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Page 2: How it used to be
Here is a quick overview of some of the changes brought about by ICT
Prior to ICT |
With ICT |
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This is how many of your teachers remember their days at school |
This classroom is probably far more familiar to you. |
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| Teachers used to write notes onto the blackboard using chalk and students would copy them into their notebooks. | You are more likely to find an interactive whiteboard in your classroom nowadays. Students can participate in lessons by highlighting or selecting things on the whiteboard. Notes can even be printed off by the teacher and given to students. |
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| School attendance used to be recorded twice daily in paper registers. | Many schools are now moving over to using electronic registration. Details are uploaded to the school administration system and attendance is automatically updated within a few seconds of the register being taken. |
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| Some schools are using technology to the full and have introduced swipe cards for students and even the latest fingerprint identification systems to check that students are actually in school. | |
Challenge see if you can find out one extra fact on this topic that we haven't already told you
Click on this link: Technology in Schools
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