Dar es Salaam University College of Education DUCE

Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE) Chang’ombe Secondary School Using ICT in School Managing web based resources July 18 th 2014 A change project Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna 1

What is web based resources? Are resources or information which available in the internet; Are materials that can be obtained from internet; Are textual, audio, video, picture related information available in the internet Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna 2

As a teacher how can you make use of web based resources? As a teacher you can make use of web based resources to enhance Teaching Learning School administration Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna 3

Tools used to search web based resources? There are various tools which are used to help users in searching web based resources The most used tools are “Search Engines” Others are web directories, web indexes, gateways, web portal etc For this Training, we shall focus only on search engines due to time limitation Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna 4

Searching web based resources Search engine – Is a tool or software which help user to search for specific or general information and or resources in the internet; Example – google, yahoo, ask, mamma, guru, altavista etc For this Training, we shall focus only on google due to time limitation Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna 5

Searching techniques Know what you are going to search (i. e effects of socio-cultural practices) Know other synonyms; alternative terms (e, g effects it could be consequences, outcomes, results, etc) Boolean operators/Logical operator – AND (+), OR (/), AND NOT (-) Use KEYWORDS – (e. g effects socio-cultural practices) – remove un-necessary words like “of”, “is”, “are”, “however” etc Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna 6

Organise web based resources There are various ways which you can use to organize web based resources You can download and save in your computer, laptop, tablet and or smart phone Make sure you create folder and sub-folder for easy management of your resources You can copy a link and/or file and paste in your cloud computing apps like Google docs- google drive, Drop box etc For this Training, we shall focus only on google drive due to time limitation Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna 7

Sharing and Dissemination of web based resources As a teacher, there are various ways you can use to share and disseminate web based resources ØEmail ØSocial network i. e facebook, twitter, ØBlogging ØSkipying – skype ØChatting – facebook, instagram etc ØCloud computing – google drive, drop box Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna 8

Sharing and Dissemination of web based resources Hands on activity ØEmail ØSocial network i. e Facebook, Twitter, ØBlogging ØSkyping – Skype ØChatting – Facebook, Instagram etc ØCloud computing – Google drive, Dropbox Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna 9

Be careful!!!! As a teacher be careful what to share and NOT (very important) For instance - do not share marking scheme, pre-exam paper Any other sensitive information – please lets us discuss Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna 10

As a teacher you can share the following Ø Teaching notes Ø Teaching handouts Ø Slides Ø Announcements and news Ø Course outline and Syllabus Ø Teaching aid, animations Ø Projects and any other classroom activities Ø Textual, video and audio links relevant to your students and subject etc Ø ANY OTHER – Please let us discuss Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna 11

Hands on activity – continuation from DAY 2 Sharing and dissemination – google drive and facebook grouping BUT you can use as many other web based applications to do the same Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna 12

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