In this lesson the pupils were using the tablets to look at pictures of animals, while they were using mini-blackboards to write down their observations.
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| {{activity|Whole group discussion| on the role of non-ICT resources during groupwork with computers|10}}. Share your ideas on resources with the rest of the group and keep a note of any suggestions that other participants make that may be useful to you in the future.
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| = Typing practice = | | = Typing practice = |
