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Portfolio
Piece Three will focus on
Education
Information Technology is being used
in many ways in Education. Below are some ways that IT is currently being
utilised, but there are many other possible topics as well.
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Telelearning:
isolated and remote areas; use in hospitals, prisons, retirement homes
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Modification
of hardware and software for special needs: voice recognition
software, text-to-speech, special input and
output devices, Internet resources
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Software
in the classroom: science experiments, social studies modeling
and simulation, instructional tools and
media, computer-aided instruction, computer-aided
learning
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School
library systems: catalogues, security systems, online research
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Hardware
in the classroom: laptops, notebooks, teleconferencing
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Software
in school administration: record keeping, scheduling, Intranets,
public information
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Training,
tutorials, simulators
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Getting
Started
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A successful portfolio piece begins with
a news article on an appropriate issue.
Here are some articles to help get you
started:
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Try a Google or Yahoo search in their
NEWS
section
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Tuesday’s
Daily Yomiuri
has articles in
their Cyberworld section
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You
can also
search
on-line
newspapers
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Look through
the library
newspaper and magazine sections for
support
articles
Make sure you can identify a social or
ethical issue in the topic you choose
Social considerations refer to the
economic, political, legal, environmental, historical,
ergonomic, health and psychological impacts of IT on human life.
Social considerations need to be analysed
from both local and global cultural perspectives, recognising
that attitudes and opinions are diverse within and between
different cultures.
Ethical considerations refer to the
responsibility and accountability of those involved in the
design, implementation and use of IT; consider the following
questions:
Are people behaving honestly?
Are they acting responsibly?
Are someone’s rights being violated?
Is some an agreement being violated?
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