OER4Schools/ICT/Robots and spreadsheets part 2
Facilitator distributes robots/traffic lights.
Introduction (5 min) to Robots (Traffic lights)(a).
Robots/traffic lights have three lights - red, orange and green. These lights signal to drivers what action they should take on the road with each coloured light having a different meaning associated with it: Red means STOP; Orange means GET READY TO GO and Green means GO. Their meanings for classroom application are:
- RED means “I’m stuck. I need some extra help. I don’t feel I have progressed.”
- ORANGE means “I’m not quite sure. I need a little help. I feel I have made some progress.”
- GREEN means “I understand fully. I’m okay without help. I feel I have progressed a lot.”
While you do practical work in groups, make a stack of your three cards near your groups. Place the colour on top which shows how you are progressing as a group. The facilitator will see the colour and help you appropriately.
Different-tasks group work (20 min) with ICT on various topics. You now have 20 minutes to do ICT practice. You might want to use this time to find digital images for your questioning activity or to familiarise yourself further with either
- Etherpad or
- Geogebra.
As you work with the applications, occasionally think about how you would use them in the classroom. You may now feel ready to plan an activity with Geogebra in your classroom. Refer back to the Geogebra work we did in previous sessions. Have a look at the introduction to Geogebra here, you might want to base your lesson on something similar.
You might also want to refer back to introduction to slideshows with Open Office, and typing practice with students.
