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Suggestions for using ICT in the LOTE Classroom

Students require skills in information and communication technology to transact business and work in the future.

Accordingly, students should be exposed to:

experiences that develop competence in using, and confidence in applying, technologies in learning.
Destination 2010

Give students access to CD ROMs such as Language Market to allow them to work independently on their language skills.
Create PowerPoints with voiceovers in the LOTE.
View authentic websites from the target country for specific purposes.
Email friends/sister schools in the target language as part of a set of activities or tasks within a unit.
Complete surveys/questionnaires set up by the teacher or other students and present findings through graphs/pie charts/PowerPoints.
Conduct web quests or search specific sites for information to report to group/class or to fulfil criteria in assessment tasks.
Use the school's intranet to share ideas.
Collaborate by email with other schools where the same target language is taught.

The Queensland College of Teachers Research Digest Number 4 (new window) (April 2009) provides research based reports from investigation of various aspects of digital learning, including levels of ICT literacy of Australian teachers and students, links between student performance and availability and use of ICTs, impacts of ICTs on learning, and advantages of interactive whiteboards.

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