E-learning: Scenario 1 Activity A (Han Kiong)

Scenario 1 details the problems faced by Mrs Xing when integrating ICT in her lesson on composition writing. I chose to work on Activity A of Scenario 1 because I feel these will be the problems most if not all of us will face when we try to implement ICT in class after being posted to schools. Knowledge and realization of these implementation issues will be beneficial for us as we try to steer clear or prevent such implementation issues

Moreover, I feel that foolhardily rushing into implementation of ICT just because schools demand it will not do justice to the students as it may not bring about meaningful learning on the part of them. Proper planning should have been done on the part of the teacher to avert the implementation issues thereby condition her when he/she decides to incorporate ICT in lessons.

Although Weiqiang has done a comprehensive identification of the implementation issues Mrs. Xing faced in her lesson, I shall give a take on what I feel are the implementation issues in the lesson. I realized that the implementation issues boil down to one main reason which is Mrs. Xing’s lack of preparation for her lesson.

Main reason for implementation issues: Lack of pre-preparation for her lesson on composition writing

• Implementation Issue 1: Failure to survey the learning environment computer lab’s facilities and proper functioning of the computers that are of utmost importance to the feasibility of the lesson.

• Implementation Issue 2: Failure to anticipate problems that might arise during such lessons and planning for contingency remedies in the case of problems.

Problem 1: Students are surfing the internet after logging on to the computers. Mrs. Xing is unable to observe what the students are doing with the computer due to blocked views caused by the computer monitors. The students could well be accessing websites that are undesirable.

Problem 2: Students were not able to use malfunctioned computers and had to share computers.

Problem 3: Bottleneck resulted from Mrs. Xing having to edit forty scripts and students became restless from waiting for the completion of the process.

Problem 4: Students rushed through the composition writing and submitted work that were not on topic or lacked coherency or badly organized.

• Implementation Issue 3: Failure to estimate, allocate and manage time for each of the activities during the lesson.

Recommendation: Mrs Xing should have surveyed the computer lab and simulated the lesson at least one week before the date of the lesson. She ought to work on each and every computer in the lab to ensure no malfunction. This will help her to foresee problems that could arise and thus have contingency plans.